156.4 Funeral directors.
1. The practice of a funeral director must be conducted from a funeral establishment licensed by the board. The board may specify criteria for exceptions to the requirement of this subsection in rules.
2. A person shall not engage in the practice of mortuary science unless licensed.
3. Applications for the examination for a funeral director’s license shall be verified on a form furnished by the board.
4. Applicants shall pass an examination prescribed by the board, which shall include the subjects of funeral directing, burial or other disposition of dead human bodies, sanitary science, embalming, restorative art, anatomy, public health, transportation, business ethics, and such other subjects as the board may designate.
5. After the applicant has completed satisfactorily the course of instruction in mortuary science in an accredited school approved by the board, the applicant must pass the examination prescribed by the board as provided in section 147.34. The applicant may then receive an internship certificate and shall then complete a minimum one-year internship as determined by the board.
[C24, 27, §2585; C31, 35, §2585-c3, -c4; C39, §2585.03, 2585.04; C46, 50, §156.3, 156.4; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §156.4]
96 Acts, ch 1148, §5; 2000 Acts, ch 1140, §41; 2005 Acts, ch 89, §19; 2007 Acts, ch 159, §7
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 156 - FUNERAL DIRECTING, MORTUARY SCIENCE, AND CREMATION
Section 156.1A - Provision of services.
Section 156.2 - Persons excluded.
Section 156.3 - Eligibility requirements.
Section 156.4 - Funeral directors.
Section 156.8A - Student practicum.
Section 156.9 - Revocation of license to practice mortuary science.
Section 156.12 - Funeral directors — solicitation of business — exceptions — penalty.
Section 156.13 - Certificate of national board in lieu of examination.
Section 156.14 - Funeral establishment and cremation establishment license.
Section 156.16 - Unlicensed practice — injunctions, civil penalties, consent agreements.