{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-396.11","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-396.11","heading":"Apprenticeship - Application - Certificate - Rules","body":"A. The term for an apprenticeship in embalming and the term for\n\nan apprenticeship in funeral directing may be served concurrently.\n\nApplications for an apprenticeship in funeral directing or embalming\n\nshall be made to the Board in writing on a form and in a manner\n\nprescribed by the Board. The Board shall issue a certificate of\n\napprenticeship to any person applying for said certificate who\n\nsubmits to the Board satisfactory evidence that said person is\n\nseventeen (17) years of age or older, of good moral character, and a\n\ngraduate of an accredited high school or has earned a G.E.D.\n\ncredential. The application shall be accompanied by a registration\n\nfee as required by Section 396.4 of this title.\n\nB. The Board shall prescribe and enforce such rules as\n\nnecessary to qualify apprentice applicants as embalmers or funeral\n\ndirectors. A license to practice embalming or funeral directing\n\nshall not be issued until said applicant has complied with the rules\n\nof the Board, and said applicant has embalmed at least twenty-five\n\ndead human bodies for burial or shipment during apprenticeship.\n\nC. The certificate of apprenticeship shall expire one (1) year\n\nfrom the date of issuance but may be renewed by the Board for four\n\nadditional one-year periods.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"2038f164cf40017f3b807ff4f4c58da9b50a6a9792fb3e83e8daf683ef977a60","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-396.10","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-396.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}