2012 Indiana Code
TITLE 25. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
ARTICLE 15. EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS
CHAPTER 6. EXPIRATION OF LICENSES; RENEWAL OF LICENSES; CONTINUING EDUCATION

IC 25-15-6
Chapter 6. Expiration of Licenses; Renewal of Licenses; Continuing Education

IC 25-15-6-1
Time of expiration
Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a license issued under this article expires on the date established by the licensing agency under IC 25-1-6-4.
(b) A funeral director intern license expires two (2) years after it is issued by the board.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.214-1993, SEC.45; P.L.105-2008, SEC.31.

IC 25-15-6-2
Funeral homes; renewal of licenses
Sec. 2. The board shall renew the license of a funeral home licensee that pays the registration fee set by the board.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.5.

IC 25-15-6-3
Funeral directors or embalmers; renewal of licenses
Sec. 3. The board shall renew the license of a funeral director or embalmer who:
(1) pays the fee; and
(2) meets the continuing education requirements;
set by the board.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.5.

IC 25-15-6-4
Funeral directors or embalmers; reinstatement of expired license
Sec. 4. (a) The board shall reinstate the expired license of:
(1) a funeral director;
(2) an embalmer;
(3) a funeral director intern; or
(4) a funeral home;
that applies for reinstatement of the license not later than three (3) years after the date the license expired and meets the requirements for reinstatement under IC 25-1-8-6(c).
(b) If the license of:
(1) a funeral director;
(2) an embalmer;
(3) a funeral director intern; or
(4) a funeral home;
has been expired for more than three (3) years, the board shall reinstate the license if the holder of the license applies for reinstatement of the license and meets the requirements for reinstatement under IC 25-1-8-6(d).
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.194-2005, SEC.54; P.L.157-2006, SEC.58; P.L.105-2008, SEC.32.
IC 25-15-6-5
Funeral directors; continuing education credits
Sec. 5. (a) The board shall require a funeral director to obtain ten (10) hours of continuing education credit in any two (2) year period in order to renew or reinstate a license under this chapter. The board shall require that continuing education credit be earned in board approved courses or programs on one (1) or more of the following subjects:
(1) Embalming and restorative arts.
(2) Prevention of the spread of infectious disease and compliance with mandatory public health requirements.
(3) Federal and state laws and rules regulating the embalming and funeral professions.
(4) Funeral home management.
(5) Religion.
(6) Natural science.
(7) Grief counseling and the psychological effect of death on survivors.
(b) Continuing education hours earned as a prerequisite to the issuance or maintenance of a professional license other than a funeral director license may not be counted in determining compliance with this section.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.237-1995, SEC.13; P.L.194-2005, SEC.55.

IC 25-15-6-5.1
Revocation, suspension, or expiration of funeral home and branch location license
Sec. 5.1. When a person's funeral home license is revoked, suspended, or expired, the person's branch location license that arises from that funeral home license is revoked, suspended, or expired.
As added by P.L.237-1995, SEC.9.

IC 25-15-6-6
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.105-2008, SEC.67.)

IC 25-15-6-7
Inactive license continuing education exemption; reactivation requirements; practice under inactive license; sanction
Sec. 7. (a) A funeral director who holds an inactive funeral director license under IC 25-15-4-6 is exempt from continuing education requirements of section 5 of this chapter.
(b) An individual may reactivate an inactive funeral director's license by completing all hours of continuing education required of licensed funeral directors for each year that the license has been classified as inactive. If an individual's license has been inactive for four (4) or more years, the board shall require the individual to pass an examination under IC 25-15-4 before reinstating the individual's license to active status. (c) An individual who resumes the practice of funeral service or the provision of funeral services to the public under an inactive funeral director license (as described in IC 25-15-4-6) violates this article and the board shall revoke the individual's inactive license.
As added by P.L.207-1993, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.237-1995, SEC.14; P.L.194-2005, SEC.57.