BOARD MEMBERS AND ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
The Rules Committee of the Board of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services will hold public meetings on Aug. 18 and Sept. 8, 2017. Click below for complete meeting notices and details.
RULE MEETING WORKSHOP
The Rules Committee of the Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services, will hold a public meeting on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, to discuss Rule Chapter 69K-30, F.A.C.
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RULE MEETING WORKSHOP
The Rules Committee of the Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services, will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, to discuss Rule Chapter 69K-30, F.A.C.
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Click here for workshop agenda
RULE MEETING/WORKSHOP
The Board of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services will hold a meeting/workshop regarding Rules 69K-30.0021 and 69K-30.003 and 69K-30.001 on June 6, 2017 in Tallahassee.
Click here for the Workshop Agenda
Click here for the draft of Rule 69K-30.001 Disciplinary Guidelines and Penalties
Click here for the meeting notice (69K-30.0021 and 69K-30.003)
Click here for rescheduling and meeting notice (69K-30.001)
BOARD MEETING RESCHEDULED
The Board of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services Teleconference Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 13th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
(Due to the weather conditions special provisions have been made to hold this rescheduled board meeting teleconference.)
CONSUMER ALERT
HERITAGE CREMATION PROVIDER AND LEGACY FUNERAL SERVICES
The Florida
Division of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services (Division) has received one
or more complaints about an online business whose website gives the name of the
business as "Heritage Cremation Provider" and "Heritage Cremation Provider, LLC. CLICK HERE for more
information.
VA ANNOUNCES NEW ONLINE RESOURCES FOR FUNERAL DIRECTORS
CLICK HERE FOR MORE
IMPORTANT CHANGES REGARDING FUNERAL DIRECTOR-IN-CHARGE OF A FUNERAL
ESTABLISHMENT
Effective 10-1-2010 all funeral establishments must
have as funeral director in charge, a licensee who is licensed as both funeral
director and embalmer. A limited exception has been provided by statute to allow
certain persons licensed only as a funeral director to continue acting as FDIC.
Click here for
more information.
Click here for a related
form.
Posted 8-20-2010
IMPORTANT CHANGES REGARDING DIRECT DISPOSER-IN-CHARGE OF A DIRECT DISPOSAL ESTABLISHMENT
Effective 10-1-2010
direct disposal establishments must have a licensed funeral director as direct
disposer in charge. A limited exception has been provided by statute to allow
certain direct disposers to continue acting as direct disposer in charge.
Click here for more information.
Click here for a
related form.
Posted 8-17-2010
BOARD MEETING DATE CHANGE
Please note that
the date of the February 2, 2012, Board meeting has been changed to February 9,
2012. The meeting will still be held at 10:00am in Room 230A, Alexander
Building, Tallahassee FL. For more information, you may contact LaTonya
Bryant at (850)413-3039 or LaTonya.Bryant-Parker@myfloridacfo.com.
The Department has briefly re-opened the window for applications for appointment to the Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services. The appointment of three current members of the Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services will be expiring in the coming months. To apply, submit a Main Application Questionnaire, and a Supplemental Questionnaire, in time to be actually received by this Division BY NOT LATER THAN Sept. 9, 2011
EXPIRING BOARD APPOINTMENTS
The appointment of three current members of the Board of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services will be expiring in the coming months. To apply, submit a Main Application Questionaire, and a Supplemental Questionaire, in time to be actually received by this Division BY NOT LATER THAN Aug. 25, 2011.
Posted 8-5-2011
VACANCY ON BOARD OF FUNERAL, CEMETERY AND CONSUMER SERVICES
The Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and
Consumer Services has a vacancy. The seat must be filled by a person whose
primary occupation is associated with a licensed cemetery company.
Click here for more information
on the position
Click
here for application questionaire
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL eAPPOINT SYSTEM USERS
Online Application Payment System Down
Please be aware that our systems will be down for maintenance Friday, December 17, 2010 5:00 p.m. through Wednesday, December 22, 2010 6:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST), in order to make necessary enhancements. There will be no access to file an application, appointment, renewal or duplicate license during this time period. We chose this time of year because of the traditionally low number of transactions. During this downtime, any information or transactions submitted prior to 5 p.m. (EST) on December 17, will not be affected.
We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you or those you represent; however, the system maintenance will help us provide better customer service in the future. If you have any questions regarding this issue, please call Division staffer Christine Lynn at 850-413-4991.
VISA-branded cards are no longer accepted.
Effective December 15, 2010, the Florida Department of Financial
Services, Division of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services, will no longer be
able to accept VISA-branded credit or debit cards. We will continue to accept
MasterCard, Discover Card, American Express, and eCheck.
The Florida
Department of Financial Services genuinely regrets any inconvenience you may
experience as a result of our inability to accept of VISA-branded
cards.
Questions? Call Division staffer Christine Lynn at
850-413-4991.
Posted 12-13-10
BOARD MEETINGS -- change in November and December 2010
locations
The Funeral and Cemetery Division has
been instructed to move its Tallahassee office in mid-November, to the Pepper
Building, in downtown Tallahassee. The move will affect our ability to generate
a full agenda for the December meeting, which is currently scheduled as an in
person meeting. The Division, in consultation with the Board Chair, has
determined that it would not be a good use of travel funds to have the Board
travel to a December in person meeting, when the agenda will likely by light.
Accordingly, it has been determined that the following changes will be made
regarding Board meetings:
November 4 Board meeting will be in person, in Tallahassee.
December 2 Board meeting will be by teleconference.
Posted 10-05-2010
IMPORTANT CHANGES REGARDING FUNERAL DIRECTOR-IN-CHARGE OF A FUNERAL
ESTABLISHMENT
Effective 10-1-2010 all funeral establishments must
have as funeral director in charge, a licensee who is licensed as both funeral
director and embalmer. A limited exception has been provided by statute to allow
certain persons licensed only as a funeral director to continue acting as
FDIC.
Click here for
more information.
Click here for a related
form.
Posted 8-20-2010
IMPORTANT CHANGES REGARDING DIRECT DISPOSER-IN-CHARGE OF A DIRECT
DISPOSAL ESTABLISHMENT.
Effective 10-1-2010 direct disposal
establishments must have a licensed funeral director as direct disposer in
charge. A limited exception has been provided by statute to allow certain direct
disposers to continue acting as direct disposer in charge.
Click here for more
information.
Click here for
a related form.
Posted 8-17-2010
RE: CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDER STATUS
We
apologize for the inconvenience, but we are experiencing some technical
difficulties regarding the expiration of ALL continuing education providers. Our
programmers are working to get this issue resolved as quickly as possible. Until
a resolution has been met, you will not be able to log into the system. Feel
free to offer any valid courses that have already been approved. Should you have
any further questions or concerns, please contact LaTonya Bryant at (850)
413-3039. Thanks for your patience in this matter.
Posted 6-1-09
RE: ON-LINE LISTINGS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES
We apologize for the inconvenience, but we are experiencing
some technical difficulties regarding the reporting of active courses (https://facs.fldfs.com/public/pb_index.asp).
Our programmers are working to get this issue resolved as quickly as possible.
Feel free to offer any valid courses that were closed in error. Should you have
any further questions or concerns, please contact LaTonya Bryant at (850)
413-3039. Thanks for your patience in this matter.
Posted 04-15-09
LATE FEES re PRENEED REMITTANCES TO BE ENFORCED
Commencing with quarterly preneed remittances for 2nd Quarter
2009, which will be due on or before Aug. 31, 2009, the Division will be
enforcing late fees for quarterly preneed remittances that are not paid by the
due date. The Division has not previously enforced these late fees rigorously
because of computer system limitations. For payments sent by mail, payment will
be deemed late if the envelope in which payment is received by the Division, is
not postmarked on or before the due date. By Board rule, the late fee is $200
for first time you are late, and $400 each time thereafter.
Posted
3-31-09
QUARTERLY REMITTANCE FEE PER CONTRACT IS INCREASING JULY 1, 2009
Effective July 1, 2009, the Quarterly Preneed Remittance paid
by Preneed licensees will increase by $2 per each preneed contract. The increase
will apply to each preneed contract entered into on and after July 1, 2009. The
increase will apply to all preneed contracts, whether the contract is secured by
trust deposit, life insurance, or surety bond. This increase is pursuant to
Board rule amendment at the Jan. 2009 Board meeting. For more info, call
Christine Lynn at 850-413-4082.
Posted 3-31-09
NEW PRENEED QUARTERLY INVOICE FORM PROPOSED
Comment
Invited
To All Interested Parties:
The Division of
Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services anticipates putting the attached NEW
QUARTERLY PRENEED REMITTANCE FORM into use later this year (we anticipate
sending it out in June 2009 for reporting of quarterly preneed remittances for
2d quarter of CY 2009 (April 1-June 30, 2009). Currently and for many years
past, each quarter we send each preneed licensee two remittance invoice forms to
fill out and return, one form for remittances to the Consumer Protection Trust
Fund (CPTF), and another separate form for remittances to the Regulatory Trust
Fund (RGTF). The new revised form combines CPTF and RGTF remittances onto the
single new form. So preneed licensees would receive only one remittance invoice
each quarter, and would remit only one check each quarter. The FCCS Division has
scheduled a meeting on Feb 13, 2009, in room 230A of the Alexander Building,
from 10 AM to noon, to receive from any interested party, any comment, concerns,
or suggestions you have concerning the proposed new form. In addition, feel free
to email any comments to: shropshired@FLDFS.com. CLICK HERE to see
the proposed form.
Posted 1-30-09
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
The offices of the Division of
Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services will be closed on Dec. 26, 2008, and
Jan. 2, 2009.
Posted 12-19-08
JANUARY 2009 BOARD MEETING
The Jan. 2009 meeting
of the Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services will be on Jan. 7,
2009, at the Alexander Building, 2020 Capital Circle SE, Talahassee. It will be
an in-person meeting, not a teleconference meeting. It is anticipated that the
Board's Finance Committee will make its report and recommendation to the Board
at the Jan. 7th meeting. There will be no meetings of the Board between the date
of this announcement and the Jan. 7th meeting.
Posted 12-8-08
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CHARGE
Cost allocation
materials, breakout by dollars per component item.
Click here to see the materials.
(Note: File is 5.5MB)
Posted 10-15-08
THE INCREASE OF FINGERPRINTING FEES
Effective July 1, 2008, the fee for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to process fingerprints and conduct criminal background checks has been increased from $57.25 to $58.25. The fee increase is due to the Legislature’s decision to increase the fee for FDLE criminal history checks.
ESTABLISHMENTS SELLING PRENEED CONTRACTS - 2008 LICENSE
RENEWAL
Establishments licensed to sell preneed contracts (license types
3700 and 3709) will receive their annual renewal notice beginning April 1, 2008.
The notice is for renewal of the primary establishment and any branch operations
selling preneed contracts. Licenses that are renewed by June 30, 2008, will be
issued effective July 1, 2008.
MONUMENT ESTABLISHMENTS AND PROFESSIONALS – ARE YOU
LICENSED?
Effective October 1, 2005, Chapter 497, Part V, was amended to
distinguish between Monument Builders and Monument Retailers. All licensed
monument establishments were made Monument Retailers, and a new application was
required to become a Monument Builder. The industry was allowed time to adjust
to the new law and become voluntarily licensed. NOTICE: The Division’s field
examiners have begun inspecting monument establishments and employees to
determine compliance with the current law.