§ 3423. Funeral directing; undertakers and embalmers; requirements for license to practice; examinations. 1. The department shall continue to hold re-examinations as may be necessary, as provided by former Article 14 of the public health law, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder for applicants who have prior to July first, nineteen hundred fifty-one, taken and failed to pass an examination for undertaker or embalmer license until December thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-three.

Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 3423

  • Embalmer: means a person to whom a valid license as such has been duly issued. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3400
  • Embalming: means preparing, disinfecting and preserving, either hypodermically, arterially or by any other recognized means the body of a deceased person for burial, cremation or other final disposition. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3400
  • Funeral directing: means the care and disposal of the body of a deceased person and/or the preserving, disinfecting and preparing by embalming or otherwise, the body of a deceased person for funeral services, transportation, burial or cremation; and/or funeral directing or embalming as presently known whether under these titles or designations or otherwise. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3400
  • Undertaker: means a person to whom a valid license as such has been duly issued. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3400
  • Undertaking: means the care, disposal, transportation, burial or cremation by any means other than embalming of the body of a deceased person. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3400

2. The department shall admit to such re-examinations any applicant who pays a fee of five dollars, is registered as a trainee with the department and is otherwise qualified in accordance with former Article 14 of the public health law as amended.

3. The department shall issue an undertaker or embalmer license to those who, upon payment of a fee of ten dollars, qualify in accordance with the provisions of this section, and who pass such re-examination.

4. An undertaker or embalmer license shall entitle the holders thereof to practice undertaking or embalming, respectively.

5. Any person who was a duly registered trainee on April first, nineteen hundred forty-five, and, was in the armed forces of the United States on April first, nineteen hundred forty-five, and whose training and experience shall have been interrupted by his service in the armed forces of the United States, shall be permitted to resume his training and experience at any time within one year after the date of his discharge from active service. The department shall continue to hold examinations for such candidates for undertaking and embalmer licenses and to issue such licenses as herein provided.

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