{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-33.2-15","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-33.2-15","heading":"Annual renewal of licenses.","body":"All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter must be renewed annually by their holders, who shall pay to the division a yearly renewal fee for the renewal of a funeral director/embalmer’s license, and additional fees for each funeral-establishment branch office license and for the crematory license. These fees are as set forth in § 23-1-54. On or before the fifteenth day of November in each year, the division shall mail to each licensed funeral director/embalmer and to each licensed funeral establishment, funeral-establishment branch office, and crematory an application for the renewal. Applications, accompanied by the fee for renewal, shall be filed with the division on or before the thirty-first day of December in each year. Applications filed after the thirty-first of December and on or before the fifteenth of January must be accompanied by a fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 for funeral director/embalmers and funeral establishments in addition to the previously established renewal fees. Any funeral director/embalmer who acts or holds himself or herself out as a funeral director/embalmer after his or her certificate has been lapsed shall be punished as provided in this chapter. Any funeral establishment, funeral-establishment branch office, or crematory that acts or holds itself out as a funeral establishment after its license has lapsed shall be punished as provided in this chapter.","path":["Title 5 Businesses and Professions","Chapter 33.2 Funeral Director/Embalmer and Funeral Service Establishments"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE5/5-33.2/5-33.2-15.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:57:14Z","sha256":"3f4030c6537238006c4a7d3229265f5fcabb60b1a6451e0964e69adcd38a55e2","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-33.2-14","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-33.2-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}