§ 3423 — Funeral directing; undertakers and embalmers; requirements for license to practice; examinations

§ 3423. Funeral directing; undertakers and embalmers; requirements for\nlicense to practice; examinations. 1. The department shall continue to\nhold re-examinations as may be necessary, as provided by former article\nfourteen of the public health law, as amended, and the rules and\nregulations promulgated thereunder for applicants who have prior to July\nfirst, nineteen hundred fifty-one, taken and failed to pass an\nexamination for undertaker or embalmer license until December\nthirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-three.\n 2. The department shall admit to such re-examinations any applicant\nwho pays a fee of five dollars, is registered as a trainee with the\ndepartment and is otherwise qualified in accordance with former article\nfourteen of the public health law as amended.\n 3. The department shall issue an undertaker or embalmer license to\nthose who, upon payment of a fee of ten dollars, qualify in accordance\nwith the provisions of this section, and who pass such re-examination.\n 4. An undertaker or embalmer license shall entitle the holders thereof\nto practice undertaking or embalming, respectively.\n 5. Any person who was a duly registered trainee on April first,\nnineteen hundred forty-five, and, was in the armed forces of the United\nStates on April first, nineteen hundred forty-five, and whose training\nand experience shall have been interrupted by his service in the armed\nforces of the United States, shall be permitted to resume his training\nand experience at any time within one year after the date of his\ndischarge from active service. The department shall continue to hold\nexaminations for such candidates for undertaking and embalmer licenses\nand to issue such licenses as herein provided.\n