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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59048</law_id><section_number>54.1-2314</section_number><catch_line>Refusal, suspension or revocation of license or registration</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-2342</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="23.1">Cemetery Operators, Perpetual Care Trust Funds and Preneed Burial Contracts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may refuse to license or register any applicant, suspend a license or registration for a stated period or indefinitely, revoke any license or registration, censure or reprimand any person licensed or registered by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> or place such person on <span class="dictionary">probation</span> for such time as it may designate for any of the following causes related to the sale or offering to the public of <span class="dictionary">cemetery</span> vaults, <span class="dictionary">grave</span> liners, urns, <span class="dictionary">memorials, markers or monuments</span>:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">Conviction</span> of any <span class="dictionary">felony</span> or any <span class="dictionary">crime</span> involving <span class="dictionary">moral turpitude</span>; <a id="paragraph-216536" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2314/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Unprofessional conduct which is likely to defraud or to deceive the public or clients; <a id="paragraph-216537" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2314/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Misrepresentation or <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> in the conduct of the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> or its sales personnel, or in obtaining or renewing a license or registration; <a id="paragraph-216538" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2314/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> False or misleading advertising; <a id="paragraph-216539" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2314/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> <span class="dictionary">Solicitation</span> in violation of subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Itemized statement and general price list of burial fees to be furnished; solicitations prohibited" href="/54.1-2327/">54.1-2327</a>; <a id="paragraph-216540" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2314/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Direct or indirect payment or offer of payment of a commission to others by the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>, his sales representatives, agents, or employees for the purpose of securing business; <a id="paragraph-216541" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2314/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Use of alcohol or drugs to the extent that such use renders him unsafe to practice his licensed or registered activity; <a id="paragraph-216542" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2314/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Aiding or abetting an unlicensed person to engage in the business of a <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span>; <a id="paragraph-216543" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2314/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="9"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Using profane, indecent or obscene language within the immediate <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> of the family or relatives of a deceased, whose body has been interred or otherwise disposed of; <a id="paragraph-216544" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2314/#9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="10"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> Violation of any <span class="dictionary">statute</span>, <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or regulation affecting the handling, <span class="dictionary">custody</span>, care or transportation of dead human bodies; <a id="paragraph-216545" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2314/#10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="11"><p><span class="prefix-number">11.</span> Failure to comply with subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Itemized statement and general price list of burial fees to be furnished; solicitations prohibited" href="/54.1-2327/">54.1-2327</a> and to keep on file an itemized statement of all retail prices and fees charged related to the sale of property or services as required by <span class="dictionary">Board</span> regulations and this chapter; <a id="paragraph-216546" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2314/#11"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="12"><p><span class="prefix-number">12.</span> Charging third-<span class="dictionary">party</span> handling fees, which shall not include installation fees; and <a id="paragraph-216547" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2314/#12"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="13"><p><span class="prefix-number">13.</span> Refusing to honor the transfer of <span class="dictionary">preneed</span> <span class="dictionary">contract</span> arrangements to another <span class="dictionary">party</span>. However the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> shall not be responsible for paying additional costs associated with any actual transfer. <a id="paragraph-216548" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2314/#13"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1998, cc. 708, 721.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
