62-5-305 - Application for funeral director's license Apprenticeship.
62-5-305. Application for funeral director's license Apprenticeship.
(a) Every person not previously licensed in this state as a funeral director, desiring to engage in the practice or business of funeral directing, shall make application to the board, along with a nonrefundable fee as set by the board.
(b) The application shall contain the name of the applicant, showing that the applicant:
(1) Has attained eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) Is a citizen of the United States;
(3) Is of good moral character;
(4) Is properly protected against communicable diseases, either through immunization or education;
(5) Has graduated from a high school or has earned a GED recognized by a state education department;
(6) Has successfully completed a program of study in funeral service education consisting of no less than thirty (30) semester hours, forty-five (45) quarter hours or the equivalent from a school accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education and evidenced by an official transcript; and
(7) Has completed two (2) years of apprenticeship in the presence of and under the direction and supervision of a licensed funeral director.
[Acts 1951, ch. 13, § 8 (Williams, § 7140.8); Acts 1971, ch. 161, § 2; 1973, ch. 35, § 1; 1980, ch. 554, § 6; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 62-512; Acts 1985, ch. 354, § 7; 1989, ch. 523, § 150; 2001, ch. 188, §§ 5-8; 2007, ch. 297, § 2.]