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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67101</law_id><section_number>54.1-2816</section_number><catch_line>License renewal; failure to return renewal form</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="28">Funeral Services</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Licensure of the Practice of Funeral Service, Funeral Directors and Embalmers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Prior to the expiration of a license, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall provide to each person licensed to practice funeral service, <span class="dictionary">embalming</span>, or <span class="dictionary">funeral directing</span> a renewal notice to be submitted to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> together with the prescribed fee. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall provide renewal notices by mail or electronically to any licensee. The license of any person who does not submit the completed form prior to the date of expiration shall automatically expire. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall immediately notify the person of the expiration and the reinstatement requirements. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall reinstate an expired license upon receipt, within 30 days of the notice of expiration, of the completed form and the prescribed fee. Reinstatement after the 30-day period shall be at the discretion of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.</p></section></text><history>1978, c. 849, &#xA7; 54-260.70:2; 1988, c. 765; 2005, c. 477; 2018, c. 101.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
