1. 1. No endowed care or nonendowed care cemetery shall be operated in this state unless the owner or operator thereof has a certificate of authority issued by the division.
2. 2. The cemetery complies with all applicable state, county or municipal ordinances and regulations.
3. 3. The division shall grant or deny each application for a certificate of authority pursuant to this section within thirty days after it is filed, and no prosecution of any person who has filed an application for such certificate shall be initiated unless it is shown that such application was duly denied by the division and that the owner was duly notified thereof.
4. 4. The division may refuse to renew or may suspend or revoke any certificate pursuant to sections 214.270 to 214.516 if it finds, after hearing, that the cemetery does not meet the requirements set forth in sections 214.270 to 214.516 as conditions for the issuance of a certificate, or for the violation by the owner of the cemetery of any of the provisions of section 214.276. No new certificate shall be issued to the owner of a cemetery or to any corporation controlled by such owner for three years after the revocation of the certificate of the owner or of a corporation controlled by the owner. Before any action is taken pursuant to this subsection, the procedure for notice and hearing as prescribed by section 214.276 shall be followed.

(L. 1999 H.B. 343)