Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-396.11: Apprenticeship - Application - Certificate - Rules

A. The term for an apprenticeship in embalming and the term for

an apprenticeship in funeral directing may be served concurrently.

Applications for an apprenticeship in funeral directing or embalming

shall be made to the Board in writing on a form and in a manner

prescribed by the Board. The Board shall issue a certificate of

apprenticeship to any person applying for said certificate who

submits to the Board satisfactory evidence that said person is

seventeen (17) years of age or older, of good moral character, and a

graduate of an accredited high school or has earned a G.E.D.

credential. The application shall be accompanied by a registration

fee as required by Section 396.4 of this title.

B. The Board shall prescribe and enforce such rules as

necessary to qualify apprentice applicants as embalmers or funeral

directors. A license to practice embalming or funeral directing

shall not be issued until said applicant has complied with the rules

of the Board, and said applicant has embalmed at least twenty-five

dead human bodies for burial or shipment during apprenticeship.

C. The certificate of apprenticeship shall expire one (1) year

from the date of issuance but may be renewed by the Board for four

additional one-year periods.