California Business and Professions Code 7643 – In order to qualify for a license as an embalmer, the applicant shall …
In order to qualify for a license as an embalmer, the applicant shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(a) Be over 18 years of age.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 7643
- board: means any entity listed in Section 101, the entities referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600, the State Bar, the Department of Real Estate, and any other state agency that issues a license, certificate, or registration authorizing a person to engage in a business or profession. See California Business and Professions Code 31
- Bureau: means the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. See California Business and Professions Code 7601
- license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
(b) Not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.
(c) Have completed at least two years of apprenticeship under an embalmer licensed and engaged in practice as an embalmer in this state in a funeral establishment which shall have been approved for apprentices by the bureau and while so apprenticed shall have assisted in embalming not fewer than 100 human remains; provided, however, that a person who has been licensed and has practiced as an embalmer for a minimum of three years within the seven years preceding his or her application in any other state or country and whose license has never been suspended or revoked for unethical conduct shall not be required to serve any apprenticeship in this state.
(d) Have graduated from a mortuary science program approved by the bureau and accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, or its equivalent, as determined by the bureau, and furnished official transcripts from that program or equivalent.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 307, Sec. 86. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2010.)