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Fla. Stat. § 406.58

Fees; authority to accept additional funds; annual audit

Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2013
As of January 1, 2011
(1) The anatomical board is empowered to prescribe a schedule of fees to be collected from the institution or association to which the bodies, as described in this chapter, are distributed or loaned to defray the costs of obtaining and preparing such bodies.
(2) The anatomical board is hereby empowered to receive money from public or private sources in addition to the fees collected from the institution or association to which the bodies are distributed to be used to defray the costs of embalming, handling, shipping, storage, cremation, and other costs relating to the obtaining and use of such bodies as described in this chapter; the anatomical board is empowered to pay the reasonable expenses incurred by any person delivering the bodies as described in this chapter to the anatomical board and is further empowered to enter into contracts and perform such other acts as are necessary to the proper performance of its duties; a complete record of all fees and other financial transactions of said anatomical board shall be kept and audited annually by the Department of Financial Services, and a report of such audit shall be made annually to the University of Florida.
(1) The anatomical board may: (a) Adopt a schedule of fees to be collected from the institutions to which the human remains are distributed or loaned to defray the costs of obtaining and preparing the remains. (b) Receive money from public or private sources, in addition to the fees collected from the institutions to which human remains are distributed, to be used to defray the costs of embalming, handling, shipping, storing, cremating, and otherwise obtaining and using the remains. (c) Pay or reimburse the reasonable expenses, as determined by the anatomical board, incurred by a funeral establishment or removal service licensed under chapter 497 for the removal, storage, and transportation to the anatomical board of unclaimed human remains. (d) Enter into contracts and perform such other acts necessary for the proper performance of its duties.
(2) The anatomical board shall keep a complete record of all fees and other financial transactions. The University of Florida shall conduct an audit of the financial records of the anatomical board at least once every 3 years or more frequently as the university deems necessary. Within 90 days after completing an audit, the university shall provide a copy of the audit to the Department of Financial Services. The university may contract with a licensed public accounting firm to provide for the audit, which firm may be paid from the fees collected by the anatomical board.

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