§ 33-16-517 — Funeral service practitioner; license required; qualifications

Wyoming § 33-16-517

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 33: Professions and Occupations
• Ch. 16: EMBALMERS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, UNDERTAKERS AND
• Art. 5: FUNERAL SERVICE PRACTITIONERS ACT

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(a) Persons employed by a funeral establishment may assist
funeral directors and funeral service practitioners in the area
of funeral directing, under the supervision of a licensed
funeral service practitioner. To be licensed as a funeral
service practitioner within the state of Wyoming, an applicant
shall apply to the board for a funeral service practitioner
license, upon a form and in the manner prescribed by the board,
accompanied by the appropriate fee and satisfactory evidence of
the following:
(i) The applicant has reached the age of majority;
(ii) The applicant has no criminal convictions which
would impact upon the applicant's abilities to engage in the
practice of funeral service in accordance with this act and the
rules and regulations of the board. The board may waive this
provision based on individual circumstances;
(iii) The applicant has:
(A) Obtained an associates' or higher degree in
funeral service practice or mortuary science from an American
board of funeral service education accredited mortuary science
program or an equivalent accredited program of funeral service
education; or
(B) Obtained a mortuary science diploma from an
institution accredited by the American board of funeral service
education or an equivalent accreditation and can show evidence
of five (5) years of experience in practicing funeral service in
another jurisdiction, regardless of whether that jurisdiction
has a formal licensing requirement for funeral service practice
as defined by W.S. 33-16-502(a)(xvii).
(iv) The applicant has completed a one (1) year
apprenticeship under the supervision of a Wyoming licensed
funeral service practitioner, which shall include practical
experience of having assisted in the embalming of at least
twenty-five (25) dead human bodies and having assisted in
arranging and conducting at least twenty-five (25) funeral or
memorial services;
(v) The applicant has passed the National Board
Examination as administered by the Conference of Funeral Service
Examining Board; and
(vi) The applicant has passed an examination
administered by authority of the board on the laws, rules and
regulations governing the practice of funeral service in
Wyoming. The examination may also contain questions relating to
funeral service practice and other areas as deemed proper by the
board.