§ 5-33.2-6. Qualifications of funeral director/embalmers.
A funeral director or embalmer’s license shall be issued only to individuals, and no corporation, partnership, association, limited-liability company, or organization shall be entitled to obtain the license. In order to be entitled to a funeral director/embalmer’s license, an applicant must meet the following requirements:
(1) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) Be a citizen of the United States or have lawful entry into the country;
(3) Show to the satisfaction of the division that he or she is of good moral character;
(4) Be a high school graduate or its equivalent;
(5) Have graduated from a school of mortuary science accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, Inc.;
(6) Have at least an associate degree or the equivalent of sixty (60) semester hours from an approved college or university or be currently enrolled in a school accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, Inc.;
(7) Have completed a registered funeral director/embalmer internship;
(8) Have satisfactorily passed the funeral director and embalmer portions of the written examination of the Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards;
(9) Have satisfactorily passed a practical examination that the board deems proper to ascertain his or her efficiency and qualifications to engage in the business of funeral directing and embalming;
(10) All individuals holding an embalmer and/or funeral director license on November 1, 1995, will be automatically issued a funeral director/embalmer license upon payment of the required annual license renewal fee; and
(11) The name and title of at least the funeral director/embalmer registered with the department as the licensee in charge of the funeral establishment or funeral establishment branch, shall appear in all printed advertising.
History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 255, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-33.2 - Funeral Director/Embalmer and Funeral Service Establishments
Section 5-33.2-1. - Definitions.
Section 5-33.2-2. - Board of examiners — Qualifications and removal of members — Vacancies.
Section 5-33.2-3. - Rules and regulations.
Section 5-33.2-4. - Unlicensed practice unlawful.
Section 5-33.2-5. - Application for license — Application fee.
Section 5-33.2-6. - Qualifications of funeral director/embalmers.
Section 5-33.2-7. - Armed forces embalming experience.
Section 5-33.2-8. - Participation in burial certificate plans.
Section 5-33.2-9. - Cemetery operators ineligible to conduct business of funeral directing.
Section 5-33.2-10. - Issuance of licenses — Expiration and renewal of licenses.
Section 5-33.2-11. - Display of licenses — Assignment of licenses prohibited.
Section 5-33.2-12. - Funeral establishment and branch offices licenses.
Section 5-33.2-13.1. - Crematories — License and inspection.
Section 5-33.2-13.2. - Cremation of human remains.
Section 5-33.2-14. - Payments for securing business prohibited.
Section 5-33.2-15. - Annual renewal of licenses.
Section 5-33.2-16. - Funeral director/embalmer — Internship.
Section 5-33.2-17. - Revocation or suspension of license.
Section 5-33.2-18. - Summons of witnesses.
Section 5-33.2-20. - Restricted receipts accounts for fees.
Section 5-33.2-21. - Penalty for violations.
Section 5-33.2-22. - Complaints of violations.
Section 5-33.2-23. - Severability.
Section 5-33.2-24. - Proper authority for funeral arrangements and disposition of human remains.
Section 5-33.2-25. - Mandatory continuing education training.