7725-7729

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 7725-7729




7725.  A license issued under this chapter shall expire each year on
the last day of the month in which the license was originally
issued. To renew an unexpired license, the licenseholder shall on or
before the date on which it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal
on a form prescribed by the bureau, and pay the renewal fee
prescribed by this chapter.
   The bureau shall mail to each licensed funeral establishment,
funeral director, and embalmer, addressed to him or her at his or her
address of record, a notice that a renewal fee is due and payable.




7725.2.  Except as otherwise provided in this article, a license
that has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after
its expiration on filing of an application for renewal on a form
prescribed by the bureau and payment of all accrued and unpaid
renewal fees. If the license is not renewed within 30 days after its
expiration the licensee, as a condition precedent to renewal, shall
also pay the delinquency fee prescribed by this chapter. Renewal
under this section shall be effective on the date on which the
application is filed, on the date on which all renewal fees are paid,
or on the date on which the delinquency fee, if any, is paid,
whichever last occurs. If so renewed, the license shall continue in
effect through the date provided in Section 7725 that next occurs
after the effective date of the renewal, when it shall expire if it
is not again renewed.
   If a license is not renewed within one year following its
expiration, the bureau may require as a condition of renewal that the
holder of the license pass an examination on the appropriate
subjects provided by this chapter.


7725.3.  A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be
renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not
entitle the holder of the license, while it remains suspended and
until it is reinstated, to engage in the activity to which the
license relates, or in any other activity or conduct in violation of
the order or judgment by which it was suspended.



7725.4.  A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in
this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after
its expiration, the holder of the license, as a condition precedent
to its reinstatement, shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount
equal to the renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal date
before the date on which it is reinstated plus the delinquency fee,
if any, accrued at the time of its revocation.



7725.5.  A license that is not renewed within five years after its
expiration may not be renewed, restored, reissued, or reinstated
thereafter. The holder of the expired license may obtain a new
license only if the holder pays all of the fees, and meets all of the
requirements, other than requirements relating to education, set
forth in this chapter for obtaining an original license, except that
the bureau may issue a new license to the holder without examination
if the holder establishes to the bureau's satisfaction that, with due
regard for the public interest, the holder is qualified to engage in
the activity in which the holder again seeks to be licensed. The
bureau may, by appropriate regulation, provide for the waiver or
refund of all or any part of the application fee in those cases in
which a license is issued without examination under this section.
   The provisions of this section do not apply to certificates of
apprenticeship.


7727.  On or before the 10th day of each month, the department shall
pay into the State Treasury and report to the State Controller all
the fees received for the bureau. The fees shall be received by the
State Treasurer and placed in the State Funeral Directors and
Embalmers Fund, which fund is available for expenditures necessary
for the proper administration of this chapter.



7729.  The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter shall be
fixed according to the following schedule with the minimum amount
specified being the amount fixed on January 1, 1988.
   (a) The application fee for a funeral director's license shall be
not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than two
hundred dollars ($200).
   (b) The application fee for change of location of a funeral
establishment's license shall be not less than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150) and not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
   (c) The application fee for permission to assign a funeral
establishment's license shall be not less than two hundred dollars
($200) and not more than three hundred dollars ($300).
   (d) The license renewal fee payable by a licensed funeral director
shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than
two hundred dollars ($200). The fee for a delinquent renewal of a
funeral director's license shall be 150 percent of the timely renewal
fee.
   (e) The application fee for an embalmer's license and the
examination on the state's laws required under paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) of Section 7646 for the license shall be not less
than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
   (f) The renewal fee payable by a licensed embalmer shall be not
less than seventy-five dollars ($75) and not more than one hundred
twenty-five dollars ($125). The fee for a delinquent renewal of an
embalmer's license shall be 150 percent of the timely renewal fee.
   (g) The application fee for a certificate of registration as an
apprentice embalmer shall be not less than thirty dollars ($30) and
not more than sixty dollars ($60).
   (h) The fee for an application by a funeral establishment for
approval to train apprentice embalmers and for renewal of that
approval shall be not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than
one hundred dollars ($100).
   (i) The application fee for a funeral director's examination shall
be not less than seventy-five dollars ($75) and not more than one
hundred dollars ($100).
   (j) The fee for a timely filing of an individual report or a
combined report on preneed trust funds shall be not less than one
hundred dollars ($100) and not more than two hundred dollars ($200).
The fee for a late filing of any report on preneed trust funds shall
be 150 percent of the applicable timely fee.
   (k) The application fee for permission to change the name
appearing on a funeral establishment's license shall be not less than
one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than two hundred dollars
($200), and for permission to change the name on any other license or
certificate, not less than twenty dollars ($20) and not more than
forty dollars ($40).
   (l) The application fee for a duplicate funeral director's
license, a duplicate funeral establishment's license, a duplicate
embalmer's license, or a duplicate certificate of registration as an
apprentice embalmer, shall be not less than twenty dollars ($20) and
not more than forty dollars ($40).
   (m) The fee for filing a report of a change of corporate officers,
managers, or preneed trust fund trustees shall be not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25) and not more than fifty dollars ($50).
   (n) The application fee for a funeral establishment license shall
be not less than three hundred dollars ($300) and not more than four
hundred dollars ($400).
   (o) The license renewal fee for a licensed funeral establishment
shall be not less than three hundred dollars ($300) nor more than
four hundred dollars ($400).