West Virginia Code 30-6-12 – Licenses or equivalent from another state; license or certificate to practice in this state
The board may issue a license to practice embalming and funeral directing or a certificate to be a crematory operator to an applicant of good moral character who holds a valid license or its equivalent to practice from another state if the applicant demonstrates that:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-6-12
- Board: means the West Virginia Board of Funeral Service Examiners. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Certificate: means a certification by the board to be a crematory operator. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Crematory: means a licensed place of business where a deceased human body is reduced to ashes and bone fragments. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Embalmer: means a person licensed to practice embalming. 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 director: means a person licensed to practice funeral directing. 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
- State: means the State of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
(1) He or she holds a license or its equivalent to practice in another state which was granted after completion of educational requirements substantially equivalent to those required in this state;
(2) He or she holds a license or its equivalent to practice in another state which was granted after passing, in that or another state, an examination that is substantially equivalent to the examination required in this state;
(3) Reciprocal rights are provided by such other state to holders of funeral director's or embalmer's licenses granted in this state. Such reciprocal licenses may be renewed biennially upon payment of the renewal license fee;
(4) He or she is not currently being investigated by a disciplinary authority of another state, does not have charges pending against his or her license or something equivalent to practice and has never had a license or something equivalent to practice revoked;
(5) He or she has not previously failed an examination for licensure as an embalmer or funeral director in this state;
(6) He or she has paid the application fee specified by rule; and
(7) Has completed such other action as required by the board.