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316.030
Embalmer's license -- Qualifications -- Funeral director's license -Qualifications -- Restriction on place of practice -- Apprenticeship.
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No person shall engage in, or attempt to engage in, embalming or funeral directing
in the Commonwealth of Kentucky unless the person is licensed under the
provisions of this chapter.
All Kentucky-licensed persons who practice embalming or funeral directing in
Kentucky shall practice from a funeral establishment that is licensed to operate
under the provisions of this chapter.
One (1) member of every firm, and one (1) officer and one (1) stockholder of every
corporation, that engages in embalming and funeral directing in Kentucky, shall be
a Kentucky-licensed embalmer and a Kentucky-licensed funeral director.
One board shall issue an embalmer's license to an applicant who:
(a) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) Is of good moral character;
(c) Has graduated from high school or possesses a High School Equivalency
Diploma;
(d) Has received an associate degree in funeral services from a college or
university accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education;
(e) Has served an apprenticeship of one (1) year in a Kentucky funeral
establishment under the supervision of a Kentucky-licensed embalmer;
(f) Has taken an active part during the apprenticeship in assisting with the
embalming of at least twenty-five (25) dead human bodies under the direct
supervision of a Kentucky-licensed embalmer;
(g) Has paid to the board an examination fee of seventy-five dollars ($75); and
(h) Has passed an examination prepared or approved by the board.
The board shall issue a funeral director's license to an applicant who:
(a) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) Is of good moral character;
(c) Has graduated from high school or possesses a High School Equivalency
Diploma;
(d) Has served an apprenticeship of three (3) consecutive years in a Kentucky
funeral establishment under the supervision of a Kentucky-licensed funeral
director. An associate degree in funeral services from a college or university
accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education shall
substitute for two (2) years of the apprenticeship. The completion of thirty
(30) semester credit hours or the equivalent from an accredited college or
university shall substitute for one (1) year of the apprenticeship. At no time
shall more than two (2) years of the apprenticeship be substituted;
(e) Has taken an active part during the apprenticeship in assisting with the
management of at least twenty-five (25) funerals under the direct supervision
of a Kentucky-licensed funeral director;
(f) Has paid to the board an examination fee of seventy-five dollars ($75); and
(g) Has passed an examination prepared or approved by the board.
(6) An applicant may serve embalming and funeral directing apprenticeships
concurrently.
(7) At the beginning of an apprenticeship, an applicant for an embalmer's or a funeral
director's license shall:
(a) Appear before the board;
(b) Pay to the board a registration fee of thirty dollars ($30); and
(c) File with the board the sworn statement of the supervising Kentucky-licensed
embalmer or the Kentucky-licensed funeral director averring that the applicant
will work full-time under supervision in the funeral establishment and will
receive a regular salary.
(8) An applicant shall work full-time in the funeral establishment during the
apprenticeship and shall receive a regular salary.
(9) An applicant shall file with the board semiannually during the apprenticeship sworn
statements by the applicant and the supervising Kentucky-licensed embalmer or
Kentucky-licensed funeral director setting out the number of hours worked, the
number of embalmings or funerals in which the applicant has assisted, and the
salary received.
(10) A Kentucky-licensed embalmer or a Kentucky-licensed funeral director shall not
supervise more than five (5) applicants serving apprenticeships at any one (1) time.
Effective: July 13, 2004
History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 149, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch.
125, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 9. -Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 3, effective June 16, 1960. -- Recodified 1942
Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599a-7.
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