Unlawful practice without a license.

(a) It is unlawful for any person or entity, for hire or profit, to engage in, or hold himself, herself, or itself out as qualified to engage in any of the following without a valid license, certification, or registration issued by the board:

(1) The practice of funeral directing.

(2) The practice of embalming.

(3) Practicing as an apprentice.

(4) Operating a crematory.

(5) Practicing as a cremationist.

(b) Any person or entity who has been found to have engaged in the unlawful unlicensed practice of funeral directing, embalming, apprenticing, operating a crematory, or cremating shall be subject to a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation and other sanctions authorized by this chapter.

(Act 2017-433, §2.)