2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 37:842 — Minimum qualifications for license

§842.  Minimum qualifications for license

A.  Any applicant shall be qualified for license as funeral director if he:

(1)  Is a resident of Louisiana, and twenty-one years of age, or at least eighteen years of age and legally emancipated.  

(2)  Is found by the board to be of good moral character and temperate habits.  

(3)(a)  Has successfully completed thirty semester hours in an accredited college or university, as recognized by the board and evidenced by a transcript of credits from such college or university.  

(b)  Any intern duly registered with the board shall be required to have completed thirty semester hours in an accredited college or university, as recognized by the board and evidenced by a certified transcript of credits from such college or university.  

(4)  Has served as an apprentice for a period of not less than one year in the State of Louisiana.  

(5)  Has paid the application fee required by R.S. 37:845.  

(6)  Passes satisfactorily an examination conducted by the board to practice the profession of funeral directing as defined in R.S. 37:831.  

B.  Any applicant shall be qualified for license as an embalmer and funeral director if he:

(1)  Meets foregoing requirements (1), (2), (4) and (5) for funeral directors.  

(2)  Is a graduate of a high school as evidenced by a diploma.  

(3)  Has successfully completed a full course of not less than fifteen full months in the science of embalming at an accredited school of mortuary science or funeral service recognized by the board.  

(4)  Passes satisfactorily an examination conducted by the board to practice the science of embalming as defined in R.S. 37:831.  

C.  Any applicant is qualified for license as an embalmer or funeral director in this state, if he:

(1)  Holds a valid license in full force and effect from another state or a provincial authority recognized by this board and by the Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, and furnishes such license, or a certified copy thereof, to the board, together with the certificate of the licensing authority of such state or province, certifying to the examination of such applicant and giving the percentage made in such examination, and his place of residence at the time of the examination.  

(2)  Furnishes to the board an affidavit or affidavits of two responsible persons showing that applicant had not ceased his practice of the science of embalming or the profession of funeral directing, as the case may be, for more than one year prior to making application to the board for license in Louisiana.  

(3)  Provides the board with evidence showing that he was then, and had been for at least three months, engaged in the science of embalming or the profession of funeral directing within the State of Louisiana.  

(4)  Has paid with his application fee required by R.S. 37:845.  

(5)  Is found by the board to be a person of good moral character and temperate habits, and to otherwise meet the requirements of this chapter.  

D.  Any establishment where the business of funeral directing or embalming as defined in R.S. 37:831 is conducted within this state must be duly licensed.  An establishment shall be qualified to be licensed to operate as such if:

(1)  It is managed or to be managed by a funeral director holding a valid license from the state of Louisiana, who must manage the establishment on a full-time basis and funeral directing must be his principal occupation.  

(2)  Embalming is performed only by a funeral director and embalmer holding a valid license from the state of Louisiana.  

(3)  It is found, after proper investigation, to meet the requirements established by this board with respect to licensed personnel, interns, embalming facilities for the sanitation, disinfection, and preparation of a human body, adequate buildings, display rooms, furnishings, or equipment and other necessary facilities to adequately serve the public.  

(4)  Furnishes such further information as the board may require regarding its qualifications and operations.  

(5)  Makes payment to the board of the fee required by R.S. 37:845.

Licenses issued under this Subsection D shall be for a specific name and location, and amended from time to time to show any change of name or location upon the payment of a charge equaling a license renewal fee.  

E.  Every license issued hereunder shall be signed by the president and secretary of the board, and bear the imprint of the board's seal.  The board shall register each license holder as being duly licensed for the purpose covered by such license.  

Acts 1958, No. 28, §1; Acts 1963, No. 12, §1; Acts 1966, No. 19, §1, eff. June 15, 1966 at 10:30 A.M.; Acts 1974, No. 3, §2; Acts 1977, No. 283, §2; Acts 1990, No. 415, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.