Current through August 31, 2023
A Resident Trainee is a person who is licensed to train, under
the direct and immediate supervision of a sponsoring mortician, to become a
licensed mortician or funeral director. (3-28-23)
01.
Training Requirements.
(3-28-23)
a. Full-time employment requires
that the Resident Trainee be employed for at least thirty-six (36) hours per
week for fifty (50) weeks per year within the Idaho mortuary where the Resident
Trainee's sponsoring mortician is practicing. (3-28-23)
i. At least three-fourths (3/4) of the
Resident Trainee's training must consist of the sponsoring mortician
instructing and demonstrating practices and procedures to increase the Resident
Trainee's knowledge of the service performed by a mortician or a funeral
director as defined in Chapter 11, Title 54, Idaho Code. (3-28-23)
ii. For the balance of the required hours,
the sponsoring mortician, or his licensed appointee, must be immediately
available to consult with the Resident Trainee. (3-28-23)
b. All training must occur within Idaho.
(3-28-23)
c. A Resident Trainee
shall not sign a death certificate. (3-28-23)
02.
Sponsoring Mortician. A
sponsoring mortician must: (3-28-23)
a. Be an
Idaho-licensed mortician who practices in Idaho. (3-28-23)
b. Not serve as the sponsoring mortician for
more than two (2) "Resident Trainees at any given time." (3-28-23)
c. Supervise and instruct the Resident
Trainee, and provide demonstrations for and consultations to the Resident
Trainee, as described in Subsection
250.01, of this rule.
(3-28-23)
d. Complete and co-sign,
with the Resident Trainee, quarterly and final reports. These reports must be
completed on forms approved by the Board and document the information described
in Subparagraphs 250.04.c. and 250.04.d., of this rule. The sponsoring
mortician must promptly submit a report after the period of time covered by the
report ends. (3-28-23)
e. Promptly
notify the Board in writing if a Resident Trainee's training is terminated,
including termination due to interruption as specified in Subsection
250.05, of this rule and submit
a final report documenting training up to the termination date.
(3-28-23)
03.
Eligibility to Be Licensed. For purposes of accounting for total
cumulative training as a Resident Trainee, the sponsoring mortician must notify
the Division at the beginning and termination of the training period. When a
Resident Trainee completes training, the Resident Trainee must complete the
remaining qualifications for licensure as a mortician or funeral director
within the following three (3) years or show good reason for further delay.
(3-28-23)
