(1) No person shall conduct, maintain, manage or operate a funeral establishment unless a permit for each such establishment has been issued by the examining board and is conspicuously displayed in such funeral establishment. In case of funeral services held in any private residence, church, or lodge hall, no permit shall be required.
(2) No permit to operate a funeral establishment shall be issued by the examining board unless each such funeral establishment has in charge, full time therein, a licensed funeral director.
(3) Applications for funeral establishment permits shall be made on forms provided by the department and filed with the department and shall be accompanied by the fee specified under s. 440.05 (1) . The renewal date and renewal fee for a funeral establishment permit are specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a) .
(4) Violations of this chapter or any rules or regulations of the examining board committed by any person, or an officer, agent or employee with the knowledge or consent of any person operating such funeral establishments shall be considered sufficient cause for reprimand or for limitation, suspension or revocation of such funeral establishment permit.
(5) No operator of a funeral establishment shall allow any licensed funeral director to operate out of such funeral establishment unless such licensed funeral director is the operator of or an employee of the operator of a funeral establishment which has been granted a permit by the examining board.