(1) The State Mortuary and Cemetery Board shall issue a license to an individual to practice as a funeral service practitioner if the individual meets the following requirements:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 692.045

  • Board: means the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board. See Oregon Statutes 692.010
  • Cemetery: means any one, or a combination of more than one, of the following, in a place used, or intended to be used, and dedicated, for cemetery purposes:

    (a) A burial park, for earth interments;

    (b) A mausoleum, for crypt interments;

    (c) A columbarium, for permanent interments of cremated or reduced remains;

    (d) A scattering garden or other designated area above or below ground where a person may pay to establish a memorial of cremated or reduced remains; or

    (e) A cenotaph, the primary purpose of which is to provide an area where a person may pay to establish a memorial to honor a person whose remains may be interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered. See Oregon Statutes 692.010

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

(a) The individual must apply to the board for a funeral service practitioner license on an application form provided by the board.

(b) The individual must pass an examination offered by the board under ORS § 692.070 after the individual applies for the funeral service practitioner license.

(c) The individual must complete training as a funeral service practitioner trainee under ORS § 692.190.

(2) An individual may not take an examination under ORS § 692.070 until the individual has provided written evidence of graduation from an associate degree program meeting the requirements established by board rule.

(3) An applicant meets the requirements of subsection (1)(c) or (2) of this section if the applicant provides the board with documentation of military training or experience that the board determines is substantially equivalent to the education or experience required by subsection (1)(c) or (2) of this section.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, an applicant who has four years of experience as a licensed funeral service practitioner or embalmer in this state or in another state and who is in good standing with the board or with the licensing authority from another state is considered to have met any educational requirement necessary to take the examination under ORS § 692.070. [1983 c.810 § 6; 1989 c.177 § 3; 1993 c.308 § 4; 1997 c.638 § 4; 1999 c.724 § 8; 2007 c.170 § 3; 2012 c.43 § 25; 2015 c.367 § 1]

 

[Repealed by 1983 c.810 § 29]

 

[Amended by 1971 c.115 § 1; 1979 c.858 § 1; repealed by 1983 c.810 § 29]

 

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