KRS 316.990: Penalties.
Where this section sits in the code
- KRS Chapter 316
(1) Any person who violates or aids in the violation of KRS 316.030(1) by engaging in
or attempting to engage in embalming or funeral directing or doing any part of a
service pertaining to embalming or funeral directing from the time of death until the
interment of a dead human body, who is not licensed under this chapter, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty
dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisoned for not more
than six (6) months, or both for each offense.
(2) Any person not licensed under this chapter who conducts a funeral establishment or
corporation for the preparation and burial of dead human bodies, or who holds
himself out to be an embalmer or funeral director, or who prepa res, cares for, or
disposes of dead human bodies within the meaning of this chapter, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50)
nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisoned for not mor e than six (6)
months, or both. Each day that the establishment is open to the public in violation of
this chapter shall be a separate offense.
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