                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REFUSAL, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR REGISTRATION (§ 54.1-2314)

The Board 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
Board or place such person on probation for such time as it may designate for
any of the following causes related to the sale or offering to the public of
cemetery vaults, grave liners, urns, memorials, markers or monuments:

1. Conviction of any felony or any crime involving moral turpitude;

2. Unprofessional conduct which is likely to defraud or to deceive the public or
clients;

3. Misrepresentation or fraud in the conduct of the cemetery company or its
sales personnel, or in obtaining or renewing a license or registration;

4. False or misleading advertising;

5. Solicitation in violation of subsection B of &#xA7; 54.1-2327;

6. Direct or indirect payment or offer of payment of a commission to others by
the licensee, his sales representatives, agents, or employees for the purpose of
securing business;

7. Use of alcohol or drugs to the extent that such use renders him unsafe to
practice his licensed or registered activity;

8. Aiding or abetting an unlicensed person to engage in the business of a
cemetery company;

9. Using profane, indecent or obscene language within the immediate hearing of
the family or relatives of a deceased, whose body has been interred or otherwise
disposed of;

10. Violation of any statute, ordinance or regulation affecting the handling,
custody, care or transportation of dead human bodies;

11. Failure to comply with subsection A of &#xA7; 54.1-2327 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 Board regulations and this chapter;

12. Charging third-party handling fees, which shall not include installation
fees; and

13. Refusing to honor the transfer of preneed contract arrangements to another
party. However the licensee shall not be responsible for paying additional costs
associated with any actual transfer.

HISTORY: 1998, cc. 708, 721.