1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to mortuary science; clarifying license requirements for sale of funeral 
1.3 	goods;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 149A.50, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 149A.50, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.License required. (a) Except as provided in section 149A.01, 
1.8 	subdivision 3, no person shall maintain, manage, or operate a place or premise devoted to 
1.9 	or used in the holding, care, or preparation of a dead human body for final disposition, 
1.10 	or any place used as the office or place of business for the provision of funeral services, 
1.11 	without possessing a valid license to operate a funeral establishment issued by the 
1.12 	commissioner of health.
1.13 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), or any other provision in this chapter, no license 
1.14 	is required for the direct sale at need or by bailment to consumers of caskets, urns, or 
1.15 	other funeral goods.