{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"7718.5","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7718.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 12. Cemetery and Funeral Act [7600. - 7746.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-12"},{"name":"ARTICLE 7. Penal Provisions [7715. - 7719.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-12/article-7"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 970, Sec. 84.   Effective January 1, 1999.","effective":"1999-01-01","html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/penal-provisions-7718-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}