N.Y. Public Health Law § 3423: Funeral directing; undertakers and embalmers; requirements for license to practice; examinations

§ 3423. Funeral directing; undertakers and embalmers; requirements for

license to practice; examinations. 1. The department shall continue to

hold re-examinations as may be necessary, as provided by former article

fourteen of the public health law, as amended, and the rules and

regulations promulgated thereunder for applicants who have prior to July

first, nineteen hundred fifty-one, taken and failed to pass an

examination for undertaker or embalmer license until December

thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-three.

2. The department shall admit to such re-examinations any applicant

who pays a fee of five dollars, is registered as a trainee with the

department and is otherwise qualified in accordance with former article

fourteen of the public health law as amended.

3. The department shall issue an undertaker or embalmer license to

those who, upon payment of a fee of ten dollars, qualify in accordance

with the provisions of this section, and who pass such re-examination.

4. An undertaker or embalmer license shall entitle the holders thereof

to practice undertaking or embalming, respectively.

5. Any person who was a duly registered trainee on April first,

nineteen hundred forty-five, and, was in the armed forces of the United

States on April first, nineteen hundred forty-five, and whose training

and experience shall have been interrupted by his service in the armed

forces of the United States, shall be permitted to resume his training

and experience at any time within one year after the date of his

discharge from active service. The department shall continue to hold

examinations for such candidates for undertaking and embalmer licenses

and to issue such licenses as herein provided.