§ 32-1361 — Licensed embalmers; supervision; certification of embalming; exception for embalmer's assistants

A. Only a licensed embalmer may embalm a dead human body, except that another person who is employed by a funeral establishment and on a pathway to licensure may embalm a dead human body under the direct supervision of a licensed embalmer.

B. A licensed embalmer who embalms or supervises the embalming of a dead human body shall certify the embalming with the embalmer's signature and license number.

C. For the purposes of this section, a person is on a pathway to licensure if both of the following apply:

1. The person has been employed by a funeral establishment.

2. The person intends to become a licensed embalmer after assisting in embalming at least twenty-five dead human bodies or intends to become a licensed funeral director by assisting in arranging and directing at least twenty-five funerals.

D. The pathway to licensure may not exceed three years and begins either:

1. While the person is enrolled in an accredited or provisionally accredited school of mortuary science and is assisting embalming dead human bodies under the direct supervision of a licensed embalmer or assisting in arranging and directing funerals.

2. After the person has graduated from an accredited or provisionally accredited school of mortuary science and passed the state laws and rules examination and the national board examination and is assisting in embalming dead human bodies under the direct supervision of a licensed embalmer or assisting in arranging and directing funerals.

E. A person on a pathway to licensure or the funeral establishment providing direct supervision of a person on a pathway to licensure shall submit to the department on a form approved by the department information necessary for the department to verify that the person is on a pathway to licensure.

F. This section does not apply to a person who was a licensed embalmer's assistant on March 31, 2023.