{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-156.3","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 156.3","heading":"Eligibility requirements.","body":"To be eligible to take the examination for a funeral director’s license, a person must have completed two academic years of instruction in a recognized college or university in a course of study approved by the board or have equivalent education as defined by the board and have satisfactorily completed a course of instruction in mortuary science in an accredited school approved by the board.","path":["Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)","Chapter 156 - FUNERAL DIRECTING, MORTUARY SCIENCE, AND CREMATION"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/156.3.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:04Z","sha256":"b81f17992203ab1ee5f0c9ec638581e5adc5703de506d06f43bf745ca9082d38","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-156.2","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-156.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}