California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 3 — Professions and Vocations GenerallyChapter 12 — Cemetery and Funeral ActArticle 3 — EmbalmersSection 7646
(a) The bureau shall require the applicant to pass both of the following:
(1) The sciences section of the national examination administered by the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, or its equivalent, as determined by the bureau.
(2) An examination, administered by the bureau, on the state’s laws and the rules and regulations of the bureau, including those sections of the Health and Safety Code which pertain to the funeral industry.
(b) An applicant who has previously passed the sciences section of the national examination described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be in compliance with that paragraph.
Notes
Requires a funeral-director applicant to pass the sciences section of the specified national examination, or a bureau-determined equivalent, and a bureau examination covering California laws and bureau rules and regulations, including funeral-industry Health and Safety Code provisions. An applicant who previously passed the national sciences section is deemed to satisfy that requirement.
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