Legislation
SECTION 3423
Funeral directing; undertakers and embalmers; requirements for license to practice; examinations
Public Health (PBH) CHAPTER 45, ARTICLE 34, TITLE 2
§ 3423. Funeral directing; undertakers and embalmers; requirements for
license to practice; examinations. 1. The department shall continue to
hold re-examinations as may be necessary, as provided by former article
fourteen of the public health law, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder for applicants who have prior to July
first, nineteen hundred fifty-one, taken and failed to pass an
examination for undertaker or embalmer license until December
thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-three.
2. The department shall admit to such re-examinations any applicant
who pays a fee of five dollars, is registered as a trainee with the
department and is otherwise qualified in accordance with former article
fourteen of the public health law as amended.
3. The department shall issue an undertaker or embalmer license to
those who, upon payment of a fee of ten dollars, qualify in accordance
with the provisions of this section, and who pass such re-examination.
4. An undertaker or embalmer license shall entitle the holders thereof
to practice undertaking or embalming, respectively.
5. Any person who was a duly registered trainee on April first,
nineteen hundred forty-five, and, was in the armed forces of the United
States on April first, nineteen hundred forty-five, and whose training
and experience shall have been interrupted by his service in the armed
forces of the United States, shall be permitted to resume his training
and experience at any time within one year after the date of his
discharge from active service. The department shall continue to hold
examinations for such candidates for undertaking and embalmer licenses
and to issue such licenses as herein provided.
license to practice; examinations. 1. The department shall continue to
hold re-examinations as may be necessary, as provided by former article
fourteen of the public health law, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder for applicants who have prior to July
first, nineteen hundred fifty-one, taken and failed to pass an
examination for undertaker or embalmer license until December
thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-three.
2. The department shall admit to such re-examinations any applicant
who pays a fee of five dollars, is registered as a trainee with the
department and is otherwise qualified in accordance with former article
fourteen of the public health law as amended.
3. The department shall issue an undertaker or embalmer license to
those who, upon payment of a fee of ten dollars, qualify in accordance
with the provisions of this section, and who pass such re-examination.
4. An undertaker or embalmer license shall entitle the holders thereof
to practice undertaking or embalming, respectively.
5. Any person who was a duly registered trainee on April first,
nineteen hundred forty-five, and, was in the armed forces of the United
States on April first, nineteen hundred forty-five, and whose training
and experience shall have been interrupted by his service in the armed
forces of the United States, shall be permitted to resume his training
and experience at any time within one year after the date of his
discharge from active service. The department shall continue to hold
examinations for such candidates for undertaking and embalmer licenses
and to issue such licenses as herein provided.