{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-1727","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 65-1727","heading":"Fees; fixed by rules and regulations; notice to licensee; licensure by endorsement.","body":"(a) On or before October 15 of each year, the state board of mortuary arts shall determine the amount of funds that will be required during the next ensuing two years to properly administer the laws which the board is directed to enforce and administer under the provisions of article 17 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory of the provisions thereof and supplemental thereto, and by rules and regulations shall fix fees in such reasonable sums as may be necessary for such purposes within the following limitations:\nEmbalmers endorsement application fee, not more than $500\nEmbalmers reciprocity application fee, not more than 500\nFuneral directors examination fee, not more than 400\nFuneral directors reciprocity application fee, not more than 500\nEmbalmers/funeral directors reciprocity application fee, not more than 500\nAssistant funeral directors application fee, not more than 300\nAssistant funeral directors examination fee, not more than 300\nEmbalmers license and renewal fee, not more than 350\nFuneral directors license and renewal fee, not more than 450\nCrematory operator's license and renewal fee, not more than 200\nAssistant funeral directors license and renewal fee, not more than 400\nApprentice embalmers registration fee, not more than 250\nFuneral establishment license fee, not more than 1,000\nBranch establishment license fee, not more than 1,000\nCrematory license fee, not more than 1,000\nCrematory renewal fee, not more than 1,000\nFuneral establishment/crematory license fee, not more than 1,500\nFuneral establishment/crematory renewal fee, not more than 1,500\nBranch establishment/crematory license fee, not more than 1,500\nBranch establishment/crematory renewal fee, not more than 1,500\nDuplicate licenses 30\nRulebooks 20\nContinuing education program sponsor applications 25\nContinuing education program licensee applications 25\nAt least 30 days prior to the expiration date of any license issued by the board, the board shall notify the licensee of the applicable renewal fee therefor.\n(b) The fees established by the board under this section immediately prior to the effective date of this act shall continue in effect until such fees are fixed by the board by rules and regulations as provided in this section. An owner of a licensed funeral establishment or licensed branch establishment and a licensed crematory may be charged by the board a combined funeral establishment/crematory license or renewal fee or branch establishment/crematory license or renewal fee under this section in lieu of a separate license or renewal fee for each facility.\n(c) The state board of mortuary arts may license embalmers via endorsement from another state: (1) If the individual has been licensed for at least five years and has completed at least five consecutive years of active practice in embalming; (2) has passed the national examination written by the international conference of funeral service examining boards; and (3) has not had any adverse action taken against such licensee by the state board in which licensure is held. The original fee for such endorsement license and the renewal fee shall be in the amounts fixed by the board in accordance with the provisions of this section.\n(d) Fees paid to the board are not refundable.","path":["Chapter 65.—PUBLIC HEALTH","Article 17.—REGULATION OF EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_017_0027.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:23:31Z","sha256":"970c0fab254a860e35f2b04299006f307d87289b2d338be3dae163bff7304b88","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-1726","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-1728"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}