Installation of Monuments

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Division of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
69K-12.001: Installation of Monuments

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 35 No. 28, July 17, 2009 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The changes are as follows:

(3) Pursuant to subsection 497.273(3) and Section 497.555, F.S., all cemeteries shall permit during normal business hours licensed monument establishments to install, inscribe or repair a monument, marker or private mausolem. Cemeteries may adopt bylaws to establish minimum standards for access. These minimum standards shall not unreasonably restrict access to the cemetery grounds, the method of transporting burial merchandise to the burial space, or increase the cost to the owner of interment or burial rights. In all cases, monument establishments and cemeteries shall comply with these minimum standards.

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: February 13, 2009 January 30, 2009

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THESE CHANGES IS: Douglas Shropshire, Executive Director, Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0361