Title 33, Professions And Occupations

Certificate of appointment; oath. The governor shall furnish each person appointed to serve on the board a certificate of appointment. The appointee shall qualify by taking the usual oath of office before any person authorized to administer oaths, of the county in which the perso…

Meetings; quorum. The board shall meet at least once each year and may meet as often and at such place as the proper and efficient discharge of its duties may require. Three (3) members shall constitute a quorum.

Compensation of board members. The members of the board shall receive mileage and per diem allowance as provided in W.S. 33-1-302(a)(vii) when engaged in performing their duties as members of the board.

Board account. All fees and other revenues received by the board shall be deposited by the state treasurer to the credit of the Wyoming board of funeral service account. All monies in the account may be appropriated for the use of the board. The account shall be used by the board…

Duties and powers of the board. (a) The board: (i) Shall have the authority to issue registrations, permits and licenses to qualified persons; (ii) Shall have the authority to enter into interstate or intrastate agreements and associations with other boards of licensure for the p…

Prohibited acts, penalties, injunctive relief. (a) No person shall: (i) Engage in the business practice of funeral service, cremation, chemical disposition or other activities defined as part of funeral service practice, unless licensed, registered or permitted to do so under thi…

Grounds for disciplinary action on licensees, registrations and permits, generally. (a) The board may refuse to renew, or may deny, suspend, revoke or otherwise restrict a license, registration or permit issued under this act for any of the following acts: (i) Unprofessional cond…

Limitation of practice. All persons licensed, registered or permitted under this act shall adhere to the professional standards of practice promulgated in the rules and regulations of the board. Any person licensed, registered or permitted under this act who refuses or neglects t…

Petition for disciplinary action; notice for hearing; review. (a) A petition for the discipline of a licensee, registrant or permittee may be filed by the attorney general or by the county attorney of the county in which the licensee, registrant or permittee resides or has practi…

Criminal penalty for violation. Unless otherwise provided for in this act for specific violations, any person violating this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), by imprisonment for not more than six (6) month…

Funeral services to be conducted in permitted funeral establishment by licensee or registrant. The business of a funeral service practice shall be conducted in a funeral establishment that has been issued a permit by the board. Unlicensed individuals employed by a funeral establi…

Funeral establishment; permit required; qualifications. (a) It is unlawful for any person or entity to operate a funeral establishment not permitted by the board. (b) Every person or entity desiring to operate a funeral establishment within the state of Wyoming shall apply to the…

Funeral service practitioner; license required; qualifications. (a) Persons employed by a funeral establishment may assist funeral directors and funeral service practitioners in the area of funeral directing, under the supervision of a licensed funeral service practitioner. To be…

Funeral director; license required; qualifications. It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of funeral directing without being granted a license as a funeral service practitioner or permitted as a funeral director under a permit originally issued prior to July 1, …

Apprentice funeral service practitioner; registration required; qualifications. (a) Individuals apprenticing with a funeral service practitioner, shall be licensed as an apprentice funeral service practitioner by the board prior to beginning the apprenticeship. Apprentice credit …

Licenses, registrations and permits under prior law; recognition given; subject to this act. (a) Persons who hold a current license in good standing as an embalmer on June 30, 2014, issued by the board of embalmers under prior laws of Wyoming shall be issued a license as a funera…

Record keeping for licensees. The board administrator shall keep a record in which shall be registered the names and residence of all persons to whom a certificate of license has been granted, and the number and date of these licenses. A copy of each individual license shall be f…

Out-of-state licensees; reciprocity; state of disaster or emergency; entities and individuals. (a) The board shall have the power to issue a reciprocal license to an applicant from another jurisdiction that has equal or like educational requirements as required by this state or t…

Investigation of applicants for license; granting or refusing license. Upon receipt of an application for an establishment license under this act, the board may cause an investigation to be made as to the character of the applicant, including its officers or members if the applic…

Renewal of license; fees; penalties; continuing education. Every licensee and permittee under this act shall pay annually a fee for the renewal of his license. All licenses and permits issued by the board shall expire annually on a date set by the board. Persons licensed and perm…

Licenses and permits to be signed and displayed; business to be in name of permitted business. Every license or permit issued under this act shall specify the name of the licensee or permittee, shall be signed by the licensee or authorized designee of the permittee and shall be d…

Specific prohibited conduct of licensees. (a) The board may suspend or revoke licenses or impose other disciplinary action appropriate under the circumstances on licensees, permittees and registrants, after hearing by the board and after ten (10) days' notice to the licensee, upo…

Duty to ascertain cause of death; funeral service practitioner to prepare body for transportation or removal if death due to communicable, contagious or infectious disease. It shall be the duty of every funeral director and funeral service practitioner, when called to take charge…

Persons barred from embalming room; exceptions. It shall be the duty of every funeral director and funeral service practitioner, not to permit any person or persons to enter any room in any funeral establishment where dead bodies are being embalmed, except licensed funeral servic…

Exemptions from this act; limitation. (a) Any duly authorized representative of any church, fraternal order or other association or organization honoring the dead who performs a religious ceremony under the authority of and pursuant to the religious tenets or practices of the org…

Crematory operator; chemical disposer; permit required; qualifications. (a) It is unlawful for any person or entity to operate a crematory disposing of human remains without the crematory being first granted a permit by the board as a crematory, or to chemically dispose of human …

Records of crematories and chemical disposition facilities; crematory and chemical disposition authorization. (a) Upon the receipt of a human body for cremation or chemical disposition, the crematory or chemical disposition facility shall deliver to the funeral director, funeral …

Cremation chambers and crematories for disposition of human remains. Cremation chambers of crematoriums and facilities of chemical disposition permitted by this act shall be used exclusively for the cremation or chemical disposition of human remains.

Cremation of human remains; chemical disposition. The funeral director, funeral service practitioner, or other person having charge of the preparation of human remains for burial or the last rites and committal services thereof shall have the right to be present either in person …

Inspection of crematories and facilities for chemical disposition; rules and regulations. The board shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations governing the cremation and chemical disposition of human remains. The rules shall provide minimum standards of sanitation, requir…

Removal of human remains from casket or other container; use of container. Human remains delivered to a crematorium or other appropriately permitted entity conducting chemical disposition shall not be removed from the casket or other container without the written authorization of…

Violation declared public nuisance; enforcement; criminal penalties. Maintenance or operation of a building or structure within the state of Wyoming as a crematorium or chemical disposition facility in violation of the provisions of this act or the rules and regulations of the bo…

Cremation containers. (a) A cremation container shall meet substantially all of the following standards: (i) Be composed of readily combustible materials suitable for cremation; (ii) Be able to be closed in order to provide a complete covering for the human remains; (iii) Be resi…