Summary


In Section R156-9-302a, effective June 2017, the Utah Funeral Service Law and Rule Examination required for all applicants for licensure under the Funeral Services Licensing Act -- funeral directors, funeral director interns, and preneed sales agents -- was updated and restructured into two new exams. These two new exams are: 1) the "Utah Funeral Service Director Law and Rule Examination", now required for applicants for licensure as a funeral service director or funeral service intern; and 2) the "Utah Preneed Funeral Arrangement Sales Agent Law and Rule Examination", now required for applicants for licensure as a preneed sales agent. These proposed amendments update this rule to refer to these examination requirements. In Section R156-9-304, these proposed amendments make a minor formatting change for clarity. In Section R156-9-401, these proposed amendments incorporate alkaline hydrolysis into facility/staff requirements for funeral service establishments, in accordance with statutory changes made by H.B. 121 (2018). In Section R156-9-607, these proposed amendments remove the reference to a Division-provided model guaranteed preneed funeral arrangement contract form. Contract requirements are defined by statute and specific forms used should be at the discretion of the establishment and their legal counsel. Minor formatting changes are also made for clarity.