TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 11

MORTICIANS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS

54-1108.  Examination of applicants for license — Subjects — Certification of results. The board of morticians shall have the sole power for determining the nature, type and extent of examinations to be taken by applicants for a license. Examinations for mortician applicants shall include generally the following subjects: anatomy, chemistry, physiology, psychology, sanitary science, the care, disinfection, preservation, transportation of and burial, or other final disposition of dead human bodies, and the laws and rules of the state of Idaho. Examinations for funeral director applicants shall include generally the following subjects: sociology, psychology, funeral directing, business law, funeral service law, funeral service merchandising, accounting, computers, and the laws and rules of the state of Idaho. The board shall determine whether the applicant has passed or failed such examination. Examinations may be written or as determined at the discretion of the board, and shall be held at such times and at such places within the state of Idaho as determined by the board of morticians. National conference examinations, passed at an accredited embalming college, may be accepted by the board. Upon the conclusion of grading the above examinations, the board of morticians shall certify the results listing each applicant as having failed or passed the examination, and such determination shall not be subject to review.

History:

[54-1108, added 1970, ch. 70, sec. 7A, p. 167; am. 1974, ch. 13, sec. 95, p. 138; 1983, ch. 32, sec. 1, p. 81; am. 2001, ch. 136, sec. 1, p. 495; am. 2003, ch. 257, sec. 5, p. 669.]