{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-25-15-8-4","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 25-15-8-4","heading":"Selling funeral goods or services; grounds for discipline","body":"Sec. 4. A practitioner who, when selling or offering to sell funeral goods or funeral services to a consumer, fails to:\n(1) act compassionately;\n(2) disclose prices related to arranging a funeral;\n(3) answer questions, including telephone inquiries, accurately and to the reasonable satisfaction of the inquiring person;\n(4) disclose that embalming human remains is not always required by law but may be desirable if viewing or visitation precedes disposition;\n(5) explain which outer burial containers meet cemetery requirements, if any;\n(6) explain requirements, including cremation requirements, for caskets and other alternative containers; or\n(7) disclose whether the cash advance price of each:\n(A) funeral goods or funeral service described by the practitioner as \"cash advance\", \"accommodation\", or \"cash disbursement\", or a similar term; and\n(B) goods or service obtained from a third party and paid on behalf of the consumer by the funeral home licensee for which the practitioner is an agent;\nis equal to the cost of the item to the funeral home selling it;\nmay be disciplined under IC 25-1-11.","path":["TITLE 25. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","ARTICLE 15. EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS","Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_25.html#25-15-8-4","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-10-06T20:43:28Z","sha256":"1833e205652f5a74498b3a8d7e05869ffc2357b3c3ed1ea42bb874206ea749f6","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-25-15-8-3","next":"us-in/ic-25-15-8-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}