All crematory permits or endorsements issued under this chapter shall be issued for the year and shall expire at midnight, the thirty-first day of January of each year, or at whatever time during any year that ownership or control of any cemetery authority which operates such crematory is transferred or sold.

     The director shall set and the department shall collect in advance the fees required for licensing.

[2005 c 365 § 64; 1987 c 331 § 20.]