RCW 18.39.035
Applicant for license as funeral director or embalmer—Eligibility.
(1) An applicant for a license as a funeral director shall be at least eighteen years of age and must have obtained an associate of arts degree in mortuary science or completed a course of not less than two years in an accredited college, and a one-year course of training under a licensed funeral director in this state. The applicant must also pass an examination in the funeral arts and an examination in the laws of this state pertaining to the handling, care, transportation, and disposition of human remains and the contents of this chapter.
(2) An applicant for a license as an embalmer must be at least eighteen years of age and have obtained an associate of arts degree in mortuary science or completed a course of instruction in an accredited mortuary science college program and other college courses that total sixty semester hours or ninety quarter hours, completed a two-year course of training under a licensed embalmer in this state, and have passed an examination in the funeral sciences and an examination in the laws of this state pertaining to the handling, care, transportation, and disposition of human remains, and the contents of this chapter.
[ 2005 c 365 § 3; 1996 c 217 § 1; 1981 c 43 § 3.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 18.39 - Embalmers—Funeral Directors.
18.39.035 - Applicant for license as funeral director or embalmer—Eligibility.
18.39.045 - College course requirements.
18.39.050 - Application—Renewal—Fees.
18.39.100 - License—Form—Restrictions.
18.39.120 - Interns—Registration—Renewal—Notice of termination—Fees.
18.39.130 - Licenses—Applicants from other states—Examination.
18.39.145 - Funeral establishment license—Issuance—Requirements—Transferability—Expiration.
18.39.150 - License lapse—Reinstatement—Fee—Reexamination.
18.39.175 - Board—Duties and responsibilities—Rules.
18.39.181 - Powers and duties of director.
18.39.195 - Pricing information to be given—Billing "cash advanced" items.
18.39.220 - Unlawful business practices—Penalty.
18.39.231 - Prohibited advice and transactions—Exceptions—Rules—Penalty.
18.39.240 - Prearrangement funeral service contracts—License required.
18.39.250 - Prearrangement contracts—Trusts—Refunds.
18.39.255 - Prearrangement contracts—Insurance funded—Requirements.
18.39.260 - Prearrangement contracts—Certificates of registration required—Exception.
18.39.270 - Prearrangement contracts—Registration qualifications.
18.39.280 - Prearrangement contracts—Application for registration.
18.39.290 - Prearrangement contracts—Registration—Renewal—Fees—Disposition.
18.39.300 - Grounds for disciplinary action.
18.39.320 - Prearrangement contracts—Annual financial statement—Failure to file.
18.39.330 - Prearrangement contract forms—Approval required—Grounds for disapproval.
18.39.345 - Prearrangement trust—Examination by board.
18.39.350 - Violations—Penalty—Consumer protection—Retail installment contracts.
18.39.360 - Fraternal or benevolent organizations and labor unions excepted.
18.39.370 - Prearrangement service contracts—Abandoned trusts.
18.39.410 - Unprofessional conduct.
18.39.420 - Complaint to board—Submittal—Determination—Investigation—Immunity of complainant.
18.39.450 - Findings of fact—Order—Notice—Report.
18.39.467 - License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
18.39.525 - Certificates of removal registration.
18.39.530 - Practice without license—Penalties.
18.39.560 - Uniform regulation of business and professions act.