KRS 316.030: Embalmer's license -- Qualifications -- Funeral director's license --

Qualifications -- Restriction on place of practice -- Apprenticeship.

(1) No person shall engage in, or attempt to engage in, embalming or funeral directing

in the Commonwe alth of Kentucky unless the person is licensed under the

provisions of this chapter.

(2) All Kentucky -licensed persons who practice embalming or funeral directing in

Kentucky shall practice from a funeral establishment that is licensed to operate

under the provisions of this chapter.

(3) One (1) member of every firm, and one (1) officer and one (1) stockholder of every

corporation, that engages in embalming and funeral directing in Kentucky, shall be

a Kentucky-licensed embalmer and a Kentucky-licensed funeral director.

(4) The board shall issue an embalmer's license to an applicant who:

(a) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;

(b) Is of good moral character;

(c) Possesses a high school diploma or a High School Equivalency Diploma;

(d) Has received an ass ociate degree in funeral services from a college or

university accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education;

(e) Has served an apprenticeship of one (1) year in a Kentucky funeral

establishment under the supervision of a Kentucky-licensed embalmer;

(f) Has taken an active part during the apprenticeship in assisting with the

embalming of at least twenty -five (25) dead human bodies under the direct

supervision of a Kentucky-licensed embalmer;

(g) Has paid to the board an examination fee as se t out in administrative

regulations promulgated by the board; and

(h) Has passed an examination prepared or approved by the board.

(5) The board shall issue a funeral director's license to an applicant who:

(a) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;

(b) Is of good moral character;

(c) Possesses a high school diploma or a High School Equivalency Diploma;

(d) Has served an apprenticeship of three (3) consecutive years in a Kentucky

funeral establishment under the supervision of a Kentucky -licensed funeral

director. An associate degree in funeral services from a college or university

accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education shall

substitute for two (2) years of the apprenticeship. The completion of thirty

(30) semester credit hours or the equivalent from an accredited college or

university shall substitute for one (1) year of the apprenticeship. At no time

shall more than two (2) years of the apprenticeship be substituted;

(e) Has taken an active part during the apprenticeship in assisting with the

management of at least twenty -five (25) funerals under the direct supervision

of a Kentucky-licensed funeral director;

(f) Has paid to the board an examination fee as set out in administrative

regulations promulgated by the board; and

(g) Has passed an examination prepared or approved by the board.

(6) An applicant may serve embalming and funeral directing apprenticeships

concurrently.

(7) At the beginning of an apprenticeship, an applicant for an embalmer's or a funeral

director's license shall:

(a) Appear before the board;

(b) Pay to the board a registration fee as set out in administrative regulations

promulgated by the board; and

(c) File with the board the sworn statement of the supervising Kentucky -licensed

embalmer or the Kentucky-licensed funeral director averring that the applicant

will work full -time under supervision in the funeral establishment and will

receive a regular salary.

(8) An applicant shall work full -time in the funeral establishment during the

apprenticeship and shall receive a regular salary.

(9) An applicant shall file with the board semiannually during the apprenticeship sworn

statements by the applicant and the supervising Kentucky -licensed embalmer or

Kentucky-licensed funeral director setting out the number of hours work ed, the

number of embalmings or funerals in which the applicant has assisted, and the

salary received.

(10) A Kentucky -licensed embalmer or a Kentucky -licensed funeral director shall not

supervise more than five (5) applicants serving apprenticeships at any one (1) time.