Senate Bill No. 281–Senator Shaffer

 

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AN ACT relating to professions; expanding the subject matter of the examinations given by the state board of funeral directors, embalmers and operators of cemeteries and crematories to applicants for certain licenses; clarifying that an applicant for a license as an embalmer is exempt from taking certain portions of the examination given by the board under certain circumstances; exempting an applicant for a license as a funeral director from taking certain portions of the examination given by the board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1. NRS 642.090 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   642.090  1.  Every person who wishes to practice the profession of

 embalming must appear before the board and, upon payment of a fee not

 to exceed $300 to cover expenses of examination, must be examined in the

 knowledge of the subjects set forth in subsection 2. Examinations must be

 in writing, and the board may require actual demonstration on a cadaver.

 [If an] An applicant who has [previously taken and] passed the national

 examination given by the International Conference of Funeral Service

 Examining Boards [of the United States, the applicant need not retake that

 examination for purposes of licensing in the State of Nevada.] , is not

 required to take any portion of the examination set forth in subsection 2

 that repeats or duplicates a portion of the national examination. All

 examination papers must be kept on record by the board.

   2.  The members of the board shall examine applicants for licenses in

 the following subjects:

   (a) Anatomy, sanitary science and signs of death.

   (b) Care, disinfection, preservation, transportation of and burial or other

 final disposition of dead bodies.

   (c) The manner in which death may be determined.

   (d) The prevention of the spread of infectious and contagious diseases.

   (e) Chemistry, including toxicology.

   (f) Restorative art, including plastic surgery and derma surgery.

   (g) The laws and regulations of this state relating to funeral directing

 and embalming.

   (h) Regulations of the state board of health relating to infectious

 diseases and quarantine.

   [(h)] (i) Any other subject which the board may determine by

 regulation to be necessary or proper to prove the efficiency and

 qualification of the applicant.

   3.  If an applicant fulfills the requirements of NRS 642.080 and

 642.0195 and has passed the examination provided for by this chapter, the

 board shall issue to the applicant a license to practice the profession of

 embalming for 1 year.

   Sec. 2.  NRS 642.100 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   642.100  Reciprocity may be arranged by the board if an applicant:

   1.  Is a graduate of a school of mortuary science which is accredited by

 the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards ; [of

 the United States;]

   2.  Is licensed as an embalmer in another state;

   3.  Has practiced embalming successfully for at least 5 years and

 practiced actively for 2 years immediately preceding the application for a

 license by reciprocity;

   4.  Is of good moral character;

   5.  Has passed the examination given by the board on the subjects set

 forth in subsection 2 of NRS 642.090 or the national examination given by

 the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards ; [of

 the United States;]

   6.  Possesses knowledge of the applicable statutes and regulations of

 this state governing embalmers; and

   7.  Pays a fee not to exceed $300 to the secretary of the board.

   Sec. 3.  NRS 642.360 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   642.360  1.  An application for a permit to operate a funeral

 establishment, a funeral director’s license or a license to conduct direct

 cremations or immediate burials must be in writing and verified on a form

 provided by the board.

   2.  Each applicant must be over 18 years of age and of good character.

   3.  [Each] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, each

 applicant for a funeral director’s license must pass an examination given

 by the board upon the following subjects:

   (a) The signs of death.

   (b) The manner by which death may be determined.

   (c) The laws governing the preparation, burial and disposal of dead

 human bodies, and the shipment of bodies of persons dying from

 infectious or contagious diseases.

   (d) Local health and sanitary ordinances and regulations relating to

 funeral directing and embalming.

   (e) Federal regulations governing funeral practices.

   (f) The laws and regulations of this state relating to funeral directing

 and embalming.

   4.  An applicant who has passed the national examination given by

 the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, is

 not required to take any portion of the examination set forth in

 subsection 3 that repeats or duplicates a portion of the national

 examination.

   5.  The application must be accompanied by a fee not to exceed $300.

   Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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