California · Business and Professions Code - BPC
BPC §7718.5: Every person as an individual, as a partner in a partnership or as an officer or employee of a corporation, association or other organization, who, without a license, holds himself or herself out as a
Misdemeanor
What this law says, in plain English
A person who claims to be a funeral director without a required license commits a misdemeanor.
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Every person as an individual, as a partner in a partnership or as an officer or employee of a corporation, association or other organization, who, without a license, holds himself or herself out as a funeral director, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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