Rule 30-2401-4.7 - Personnel(1) Funeral Licensee (a) Each funeral service establishment, except the branch establishment that does not engage in the care and preparation of the body, shall have an employment, contractual or other relationship with at least one full-time licensed funeral director or funeral service practitioner who shall be designated as the licensee-in-charge of the operation of the establishment. Each establishment must have a sufficient number of other licensed individuals to adequately serve the public.(b) The licensee-in-charge shall reside and maintain a permanent residence within seventy (75) miles of the establishment for which he or she serves as licensee-in-charge.(c) In the event the licensee-in-charge becomes no longer in charge of said funeral establishment, then the establishment and the licensee-in-charge have the responsibility of notifying the Board of such change within fourteen (14) calendar days. In such event, a new establishment license application must be submitted along with the appropriate fee prescribed by the Board.(d) If exigent circumstances, as determined by the Board, warrant additional time to facilitate a licensee-in-charge change, upon good cause shown and with written agreement by a licensed funeral director to assume responsibility in the interim, the Board may grant up to ninety (90) additional days for an establishment to employ the new licensee-in-charge.(2) Licensed Funeral Service Practitioner. Each full-service funeral establishment must either employ a funeral service licensee full-time or have a funeral service licensee available to embalm dead human remains. The funeral service licensee shall be listed on the establishment application, renewal form, and in the preparation room log book or case report.30 Miss. Code. R. 2401-4.7
Miss. Code Ann. §§ 73-11-49(7) and 73-11-55 (Rev. 2012).