Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
Qualifications. In order to
register with the Board as an apprentice, each individual must meet all of the
following conditions:
(1)
Age.
The applicant must be seventeen (17) years of age.
(2)
Education. The applicant
must be a high school graduate, or possess a Graduate Equivalent Diploma
(G.E.D.).
(3)
Sound moral
character. The applicant must be of sound moral character.
(A) The Board may refuse registration to an
individual who has been convicted of a felony, or a misdemeanor related to
funeral services or pertaining to the custody, care or disposal of dead human
remains, or unfair trade practices, or fraud.
(B) Failure to reveal such conviction at the
time of application will result in termination of registration by operation of
law.
(b)
Registration. Each registration must be accomplished by completing
an application form supplied by the Board office, accompanied by:
(1)
Documented proof. A diploma,
transcript, G.E.D. Certificate, or other documented proof, acceptable to the
Board, proving completion of high school requirements.
(2)
Affidavit. An employment
affidavit form provided for the Board completed by the apprentice and the
establishment at which he will be employed.
(3)
Fee. The required
registration fee at the beginning of each year of apprenticeship.
(c)
Apprenticeship.
After qualifying and being registered by the Board, the serving of the
apprenticeship for purposes of being licensed shall require the following:
(1)
Employment. Employment at a
licensed funeral establishment for a period of 12 months.
(A)
No part-time supervision. No
apprentice may be supervised or trained by a part-time licensed funeral
director or embalmer.
(B)
Place of service. The apprenticeship for licensing as a funeral
director and embalmer may be served at the same time at a funeral service
establishment, nothing shall prohibit an apprenticeship in embalming from being
served at a commercial embalming establishment.
(2)
Reports. Apprentices must
properly file reports in the format prescribed by the Board documenting their
employment and completion of embalming and funeral directing experiences.
(A)
Due date. Each report is due
the 1st and must be filed no later than the 10th day of the month it is
due.
(B)
Postmark. The
postmark for mailed reports or the Board's electronic mail date stamp for
emailed reports shall determine the date of filing for the monthly reports and
case reports.
(C)
Late
reports. Reports received late shall not count toward the total number
required for licensing.
(3)
Cancellation. An
apprenticeship shall automatically be cancelled by the failure to file one
quarterly report, unless an exception has been granted in writing by the
Board.
(4)
Renewal.
Subject to other provisions of this Subsection, an apprentice
registration is valid only for 12 months. Apprenticeship registration may be
renewed up to four times if such application is accompanied with an official
transcript showing that such applicant is a graduate from or then an active
student enrolled in an accredited school of mortuary science, and payment of
the required fee.
(5)
Supervision. No apprentice shall perform the practice of embalming
or the practice of funeral directing unless the apprentice is doing so under
the personal supervision of a licensed embalmer or funeral director.
(6)
Assistance. An apprentice
shall, under personal supervision, assist in the embalming of at least
twenty-five (25) human remains and assist in the direction of at least
twenty-five (25) funerals.
(d)
Practicum student
requirements. Practicum students must be participating in a scheduled,
supervised and accredited program for practicum students established by the
accredited school of mortuary science. Practicum students must have a letter of
agreement with the participating funeral service establishment where the
practicum is to be conducted. No registration of practicum students is required
by this Board.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg 993, eff 3-11-93 ; Amended at 11 Ok
Reg 4429, eff 8-11-94 ; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2891, eff 7-11-97 ; Amended at 17
Ok Reg 1095, eff 5-11-00 1 ; Amended at 22 Ok Reg
1918, eff 6-25-05 ; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1883, eff 6-25-09 ; Amended at 30 Ok
Reg 1745, eff 7-11-13
1 Effective 4-10-03, the
Legislature disapproved subparagraphs (A) and (B) of (c)(6) of Section
235:10-3-5, as they had been amended on 5-11-00 and published in the 2001
Edition of the OAC [see House Joint Resolution 1015 (2003)]. The Section was
later amended again by permanent action, effective
6-25-05.
