The Commissioner of Public Health may enter into an agreement with the corresponding licensing authority of any other state competent to enter into such agreement, which agreement shall be in substantially the following form:

“We, the undersigned representatives of the various states, by and through their respective licensing authorities, hereby jointly agree that a person duly registered and licensed as a funeral director or embalmer in either one of the several states may go into the other state for the purpose of handling, embalming, transporting and burying dead human bodies and directing funerals as though he were registered under the laws of that state, except that he shall not maintain an establishment, advertise, have any agent or agency, or otherwise hold himself out as a funeral director or embalmer other than in his native state.

It is further agreed that the licensing authority of the state in which the funeral director or embalmer is licensed will assume the responsibility for instituting disciplinary action against any licensed funeral directors or embalmers who may be guilty of unprofessional conduct in the practice of their business in the other state, when such is called to their attention by the licensing authority of that state.”

Any such agreement may be rescinded by said commissioner at any time.

(1957, P.A. 153; P.A. 80-484, S. 96, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

History: P.A. 80-484 replaced board with health services commissioner as authority for entering agreements with licensing authorities of other states; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.