201 Ky. Admin. Regs. 15:030

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 5, November 1, 2024

Section 201 KAR 15:030 - Fees

RELATES TO: KRS 316.125(2), 316.130(2), (4), (5), 316.132, 316.140(2)

NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 316.125(2)(a) and (b) require the board to issue an appropriate establishment license to an applicant who meets the statutory requirements. KRS 316.130(2), (4), and (5) establish the renewal and continuing education requirements for licensure. KRS 316.132 establishes the requirements for continuing education courses, board approval of continuing education courses, and certification for attendance thereof. KRS 316.140(2) establishes the requirements for a person holding an embalmer's or funeral director's license issued in another state or federal district to obtain a courtesy card. KRS 316.210(1) authorizes the board to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out and enforce the provisions of KRS Chapter 316, and 316.210(6) requires the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish fees authorized by KRS Chapter 316. This administrative regulation establishes the fees authorized by KRS Chapter 316.

Section 1.

(1) The funeral establishment license fee shall be $500.

(2) The renewal fee for a funeral establishment license shall be $500.

(3) The late fee for a funeral establishment license renewal shall be $500.

Section 2. Individual License Fees.

(1) The embalmer's license renewal fee shall be $100.

(2) The funeral director's license renewal fee shall be $100.

(3) The late fee for an embalmer's license renewal or a funeral director's license renewal shall be $100.

Section 3. The fee for an annual courtesy card shall be $100 dollars.

Section 4. Apprenticeship Fees.

(1) The registration fee for an embalmer apprenticeship shall be $100.

(2) The registration fee for a funeral directors apprenticeship shall be $100.

(3) The reinstatement fee for an apprenticeship shall be fifty dollars ($50) per license.

(4) The registration fee for Level II funeral director registration shall be fifty (50) dollars.

(5) The registration fee for Level II embalmer registration shall be fifty (50) dollars.

(6) The licensure exam fee shall be $100 per license.

Section 5. Surface Transportation Fees.

(1) The surface transportation license fee shall be $150.

(2) The surface transportation renewal fee shall be $150.

(3) The surface transportation course and examination fee shall be seventy-five (75) dollars.

Section 6. Inspection Fees for Establishment.

(1) A routine or requested inspection shall be $100.

(2) A re-inspection within a period of three (3) months following a routine inspection, due to a deficiency found by the Inspector of the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on a routine inspection shall be $200.

(3) If an establishment fails three (3) consecutive inspections within a period of six (6) months, any subsequent inspections required to determine if the failures have been cured shall be $300 for each subsequent inspection.

Section 7. The fee for processing an application for a continuing education program shall be $150 per program; for programs included in a conference or convention setting, the total fee shall not exceed $600.

Section 8. Processing and NSF.

(1) A processing fee of twenty-five (25) dollars shall apply to all document actions not covered by other fees established by KRS Chapter 316 or this administrative regulation, including national exam score requests, out-of-state verifications, official name change requests, paper submissions of any documents or applications that are available to submit electronically, and revisions to wall licensure.

(2) A fee of sixty (60) dollars shall be assessed for any payment made to the Board pursuant to KRS Chapter 316 or these administrative regulations, where the check, draft, money order, or other financial instrument is returned by the payor's bank or financial institution for insufficient funds, or cannot otherwise be deposited into the board's account.

Section 9. All fees assessed under this administrative regulation shall be nonrefundable.

201 KAR 15:030

BEFD-Rule 17; 1 Ky.R. 1013; eff. 6-11-1975; Am. 20 Ky.R. 831; eff. 12-6-1993; 22 Ky.R. 2318; eff. 8-1-1996; 25 Ky.R. 592; 1030; eff. 11-13-1998; 26 Ky.R. 1853; eff. 6-12-2000; 34 Ky.R. 1527; eff. 3-7-2008; 44 Ky.R. 117, 911; eff. 12-1-2017; 46 Ky.R. 91, 1094; eff. 11-1-2019; eff. 6-30-2021; 48 Ky.R. 2689; eff. 4/7/2022; 48 Ky.R. 2836; eff. 11/1/2022.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 316.125(2), 316.130(2), (4), (5), 316.132, 316.140(2), 316.210(1)