(a) It is unlawful for any person or entity, for hire or profit, to engage in, or hold himself, herself, or itself out as qualified to engage in any of the following without a valid license, certification, or registration issued by the board:
(1) The practice of funeral directing.
(2) The practice of embalming.
(3) Practicing as an apprentice.
(4) Operating a crematory.
(5) Practicing as a cremationist.
(b) Any person or entity who has been found to have engaged in the unlawful unlicensed practice of funeral directing, embalming, apprenticing, operating a crematory, or cremating shall be subject to a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation and other sanctions authorized by this chapter.