N.Y. Public Health Law § 3421: Funeral directing; requirements for license to practice

§ 3421. Funeral directing; requirements for license to practice. 1. In

order to be licensed, an applicant for licensure shall pass a funeral

directing examination prepared or approved by the department to

determine his knowledge and fitness therefor, as required by this

article. No person shall be permitted to enter funeral director school,

apply for a funeral directing examination or apply for a funeral

directing license without submitting to the department satisfactory

evidence of good moral character.

2. Except as provided in subdivision three, the department shall admit

to examination any applicant who pays a fee of forty dollars and submits

evidence subscribed and affirmed as true under the penalties of perjury

and satisfactory to the department that the applicant:

(a) is a citizen of the United States or a noncitizen lawfully

admitted for permanent residence in the United States;

(b) has satisfactorily completed a course of collegiate level study in

funeral service, the curriculum of which has been approved by the

department, consisting of not less than ninety quarter credits or sixty

semester credits in an institution or institutions approved by the

department or an accrediting agency recognized by the department;

(c) has upon entering an approved institution as herein provided for

the purpose of beginning his funeral service study, registered as a

student with the department upon a form to be provided by the

department, and has paid to the department a registration fee of fifty

dollars.

3. Delay in registering as a student as herein required may be

excused, in the discretion of the commissioner.

4. The department shall issue a license to practice funeral directing

to an applicant for such license on the basis of the following

procedures:

(a) who shall have successfully passed the examination as herein

provided in subdivision one of this section, and

(b) who pays a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars, and

(c) who, after having passed such examination, serves a one year

period as a registered resident in a manner satisfactory to the

department, and

(d) who, has passed a second examination after or during the serving

of a one year period as a registered resident. The said examination

shall be on the New York state laws, rules and regulations relating to

funeral directing and shall be prepared or approved by the department of

health.