Sec. 4. A practitioner who, when selling or offering to sell funeral goods or funeral services to a consumer, fails to: (1) act compassionately; (2) disclose prices related to arranging a funeral; (3) answer questions, including telephone inquiries, accurately and to the reasonable satisfaction of the inquiring person; (4) disclose that embalming human remains is not always required by law but may be desirable if viewing or visitation precedes disposition; (5) explain which outer burial containers meet cemetery requirements, if any; (6) explain requirements, including cremation requirements, for caskets and other alternative containers; or (7) disclose whether the cash advance price of each: (A) funeral goods or funeral service described by the practitioner as "cash advance", "accommodation", or "cash disbursement", or a similar term; and (B) goods or service obtained from a third party and paid on behalf of the consumer by the funeral home licensee for which the practitioner is an agent; is equal to the cost of the item to the funeral home selling it; may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11 .
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