California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 3 — Professions and Vocations GenerallyChapter 12 — Cemetery and Funeral ActArticle 4 — ApprenticesSection 7662
In order to qualify as an apprentice embalmer, an applicant shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(a) Be over 18 years of age.
(b) Not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.
(c) Do one of the following:
(1) Furnish proof showing completion of a high school course.
(2) Furnish the bureau with evidence that he or she has been licensed and has practiced as an embalmer for a minimum of three years within the seven years preceding his or her application in any other state or country and that the license has never been suspended or revoked for unethical conduct.
(3) Have graduated from a mortuary science program approved by the bureau and accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, or its equivalent, as determined by the bureau, and furnished official transcripts from that program or equivalent.
Notes
Requires an apprentice-embalmer applicant to be over 18 and lack specified license-denial grounds, plus satisfy one of three alternatives: complete high school; prove at least three years of embalming practice under an unsuspended, unrevoked license elsewhere within the preceding seven years; or graduate from an approved, accredited mortuary-science program or bureau-determined equivalent and provide official transcripts.
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