§ 1215 -   Penalties; jurisdiction of offenses

§ 1215. Penalties; jurisdiction of offenses

(a) A person who engages in the practice of funeral services without a license shall be subject to the penalties provided in subsection 127(c) of Title 3.

(b) No person shall embalm or introduce any fluid into a dead human body unless the person is a licensed embalmer or is an apprentice and performs under the direction of an embalmer in his or her presence. A person who is not duly licensed as provided in this chapter may not practice or hold himself or herself out to the public as a practicing embalmer and shall be subject to the penalties provided in subsection 127(c) of Title 3. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1995, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2007, No. 29, § 24; 2009, No. 35, § 17.)