49 Pa. Code § 13.231 - Biennial registration; unregistered status and inactive status; failure to renew
(a) A licensee
shall register each biennial period to retain the right to practice. Initial
registration shall automatically occur when a license is issued. Registration
for a biennial period expires on the first day of February of every even
numbered year. Unless excused by the Board for good cause under section
10(b)(4) of the act (63 P.S. §
479.10(b)(4)), the Board
will not grant an application for renewal of a funeral director license unless
the licensee has certified that the licensee has completed the amount of
continuing education required by §
13.401 (relating to credit hour
requirements), including at least 2 hours of approved courses in child abuse
recognition and reporting in accordance with §
13.308(b)
(relating to child abuse recognition and reporting-mandatory training
requirement).
(b) Applications for
biennial registration shall be made on forms provided by the Board. The form
shall be received by the Board with the required registration fee by the
expiration of the previous biennial registration period.
(c) Biennial registration forms and other
forms and literature distributed by the Board will be mailed to the licensee at
the last mailing address on file with the Board. If a licensee changes the
mailing address, the licensee shall notify the Board within 15 days thereafter.
Failure of the Board to send or of the licensee to receive a biennial
registration application does not relieve the licensee of the biennial
registration responsibility.
(d) A
licensee whose licensure status has lapsed by failing to register biennially
with the Board may apply to the Board for reactivation of licensure status by
satisfying the requirements of paragraph (1) on forms prescribed by the Board.
An application for reactivation of an inactive or lapsed funeral director
license must also include the documentation required by §
13.402 (relating to reporting
completion of continuing education) for the immediately preceding biennium,
which may be completed during the current biennium. Unless excused by the Board
for good cause under section 10(b)(4) of the act, the Board will not reactivate
any funeral director license until the required continuing education for the
preceding biennium has been successfully completed.
(1) A licensee applying for reactivation of
licensure status is required to pay the current registration fee and submit a
notarized affidavit setting forth the period of time in which the licensee did
not practice in this Commonwealth.
(2) A licensee who seeks to reactivate his
licensure status will not be assessed a late renewal fee for the preceding
biennial registration periods in which the licensee did not engage in practice
in this Commonwealth. A licensee whose licensure status has lapsed due to the
failure to register biennially with the Board, is prohibited from practicing as
a funeral director in this Commonwealth unless the licensure status is
reactivated. If a licensee engages in practice in this Commonwealth during a
period in which the licensees' registration is not renewed, the licensee is
required to pay a late fee of $5 for each month or part of a month beyond the
date specified for renewal as provided in section 225 of the Bureau of
Professional and Occupational Affairs Fee Act (63 P. S. §
1401-225), in addition to the prescribed
biennial renewal fee. The payment of a late fee does not preclude the Board
from taking disciplinary action against a licensee for practicing as a funeral
director in this Commonwealth without a current license.
Notes
The provisions of this § 13.231 amended under sections 10(b) and 16(a) of the Funeral Director Law (63 P.S. §§ 479.10(b) and 479.16(a)); and 23 Pa.C.S. §§ 6301-6388.
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