A practitioner who, when selling or offering to sell funeral goods or funeral services to a consumer, fails to:

1. (1) act compassionately;
2. (2) disclose prices related to arranging a funeral;
3. (3) answer questions, including telephone inquiries, accurately and to the reasonable satisfaction of the inquiring person;
4. (4) disclose that embalming human remains is not always required by law but may be desirable if viewing or visitation precedes disposition;
5. (5) explain which outer burial containers meet cemetery requirements, if any;
6. (6) explain requirements, including cremation requirements, for caskets and other alternative containers; or

7. (7) disclose whether the cash advance price of each:

   1. (A) funeral goods or funeral service described by the practitioner as "cash advance", "accommodation", or "cash disbursement", or a similar term; and

   2. (B) goods or service obtained from a third party and paid on behalf of the consumer by the funeral home licensee for which the practitioner is an agent;

      is equal to the cost of the item to the funeral home selling it;

      may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11 .

As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.10; P.L.214-1993, SEC.49.