Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4717 - Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Chapter 4717-4 - Licenses
Section 4717-4-04 - Requirements for funeral director's license without an embalmer's license
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 4717-4-04
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Registration
(1) The applicant for a funeral director's
registration shall apply to the board on a form provided by the board for
registration, together with the applicable fee prior to the commencement of an
apprenticeship.
(2) The applicant
shall provide an official college transcript, showing that the applicant has
earned a bachelor's degree from a college or university authorized to confer
degrees by the Ohio board of regents or comparable agency of another state in
which the college or university is located.
(3) The applicant for registration shall
provide and bear the cost of a criminal records check in accordance with
section 4776.01 of the Revised Code at
the time of the requested registration. The applicant shall establish that the
individual has not been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or had a judicial
finding of eligibility for treatment in lieu of conviction for any offense set
forth in section 4717.05 of the Revised Code, or
that at least five years has elapsed since the applicant was released from
incarceration, a community control sanction, a post-release control sanction,
parole, or treatment in connection with such offense.
(a) An applicant requesting a criminal
records check shall provide the bureau of criminal identification and
investigation with the applicant's name and address and with the name and
address of the board.
(b) The
applicant shall ask the superintendent of the Ohio bureau of criminal
identification and investigation in the request to obtain from the federal
bureau of investigation any information it has pertaining to the
applicant.
(c) The board will only
accept the results of a criminal records check that is submitted to the board
directly by the Ohio bureau of criminal identification and
investigation.
(4) Upon
approval of the application for registration, the board shall issue a
certificate of funeral director's registration.
(B) Apprenticeship
(1) Upon issuance of a certificate of
registration, the applicant shall submit a certificate of apprenticeship, along
with the applicable fee, certifying the commencement of the funeral director's
apprenticeship credit time. The funeral director's certificate of
apprenticeship shall bear the signature and certification of both the
apprentice and the master funeral director's and shall be filed with the board
no later than ten days after the beginning of any funeral director's
apprenticeship credit time.
(2)
Upon approval of a certificate of apprenticeship, the board shall issue an
apprenticeship card, carrying the beginning date of the funeral director's
apprenticeship credit time. This card shall be carried by the funeral
director's apprentice at all times while engaged as a funeral director
apprentice.
(3) The applicant shall
satisfactorily complete not less than twenty-four months of apprenticeship
under the direction of a master funeral director and which apprenticeship must
be certified to the board according to its requirements. The apprenticeship
shall be completed in no more than forty-eight months from the date the
apprenticeship commenced, unless the master funeral director and apprentice
comply with paragraph (C)(2) of this rule. During the funeral director's
apprenticeship the applicant must personally assist in at least fifty funerals
under the direct supervision of the master funeral director, and must complete
the tasks listed on the "Funeral Director Task List." If the board finds that
an apprentice did not adequately complete one or more tasks on the "Funeral
Director Task List" or did not receive the necessary training during his or her
apprenticeship, the board may set out remedial steps for the apprentice to
undertake to complete his or her apprenticeship.
(4) During the time of funeral director's
apprenticeship, the apprentice shall file with the board progress case reports
quarterly upon forms supplied by the board. Failure to comply shall be grounds
for voidance or suspension of apprenticeship credit time by the
board.
(5) The apprentice shall
report to any licensed board member within thirty
days after the first six months of apprenticeship credit time for a personal
interview, and shall report to any licensed board
member annually thereafter during any period of apprenticeship.
(6) During the period of funeral director's
apprenticeship, the master funeral director under whom the apprentice funeral
director is certified shall file with the board quarterly master funeral
director reports on the apprentice's activities, including fulfillment of the
tasks listed on the "Funeral Director Task List."
(C) Termination of funeral director's apprenticeship
(1) Upon completion of the full
apprenticeship credit time, the applicant shall submit the following:
(a) The funeral director's termination of
apprenticeship form bearing the signature and certification of both the
apprentice and master funeral director to the dates of apprenticeship credit
time. This termination of apprenticeship shall be filed with the board no later
than thirty days after the completion of any period of
apprenticeship;
(b) The certificate
of registration;
(c) The
apprenticeship card.
(2)
In the event the apprenticeship is interrupted prior to the completion of the
apprenticeship, the master funeral director and apprentice funeral director
shall immediately notify the board of the interruption, and submit the funeral
director's termination of apprenticeship form, and the funeral director's
apprenticeship card.
(3) Failure to
submit the embalmer's termination of apprenticeship form upon interruption of
an apprenticeship prior to the completion of such apprenticeship shall be
grounds for voidance by the board of the apprentice credit time.
(D) Examinations
(1) Upon approval of the termination of
apprenticeship and successful completion of the full apprenticeship credit
time, the applicant for a funeral director's license shall sit for a
comprehensive examination and the Ohio laws and rules examination.
(2) Upon earning a passing score of
seventy-five per cent or higher on all sections of a comprehensive examination
and the Ohio laws and rules examination; the applicant shall submit to the
board an application for funeral director's license, along with the applicable
fee.
(E) Initial license
At the board meeting following receipt of the completed application for funeral director's license, and the applicable fee, the board may grant a funeral director's license.
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