KRS 316.165: Business of providing surface transportation or removal of dead human

bodies -- Permit to authorize -- Providers and activities not eligible for permit -

- Administrative regulations.

(1) Any person employed by a full -service funeral establishme nt or an embalming

service establishment, except a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, the

Commonwealth and its agencies, or an emergency medical services provider duly

certified or licensed pursuant to KRS Chapter 311A, who wants to engage in t he

business of surface transportation or removal of dead human bodies in the

Commonwealth, shall apply for and may be granted a permit from the board.

(2) Surface transportation and removal services shall not include:

(a) The arrangement or conduction of funerals;

(b) The provision for the care or preparation, including embalming, of dead

human bodies; or

(c) The sale or provision of funeral-related goods and services;

without also the issuance of a funeral service establishment license or an embalming

service establishment license.

(3) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations related to the processes and

procedures for the permitting of persons to provide surface transportation and

removal services of dead human bodies.