Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXVI. Occupations and Professions § 316.150.Nonissuance, nonrenewal, revocation, suspension, and probation of licenses

(a) Violating any provision of this chapter, any lawful order of the board, or any administrative regulation promulgated by the board pursuant to this chapter;

(b) Being convicted of any felony, or any misdemeanor if the misdemeanor relates to the practice of embalming or funeral directing, if in accordance with KRS Chapter 335B. For purposes of this subsection, a conviction includes a finding or verdict of guilt or an entry of a guilty plea or a plea of no contest;

(c) Paying or offering to pay, directly or indirectly, any consideration of value to secure a funeral, prior to or after an individual's death, or allowing the applicant's or licensee's employee or immediate family member to pay anything of value to secure a funeral;

(d) Soliciting business in any way by offering or giving any service which is not a normal function of a licensed embalmer or a licensed funeral director in a regular service;

(e) Permitting any person who is not a Kentucky-licensed embalmer or Kentucky-licensed funeral director to perform any service pertaining to embalming or funeral directing required by law of a licensed embalmer or a licensed funeral director, from the time of death until interment;

(f) Misrepresenting or concealing a material fact in obtaining a license or an apprentice registration;

(g) Assisting any applicant for an embalmer's or a funeral director's license in obtaining the license by misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact in registering for an apprenticeship, or during the period of serving an apprenticeship, or in taking or passing the examination for an embalmer's or a funeral director's license;

(h) Being sanctioned for a violation of any state or federal statute or administrative regulation governing the funeral industry or its practice for which a plan of correction or remedial action was not accepted by the state or federal authority; or

(i) Committing any act which constitutes unprofessional, fraudulent, misleading, corrupt, deceptive, or dishonest conduct. If the act constitutes a crime, conviction in a criminal proceeding shall not be a condition precedent to a disciplinary action.

(a) Violating any of the provisions set out in paragraphs (a) to (i) of subsection (1) of this section; or

(b) Disobeying the proper orders or instructions of a superior.

(a) Misrepresenting or concealing a material fact in obtaining a funeral establishment license;

(b) Operating a funeral establishment in violation of any lawful order of the board or any state or federal statute or administrative regulation governing the operation of a funeral establishment; or

(c) Operating a funeral establishment without the supervision of a Kentucky-licensed embalmer or a Kentucky-licensed funeral director.