(a) Every person not previously licensed in this state as a funeral director, desiring to engage in the practice or business of funeral directing, shall make application to the board, along with a nonrefundable fee as set by the board.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-5-305

  • Board: means the board of funeral directors and embalmers. See Tennessee Code 62-5-101
  • Funeral directing: means the:
    (i) Practice of directing or supervising funerals or the practice of preparing dead human bodies for burial by any means, other than by embalming, or the disposition of dead human bodies. See Tennessee Code 62-5-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The application shall contain the name of the applicant, showing that the applicant:

(1) Has attained eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) Is a citizen of the United States or an individual enumerated in 8 U.S.C. § 1622(b);
(3) Is of good moral character;
(4) Is properly protected against communicable diseases, either through immunization or education;
(5) Has graduated from a high school or has earned a high school equivalency credential approved by the state board of education;
(6) Has successfully completed a program of study in funeral service education consisting of no less than thirty (30) semester hours, forty-five (45) quarter hours or the equivalent from a school accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education and evidenced by an official transcript; and
(7) Has completed two (2) years of apprenticeship in the presence of and under the direction and supervision of a licensed funeral director. An associate’s degree from a college accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education may be substituted for one (1) year of apprenticeship.
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