West Virginia Code 30-6-10 – Funeral service license requirements
(a) Commencing July 1, 2003, the board shall issue a license to practice embalming and funeral directing, which license shall be known as a funeral service license, to an applicant who meets the following requirements:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-6-10
- Board: means the West Virginia Board of Funeral Service Examiners. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Embalming: means the practice of introducing chemical substances, fluids, or gases used for the purpose of preservation or disinfection into the vascular system or hollow organs of a dead human body by arterial or hypodermic injection for the restoration of the physical appearance of a deceased. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Funeral: means a service, ceremony, or rites performed for the deceased with a body present. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Funeral directing: means the business of engaging in the following:
(a) The shelter, custody, or care of a deceased. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- License: means a license, which is not transferable or assignable, to:
(a) Practice embalming and funeral directing. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Person: means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, not-for-profit organization, or any other organization. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
(1) Is of good moral character;
(2) Is eighteen years of age or over;
(3) Is a citizen of the United States or is eligible for employment in the United States;
(4) Holds a high school diploma or its equivalent;
(5) Has completed one of the education requirements for an embalmer's license, set out in subdivision (5), subsection (a), section eight of this article; and
(6) Has paid all the appropriate fees.
(b) A license to practice embalming and funeral directing issued by the board prior to July 1, 2003, shall for all purposes be considered a license issued under this section.
(c) A person holding a license to practice embalming and funeral directing issued prior to July 1, 2003, must after July 1, 2003, renew his or her license pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(d) After July 1, 2003, wherever the terms "license to practice embalming and funeral directing" or "embalming and funeral directing license" are used in the code, the term "funeral service license" shall apply.