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Tennessee board imposes $5,900 penalty after 59 pre‑need contracts were written by unregistered agents
Summary
The Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors amended a council recommendation and approved a $5,900 civil penalty for an establishment after inspectors found 59 pre-need contracts written by three associates without required pre-need sales-agent registrations; board members discussed the statutory penalty ceiling and consumer risk before voting unanimously to accept the amended consent order.
The Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors on April 14 approved a $5,900 civil penalty against a funeral establishment after finding that three associates wrote a combined 59 pre-need contracts without the required pre-need sales-agent registrations.
Legal counsel summarized the case as stemming from a routine inspection on Jan. 13, 2026, which found that one associate had written 48 contracts, a second 10 and a third one contract without proper registration. "In totality, respondent permitted 59 contracts to be…
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