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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="5-304" title_number="5" title_name="Cemeteries" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Registration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each applicant designated as the responsible party shall demonstrate the financial stability of the business with which the applicant is affiliated by providing the Director with a financial statement or other reports required under subsection (e) of this section with the application for registration.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the business is a cemetery that sells burial goods and is an existing business, the financial statement shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be on the form that the Director requires;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>contain a statement by a certified public accountant retained by the business, detailing the assets and liabilities of the cemetery for the last fiscal year; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>contain a review by the certified public accountant as to the financial stability of the cemetery.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the business is an existing cemetery that does not sell burial goods or an existing burial goods business not affiliated with a cemetery, the applicant shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>complete a form that the Director requires; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>satisfy criteria that the Director adopts under subsection (e) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the business is a new business, the applicant shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>complete a form that the Director requires; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>satisfy criteria that the Director adopts under subsection (e) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Director shall make a determination of the financial stability of each applicant based on criteria that the Director adopts for each class of business.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Director shall adopt separate criteria to determine the financial stability of applicants that are new businesses or existing businesses.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Director shall require that all financial statements of a new cemetery submitted under subsection (d) of this section be prepared by a certified public accountant retained by the business.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
