Act No. 77

Public Acts of 2013

Approved by the Governor

June 27, 2013

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 27, 2013

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 26, 2013

STATE OF MICHIGAN

97TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

Introduced by Rep. Kurtz

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4303

AN ACT to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, and classify the laws of this state regarding the regulation of certain occupations and to regulate certain persons and activities relative to those occupations; to create a board for each of those occupations; to establish the powers and duties of certain departments and agencies and the boards of each occupation; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to provide for certain fees; to provide for penalties and civil fines; to establish rights, relationships, and remedies of certain persons under certain circumstances; to provide immunity from certain civil liability for certain entities and certain related occupations under certain circumstances; to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 339.101 to 339.2919) by adding section 1806a.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1806a. (1) The department may issue a courtesy license to engage in the practice of mortuary science to an individual if the department determines that all of the following are met:

(a) The individual holds a valid license to practice mortuary science, funeral directing, or another occupation that is the equivalent of the practice of mortuary science or funeral directing, issued by the state of Indiana, Ohio, or Wisconsin.

(b) The state that issued the license described in subdivision (a) by law provides individuals licensed under this article substantially the same opportunity to practice in that state as its licensees are authorized to practice in this state under this section.

(2) A courtesy license is valid for 2 years, beginning on the date it is issued or renewed.

(3) An individual who holds a courtesy license may do any of the following:

(a) Remove a dead human body from the place of death in this state.

(b) Register with a local registrar under section 1807.

(c) Subject to section 1807, transport a dead human body to or from the state in which he or she is licensed.

(d) Subject to section 1807, supervise the final disposition in this state of the human body of an individual who died in the state in which he or she is licensed.

(4) An individual who holds only a courtesy license shall not do any of the following in this state:

(a) Operate a funeral establishment.

(b) Engage in the practice of embalming.

(c) Advertise mortuary science, funeral directing, or cremation services.

(d) Directly or indirectly own, manage, operate, maintain, or be employed by a cemetery or crematory or engage in any similar activity for which registration is required under the cemetery regulation act, 1968 PA 251, MCL 456.521 to 456.543.

(e) Violate section 1810.

(5) The department shall ensure that a courtesy license is issued with the restrictions described in this section.

(6) As used in this section, “courtesy license” means a license issued under this article to an individual described in subsection (1) that is subject to the restrictions described in this section.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect upon the expiration of 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor