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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="7-208" title_number="7" title_name="Morticians and Funeral Directors" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may require an applicant or licensee to submit to a mental or physical examination by a health care practitioner designated by the Board, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>When investigating an allegation brought against an applicant or licensee under this title, the Board finds reasonable evidence indicating that the applicant or licensee cannot practice mortuary science or funeral direction competently;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Makes a written request for the applicant or licensee to submit to the examination;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Provides the applicant or licensee with a list of three health care practitioners from which the applicant may choose a health care practitioner to conduct the examination; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Pays the cost of the examination in accordance with subsection (c) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The applicant or licensee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Consents to submit to the examination; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Waives any claim or privilege as to the examination report.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An evaluation report of a health care practitioner designated by the Board is confidential except as to contested case proceedings as defined by the Administrative Procedure Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, an applicant who does not hold a valid license with the Board shall pay the reasonable cost of any examination made under this section.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the applicant is deemed competent to practice mortuary science or funeral direction as a result of the evaluation, the Board shall reimburse the applicant for the reasonable cost of the evaluation that was performed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall pay the reasonable cost of an examination made under this section for a licensee of the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
