PRINTER'S NO. 1582
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1450
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY SONNEY, CIRESI, HEFFLEY, JAMES, KAUFFMAN,
MARSHALL, McNEILL, MOUL, NEILSON, PICKETT, ROWE AND
STAMBAUGH, MAY 21, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MAY 21, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of January 14, 1952 (1951 P.L.1898, No.522),
entitled "An act to provide for the better protection of life
and health of the citizens of this Commonwealth by requiring
and regulating the examination, licensure and registration of
persons and registration of corporations engaging in the
care, preparation and disposition of the bodies of deceased
persons, and providing penalties; providing for a State Board
of Funeral Directors in the Department of State, and
repealing other laws," further providing for conduct of
business by individuals and partnerships.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8(a) of the act of January 14, 1952 (1951
P.L.1898, No.522), known as the Funeral Director Law, is amended
to read:
Section 8. Conduct of Business.--(a) Individuals and
Partnerships. Except as provided for in subsection (e) hereof,
only one license shall be granted to or held by an individual,
but two or more licensed funeral directors may operate a joint
or partnership business at one place only. No funeral practice,
whether conducted by an individual or a partnership, may be
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conducted under any other name than the name or last name of the
individual or, if a partnership, the names or last names of all
partners: Provided, however, That an individual or partnership
may be conducted under the name of a predecessor funeral
establishment if the name or names of the owner or partners
appear as operator or operators on all signs, forms and
advertising. No person not licensed under this act shall have
any interest in the practice carried on by a licensed funeral
director except as otherwise herein provided. Upon the death of
a licensee, the board shall issue a license and renewal thereof
to his estate, only for a period not exceeding three (3) years,
or widows or widowers of deceased licensees without time
limitations, [as long as they remain unmarried,] providing the
widow, or widower, the executor or administrator of the estate
of the deceased licensee's heir or heirs, informs the board, of
the intent to continue practice, within ten (10) days and
applies within thirty (30) days for a certificate of licensure.
Such notice shall be in writing. The practice carried on by a
licensee's estate, widow or widower shall be under the
supervision of a licensed funeral director employed on a full
time basis. A licensee's estate, widow or widower shall not be
denied a license because the deceased licensee operated a
business in partnership with one or more other licensed funeral
directors nor shall a widow or widower be denied the right to
enter into a partnership with one or more of the licensed
funeral directors with whom the deceased licensee was in
partnership.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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