2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-1302 — Funeral directing and embalming; license; requirements.

Section 71-1302
Funeral directing and embalming; license; requirements.

(1) On and after January 1, 1994, the department shall issue a single license to practice funeral directing and embalming to applicants who meet the requirements of this section. An applicant for a license as a funeral director and embalmer shall file with the department an application upon a form prepared by the department and shall:

(a) Present satisfactory proof that the applicant has earned the equivalent of sixty semester hours of college credit in addition to a full course of instruction in an accredited school of mortuary science. Such hours shall include the equivalent of (i) six semester hours of English, (ii) six semester hours of accounting, (iii) eight semester hours of chemistry, (iv) twelve semester hours of a biological science relating to the human body, and (v) six semester hours of psychology or counseling; and

(b) Present proof to the department that he or she has completed the following training:

(i) A full course of instruction in an accredited school of mortuary science;

(ii) A twelve-month apprenticeship under the supervision of a licensed funeral director and embalmer practicing in the State of Nebraska, which apprenticeship shall consist of arterially embalming twenty-five bodies and assisting with twenty-five funerals; and

(iii) Successful completion of the licensure examination approved by the board.

(2) Any person holding a valid license as an embalmer on January 1, 1994, may continue to provide services as an embalmer after such date. Upon expiration of such valid license, the licensee may apply for renewal thereof, and the department on the recommendation of the board shall renew such license to practice embalming. The recommendation of the board, the application, and the renewal fee shall be based on the requirements for renewal of such license in existence immediately prior to January 1, 1994.

(3) Any person holding a valid license as a funeral director on January 1, 1994, may continue to provide services as a funeral director after such date. Upon expiration of such valid license, the licensee may apply for renewal thereof, and the department on the recommendation of the board shall renew such license to practice funeral directing. The recommendation of the board, the application, and the renewal fee shall be based on the requirements for renewal of such license in existence immediately prior to January 1, 1994.

(4) The department on the recommendation of the board shall issue a single license to practice funeral directing and embalming to a person holding a valid license as an embalmer and a valid license as a funeral director on January 1, 1994, when such valid licenses expire. A licensee desiring to obtain a license under this subsection shall apply on forms prescribed by the department and pay a fee equal to the renewal fee for such license established by the department.

Source:

Laws 1927, c. 167, § 93, p. 480

C.S.1929, § 71-1302

Laws 1931, c. 123, § 1, p. 355

Laws 1937, c. 155, § 1, p. 612

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-1302

R.S.1943, § 71-195

Laws 1955, c. 271, § 1, p. 852

Laws 1986, LB 926, § 43

Laws 1987, LB 473, § 19

Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 35

R.S.1943, (1990), § 71-195

Laws 1993, LB 187, § 14

Cross References:

Continuing competency,requirements, see section 71-1354.

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska