156.4 - FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
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. Section History: Early Form
[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] Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1148, § 5; 2000 Acts, ch 1140, §41; 2005 Acts, ch 89,
§19; 2007 Acts, ch 159, §7