440.88(9)
(9) Continuing education. The department may do all of the following:
440.88(9)(a)
(a) Establish the minimum number of hours of continuing education required for renewal of certification under this section and the topic areas that the continuing education must cover.
440.88(9)(b)
(b) Require continuing education as part of any disciplinary process for an individual.
440.88(10)
(10) Continuing education course approval. The department shall establish the criteria for the approval of continuing education programs and courses required for renewal of certification of a substance abuse counselor, clinical supervisor, or prevention specialist and the criteria for the approval of the sponsors and cosponsors of those continuing education programs and courses. The department shall approve continuing education programs and courses in accordance with the criteria established under this subsection.
440.88(11)
(11) Scope of practice. The department shall promulgate rules establishing minimum standards for the practice of substance abuse counseling, supervision, and prevention.
CEMETERY AUTHORITIES, SALESPERSONS AND PRENEED SELLERS
440.90
440.90
Definitions. In this subchapter:
440.90(4m)
(4m) "Licensed cemetery authority" means a cemetery authority that is licensed under
s. 440.91 (1).
440.90(4r)
(4r) "Licensee" means a person licensed under this subchapter.
440.90(8)
(8) "Preneed seller" means an individual who sells or solicits the sale of cemetery merchandise or an undeveloped space under a preneed sales contract or, if such an individual is employed by or acting as an agent for a cemetery authority or any other person, the cemetery authority or other person.
440.90(13)
(13) "Warehouse" means a place of storage for cemetery merchandise sold under a preneed sales contract.
440.90(14)
(14) "Wholesale cost ratio" means the actual cost to a preneed seller to supply and deliver cemetery merchandise or to construct an undeveloped space divided by the price paid by the purchaser, excluding sales tax, finance or interest charges and insurance premiums.
440.90 History
History: 1989 a. 307;
2005 a. 25.
440.905
440.905
General duties and powers of board. 440.905(1)
(1) In addition to the other duties and powers of the board under this subchapter, the board shall advise the secretary of regulation and licensing on matters relating to cemeteries, to this chapter, or to the board.
440.905(2)
(2) The board has rule-making authority and may promulgate rules relating to the regulation of cemetery authorities, cemetery salespersons, and cemetery preneed sellers. The board may determine, by rule, a fee under
s. 440.05 (1) (a) and under
s. 440.08 (2) (a) 21. that is sufficient to fund the board's operating costs.
440.905 History
History: 2005 a. 25.
440.91
440.91
Cemetery authorities and cemetery salespersons. 440.91(1)(a)(a) Any cemetery authority that operates a cemetery that is 5 acres or more in size, that sells 20 or more cemetery lots or mausoleum spaces at a cemetery during a calendar year, or that has $100,000 or more in preneed trust fund accounts for a cemetery shall apply to the board for a license for that cemetery. A cemetery authority that operates more than one cemetery shall apply for a separate license for each cemetery that is 5 acres or more in size and for each cemetery at which it sells 20 or more burial spaces or at which it has $100,000 or more in preneed trust fund accounts.
440.91(1)(b)
(b) The board shall grant a license to a cemetery authority if all of the following are satisfied:
440.91(1)(b)1.
1. The cemetery authority submits an application for the license to the board on a form provided by the board. The application shall require the cemetery authority to provide the names of the officers of the cemetery authority and to identify a business representative who is primarily responsible for the cemetery authority's compliance with
subch. II of ch. 157 and this subchapter.
440.91(1)(c)1.1. The renewal dates and renewal fees for licenses granted under
par. (b) are specified in
s. 440.08 (2) (a), except that a licensed cemetery authority is not required to renew its license if the cemetery authority sells less than 20 cemetery lots or mausoleum spaces at a cemetery during a calendar year, or that has less than $100,000 in preneed trust fund accounts for a cemetery.
440.91(1)(c)2.
2. A licensed cemetery authority that is not required to renew its license under
subd. 1. shall renew the license if, during a period of 2 consecutive calendar years that is subsequent to the period specified in
subd. 1., the cemetery authority sells 20 or more cemetery lots or mausoleum spaces for a cemetery or has $100,000 or more in preneed trust fund accounts for a cemetery.
440.91(2)
(2) Except as provided in
sub. (10), every person that sells or solicits the sale of, or that expects to sell or solicit the sale of, 20 or more cemetery lots or mausoleum spaces per year during 2 consecutive calendar years shall be licensed by the board. A person may not be licensed as a cemetery salesperson except upon the written request of a cemetery authority and the payment of the fee specified in
s. 440.05 (1). The cemetery authority shall certify in writing to the board that the person is competent to act as a cemetery salesperson. An applicant for licensure as a cemetery salesperson shall furnish to the board, in such form as the board prescribes, all of the following information:
440.91(2)(a)
(a) The name and address of the applicant and, if the applicant is a business entity, the name and address of each business representative.
440.91(2)(d)
(d) Any other information which the department may reasonably require to enable it to determine the competency of the salesperson to transact the business of a cemetery salesperson in a manner which safeguards the interest of the public.
440.91(3)
(3) Any cemetery salesperson may transfer to the employment of a cemetery authority, other than the cemetery authority that certified the salesperson under
sub. (2), by filing a transfer form with the department and paying the transfer fee specified in
s. 440.05 (7).
440.91(4)
(4) Renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department on or before the applicable renewal date specified under
s. 440.08 (2) (a) and shall include the applicable renewal fee specified under
s. 440.08 (2) (a).
440.91(5)
(5) Every cemetery authority requesting the registration or transfer of any cemetery salesperson shall be responsible for the acts of that salesperson while acting as a cemetery salesperson.
440.91(6m)
(6m) A cemetery authority of a cemetery organized, maintained and operated by a town, village, city, church, synagogue or mosque, religious, fraternal or benevolent society or incorporated college of a religious order is not required to be licensed under
sub. (1).
440.91(7)
(7) An individual who solicits the sale of cemetery lots or mausoleum spaces in a cemetery organized, maintained and operated by a town, village, city, church, synagogue or mosque, religious, fraternal or benevolent society or incorporated college of a religious order is not required to be licensed under
sub. (2).
440.91(9)
(9) No cemetery authority or cemetery salesperson licensed under
sub. (1) or
(2) may pay a fee or commission as compensation for a referral or as a finder's fee relating to the sale of cemetery merchandise or a burial space to any person who is not licensed under
sub. (1) or
(2) or who is not regularly and lawfully engaged in the sale of cemetery merchandise or burial spaces in another state or territory of the United States or a foreign country.
440.91(10)
(10) Nothing in this section requires an individual who is licensed as a preneed seller under
s. 440.92 (1) to be licensed as a cemetery salesperson under
sub. (2) if the individual only sells or solicits the sale of cemetery merchandise or undeveloped spaces under preneed sales contracts.
440.91 History
History: 1989 a. 307 ss.
75,
80 to
83,
91;
1991 a. 39,
269;
2005 a. 25.
440.91 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
RL 50, Wis. adm. code.
440.92
440.92
Cemetery preneed sellers. 440.92(1)(a)(a) Except as provided in
subs. (4),
(9) (a) and
(10), every individual who sells or solicits the sale of cemetery merchandise or an undeveloped space under a preneed sales contract and, if the individual is employed by or acting as an agent for a cemetery authority or any other person, that cemetery authority or other person is also required to be licensed under this subsection.
440.92(1)(b)
(b) The board shall issue a certificate of licensure as a cemetery preneed seller to any person who does all of the following:
440.92(1)(b)1.
1. Submits an application to the department on a form provided by the department.
440.92(1)(b)4.
4. Meets any other reasonable requirements established by the department by rule to determine fitness to sell cemetery merchandise or an undeveloped space under a preneed sales contract. The rules may not require applicants to meet minimum education, experience or prior employment requirements or to pass any examination.
440.92(1)(bm)
(bm) If a cemetery authority that is licensed under this subsection notifies the board that it proposes to take an action specified in
s. 157.08 (2) (b) and the board does not object to the action under
s. 157.08 (2) (b), the board shall revoke the license and require the cemetery authority to reapply for a license under this subsection.
440.92(1)(c)
(c) Renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department on or before the applicable renewal date specified under
s. 440.08 (2) (a) and shall include the applicable renewal fee specified under
s. 440.08 (2) (a).
440.92(1)(e)
(e) Nothing in this subsection requires an individual who is licensed as a cemetery salesperson under
s. 440.91 (2) to be licensed under this subsection if the individual does not conduct or solicit any sale under a preneed sales contract.
440.92(2)(a)(a) A preneed sales contract for the sale of cemetery merchandise shall provide for the delivery of cemetery merchandise in one of the following ways:
440.92(2)(a)1.
1. By physically delivering the merchandise to the purchaser or the beneficiary named in the preneed sales contract.
440.92(2)(a)2.
2. By affixing the cemetery merchandise to the cemetery lot or mausoleum.
440.92(2)(a)3.
3. By storing the cemetery merchandise in a warehouse that is located on the property of the preneed seller if the preneed seller insures the cemetery merchandise and the preneed sales contract requires the preneed seller to ultimately affix the cemetery merchandise to the cemetery lot or mausoleum without additional charge.
440.92(2)(a)3g.
3g. By storing the cemetery merchandise anywhere on the property of the preneed seller if the property of the preneed seller is located in this state, the preneed seller insures the cemetery merchandise and the preneed sales contract requires the preneed seller to ultimately affix the cemetery merchandise to a cemetery lot, to the outside of or the grounds surrounding a mausoleum or to any other outdoor location without additional charge.
440.92(2)(a)4.
4. By having the cemetery merchandise stored in a warehouse that is not located on the property of the preneed seller if the warehouse has agreed to ship the cemetery merchandise to the preneed seller, purchaser or beneficiary named in the preneed sales contract without additional charge to the purchaser and the preneed sales contract requires that the cemetery merchandise ultimately be affixed to the cemetery lot or mausoleum without additional charge. If the cemetery merchandise is delivered under this subdivision, all of the following apply:
440.92(2)(a)4.a.
a. At the time that the preneed sales contract is entered into, the preneed seller shall provide the purchaser with the name, address and telephone number of the warehouse and inform the purchaser that the warehouse is approved by the department.
440.92(2)(a)4.b.
b. If the name, address, telephone number or approval status of the warehouse changes before the cemetery merchandise is delivered, the preneed seller or warehouse shall notify the purchaser in writing of each change within 30 days after the change.
440.92(2)(a)4.c.
c. The preneed sales contract shall provide for the cemetery merchandise to be delivered within 30 days after the purchaser or beneficiary requests the preneed seller or warehouse to deliver the cemetery merchandise and shall contain the procedure and any requirements for making the request.
440.92(2)(am)
(am) If a preneed sales contract for the sale of cemetery merchandise requires the preneed seller to ultimately affix the cemetery merchandise to a cemetery lot, mausoleum or other location but the purchaser has not informed the preneed seller of the location where the cemetery merchandise is to be affixed and the location where the cemetery merchandise is to be affixed is not specified in the preneed sales contract, the preneed sales contract may provide that the preneed seller may charge the purchaser an additional fee at the time that the cemetery merchandise is affixed not to exceed the additional costs to the preneed seller that are necessitated by the purchaser's choice of location.
440.92(2)(b)
(b) If a preneed sales contract does not require the preneed seller to deliver cemetery merchandise by one of the methods under
par. (a), the preneed seller shall deliver the cemetery merchandise under
par. (a) 2.
440.92(2)(c)
(c) Except as provided in
par. (cm), a preneed sales contract shall provide that if the purchaser voids the preneed sales contract at any time within 10 days after the date of the initial payment the preneed seller shall, within 30 days after the date on which the preneed sales contract is voided, refund all money paid by the purchaser for cemetery merchandise that has not been supplied or delivered and for the mausoleum space.
440.92(2)(cm)
(cm) If a preneed sales contract for the sale of cemetery merchandise requires the preneed seller to physically alter any cemetery merchandise, the preneed sales contract shall provide that if the purchaser voids the preneed sales contract at any time before the preneed seller has physically altered the cemetery merchandise in a manner or to a degree that makes the fair market value of the cemetery merchandise to the general public lower than the sale price of the cemetery merchandise under the preneed sales contract or within 10 days after the date of the initial payment, whichever occurs first, the preneed seller shall, within 30 days after the date on which the preneed sales contract is voided, refund all money paid by the purchaser for cemetery merchandise that has not been supplied or delivered.
440.92(2)(d)
(d) A preneed seller may not sell any undeveloped space unless the plans for the construction of the mausoleum have been submitted to the department of commerce for approval under
s. 157.12 (2) (a) and the preneed sales contract includes the following language in not less than 10-point boldface type: "THE PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTING THE MAUSOLEUM SPACE HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR APPROVAL. THE SELLER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL COSTS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN APPROVAL OF THE PLANS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION, AND OBTAIN CERTIFICATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE."
440.92(2)(e)
(e) A preneed sales contract for the sale of an undeveloped space shall provide that the purchaser may void the preneed sales contract if any of the following conditions applies:
440.92(2)(e)2.
2. The construction of the mausoleum does not begin within 3 years after the date of the sale.
440.92(2)(e)3.
3. If the mausoleum is a public mausoleum, the construction of the mausoleum is not certified under
s. 157.12 (2) (b) within 6 years after the date of the sale.
440.92(2)(f)
(f) If a preneed sales contract is voided under
par. (e), the preneed seller shall, within 30 days after the date on which the preneed sales contract is voided, refund all money paid by the purchaser, together with interest calculated at the legal rate of interest as provided under
s. 138.04.
440.92(2)(g)
(g) A preneed seller may include in a preneed sales contract provisions that do any of the following:
440.92(2)(g)1.
1. Place restrictions on the right of the purchaser to assign his or her interest in any undelivered cemetery merchandise or undeveloped space to any other person, but only if such restrictions are consistent with regulations, established by the cemetery authority of the cemetery in which the cemetery merchandise will ultimately be affixed or in which the undeveloped space is located, that specify who may or may not be buried in the cemetery.
