PURPOSE: This rule establishes that a provider in a preneed contract includes, but is not limited to, a funeral establishment that has agreed to undertake the obligations of a preneed contract under sections 436.400 to 436.520, RSMo.

1. (1) As defined by section 333.011(10), RSMo, the provider of services under any preneed contract pursuant to sections 436.400 to 436.520, RSMo, shall include any licensed funeral establishment that has agreed to undertake the obligations of a preneed contract pursuant to sections 436.400 to 436.520, RSMo.
2. (2) Any provider who is a licensed funeral establishment who has agreed to undertake the obligations of a preneed contract pursuant to sections 436.400 to 436.520, RSMo, must meet all requirements of both a licensed funeral establishment and a preneed provider pursuant to Chapter 333, RSMo, and sections 436.400 to 436.520, RSMo.

AUTHORITY: sections 333.011(10), 333.340, and 436.520, RSMo Supp. 2009.* Emergency rule filed Dec. 4, 2009, effective Dec. 14, 2009, expired June 11, 2010. Original rule filed Dec. 4, 2009, effective June 30, 2010. *Original authority: 333.011, RSMo 1965, amended 2007, 2008, 2009; 333.340, RSMo 2009; and 436.520, RSMo 2009.