(a)    A person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or herself out, in whole or in part, as being engaged in any of the following:

         1. See Wisconsin Statutes 445.01

Funeral establishment: means any building or part of a building used and held out to the public as being used for caring or preparing for the burial or transportation of dead human bodies or for holding or conducting of funeral services. See Wisconsin Statutes 445.01

in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols or figures. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01

Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.

Person: includes firm, corporation, partnership, cooperative, unincorporated cooperative association, and association of individuals. See Wisconsin Statutes 445.01

State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01

Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01

   (1)    Except for conducting funeral services, the business of a funeral director must be conducted in a funeral establishment that has been issued a permit by the examining board.

   (2)   Except as provided in s. 257.03, no person may engage in the business of a funeral director, or make a representation as engaged in such business, in whole or in part, unless first licensed as a funeral director by the examining board. Application for a license, other than a renewal, shall be in writing and verified on a form to be furnished by the department. The application must specify the address at which the applicant proposes to conduct the business of a funeral director and shall contain such other information as the examining board requires to determine compliance with the requirements of this chapter. Accompanying the application shall be the initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a), together with affidavits of recommendation from at least 2 persons of the county in which the applicant resides or proposes to conduct the business of a funeral director.

   (3)   

      (a)    Written examinations for a funeral director’s license under pars. (b) and (c) shall be held at least once a year and shall be conducted by the examining board at a time and place to be designated by the examining board.

      (b)    The comprehensive examination shall include the subjects of:

         1.    Funeral directing and burial or other disposition of dead human bodies;

         2.    Anatomy, bacteriology, autopsy, chemistry and practical embalming; and

         3.    Sanitary science, public health, transportation, business ethics and the laws of this state and rules of the department of health services relating to communicable diseases, quarantine and causes of death.

      (c)    The jurisprudence examination shall test the applicant’s knowledge of state law relating to funeral directing.