{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-18-50","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 43-18-50","heading":"Application for funeral service apprenticeship; period of apprenticeship.","body":"(a) Every person desiring to serve as an apprentice shall make application as a funeral service apprentice to the board upon a form provided by the board. The applicant must be at least 18 years of age and have either graduated from high school or have a state approved high school equivalency (HSE) certificate. The apprenticeship shall be served at an approved establishment and under the direct supervision of a funeral director, embalmer, or both. The application must be verified by oath of applicant and be accompanied by a fee to be established by the board. The application shall be submitted to the board and may be accepted or rejected by a majority of the board.\n(b) An apprenticeship shall be approved for a specific establishment and under a specific supervising funeral director, embalmer, or both. Any change in establishment or supervising funeral director, embalmer, or both shall terminate that apprenticeship and shall require submission of a new application.\n(c) The total period of apprenticeship shall be 3,120 hours and must be served in a minimum of 18 months, but the minimum period shall be in addition to the time required to graduate from a college of funeral service or other college pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Code Section 43-18-41. An apprentice shall be authorized to earn apprenticeship hours in an amount to be determined by the board while attending a postgraduate school or a program at an accredited college of funeral service or other college approved by the board.","path":["TITLE 43 Professions And Businesses","CHAPTER 18 Funeral Directors and Establishments, Embalmers, and Crematories","Article 1 Funeral Directors and Establishments, Embalmers, and Crematories","PART 3 Licenses for Funeral Directors and Embalmers"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.43.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"0c0d496b8d7ac32ff8ad43bcb57e5ebf22be45192eac20d1f215af3d6d77751e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-18-49","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-18-51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}