§ 20-224 — Employment of assistants and registered apprentices. Apprentice registration.

Connecticut § 20-224

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 20: Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
• Ch. 385: Embalmers and Funeral Directors

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(a) The provisions of sections 20-217, 20-220 and 20-227 shall not prohibit the employment of assistants or of registered apprentice embalmers and registered apprentice funeral directors as provided in this chapter, provided a licensed funeral service business may employ no more than two registered apprentice embalmers at any one time, and any person, firm, corporation or other organization engaged in the business of funeral directing may employ no more than one registered apprentice funeral director at any one time, without the approval of the Board of Examiners of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. (b) Registered apprentice embalmers and registered apprentice funeral directors shall register as apprentices with the Department of Public Health, in the manner prescribed by the commissioner in regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-211 , for purposes of completing practical training and experience pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 4541; 1951, S. 2263d; P.A. 73-80; P.A. 80-484, S. 162, 176; P.A. 92-59, S. 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 21-121, S. 17.) History: P.A. 73-80 made proviso re employment of student embalmers applicable to licensed “funeral service business” rather than to “embalmer” and required approval of board of examiners before employment of more students than allowed is undertaken; P.A. 80-484 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 20-225 and deleted word “registered” modifying student embalmers; P.A. 92-59 made the existing section Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) concerning registration; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 21-121 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by replacing references to student embalmers with references to registered apprentice embalmers and replacing references to student funeral directors with references to registered apprentice funeral directors; P.A. 21-121 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by replacing references to student embalmers with references to registered apprentice embalmers and replacing references to student funeral directors with references to registered apprentice funeral directors.