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TN Code § 62-5-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 2 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers|§ 62-5-203. President — Rules and Regulations

 The board has the power to select from its members a president and vice president, to adopt, promulgate, and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate this chapter, to transact its business, and to establish standards of service, practice, and education for licensees, consistent with the laws of this state.
TN Code § 62-5-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 2 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers|§ 62-5-204. [reserved.]

 The director of the division of regulatory boards or the director's designee shall serve as executive director for the board and shall provide all administrative functions for the board.
TN Code § 62-5-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 2 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers|§ 62-5-206. Meetings — Quorum

  The board may hold meetings that it may deem necessary; provided, that all members have been notified in writing of the meetings and may transact any business at any such meeting.   Four (4) or more members shall comprise a quorum authorizing the board to transact the business prescribed under this chapter.
TN Code § 62-5-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 2 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers|§ 62-5-207. Revenues and Expenses

  All fees, penalties and other moneys derived from the operation of this chapter shall be paid to the board and shall be used by it for the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses of the board in the administration of this chapter.   The moneys received by the board over and above the expenses of the board shall be paid into the state treasury.
TN Code § 62-5-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 2 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers|§ 62-5-208. Power to Conduct Inspections and Investigate Complaints

  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or rule to the contrary, the board is authorized to conduct inspections and investigate complaints to enforce this chapter.   The board, utilizing an authorized representative licensed as a funeral director and embalmer, shall:  Inspect a funeral establishment making application to the board for initial licensure, change of ownership, or change of location, prior to approving the application; provided, if the establishment to be inspected is a crematory facility, the authorized representative shall also be certified as a crematory operator; and   Conduct an unannounced inspection of every funeral establishment each year. The following provisions apply to inspections required by this subdivision (b)(2):  Inspections shall be conducted on weekdays between the hours of eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) and four-thirty p.m. (4:30 p.m.);   Inspections shall be limited in scope to items in an inspection checklist that shall be published on the board's website; provided, that violations of other items that are plainly visible may be documented; and   If a funeral establishment is unable to participate due to factors not reasonably within its control, the authorized representative may defer the inspection, or a portion thereof, and the funeral establishment shall not incur a reinspection fee.       During the course of inspections, reasonable care shall be used to avoid disruption to invitees being served by the funeral establishment.   A licensee shall not unreasonably fail to cooperate with an authorized representative acting in accordance with this chapter.
TN Code § 62-5-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-301. Publication of Examination Rules

 The board of funeral directors and embalmers shall publish its rules and regulations covering subjects to be included in all examinations, the method of conducting the examinations and other matters pertaining to the examinations.
TN Code § 62-5-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-302. Preservation of Examination Papers

 All manuscripts submitted in answer to questions on any examination provided in this chapter shall be kept on file for at least sixty (60) days after the results are announced by the board, shall be made available to the applicant for examination in the presence of a member of the board or representatives of the examination testing service and shall be made available in case the applicant desires to contest the results.
TN Code § 62-5-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-303. Licensing Requirement

   In order to safeguard life and health and to prevent the spread of contagious diseases and to improve sanitary conditions and public health generally, it is required that only properly qualified persons shall engage in funeral directing, embalming and operating of a funeral establishment.   Any person engaged in funeral directing, embalming and operating of a funeral establishment in this state shall be licensed by the board created in part 2 of this chapter prior to engaging in funeral directing, embalming and operating of a funeral establishment.     It is unlawful for any person to engage in, or offer to engage in, either funeral directing, embalming or operation of a funeral establishment unless the person or business has been duly licensed under this chapter.
TN Code § 62-5-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-304. Application for Funeral Establishment License

  Every person, partnership, firm, association or corporation desiring to commence the operation of a funeral establishment after January 1, 2008, shall make application to the board, along with payment of a nonrefundable fee as set by the board.   All applications shall show the:  Name of establishment;   Address of establishment;   Owner or owners of establishment;   Name and address of the licensed funeral director who will act as manager of the funeral establishment;   Names and addresses of all licensed funeral directors and embalmers, designating whether they are part-time or full-time employees; and   Names of all unlicensed assistants.     Each establishment location shall be licensed separately from any other funeral establishment.
TN Code § 62-5-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-305. Application for Funeral Director's License — Apprenticeship

  Every person not previously licensed in this state as a funeral director, desiring to engage in the practice or business of funeral directing, shall make application to the board, along with a nonrefundable fee as set by the board.   The application shall contain the name of the applicant, showing that the applicant:  Has attained eighteen (18) years of age;   Is a citizen of the United States or an individual enumerated in 8 U.S.C. § 1622(b);   Is of good moral character;   Is properly protected against communicable diseases, either through immunization or education;   Has graduated from a high school or has earned a GED(R) recognized by a state education department;   Has successfully completed a program of study in funeral service education consisting of no less than thirty (30) semester hours, forty-five (45) quarter hours or the equivalent from a school accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education and evidenced by an official transcript; and   Has completed two (2) years of apprenticeship in the presence of and under the direction and supervision of a licensed funeral director. An associate's degree from a college accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education may be substituted for one (1) year of apprenticeship.
TN Code § 62-5-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-306. Examination for Funeral Directors — Issuance of License

  In addition to the qualifications listed in §  62-5-305, every person desiring to enter into the practice of funeral directing, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall pass an examination to determine the applicant's knowledge and fitness for the practice of funeral directing as required by this chapter.   The board shall determine the subjects of examination and their scope, content and character, which in any examination shall be the same for all applicants. Examinations shall be held no less than twice each year, and the board shall give thirty (30) days' notice in advance of the time and place of the examinations.   If the board finds upon examination that the applicant has a reasonable knowledge of sanitation and disinfection of premises, clothing, bedding and other articles subject to contagion and infection, has a reasonable knowledge of the sanitation and disinfection of bodies of diseased persons where death was caused by infectious diseases or communicable diseases, has all the requirements and qualifications stated in this chapter and has complied with all the rules and regulations of the board applying to funeral directors, the board shall, upon receipt of a fee as set by the board, issue to the applicant a license to practice funeral directing.   The current license of each funeral director shall be available for inspection in the office of the funeral establishment in which the funeral director works. If a funeral director works in more than one (1) establishment, the funeral director shall obtain from the board, for a fee established by the board, the number of duplicate licenses necessary to have a license available for inspection at each establishment at which the funeral director works.
TN Code § 62-5-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-307. Application for Embalmer's License — Apprenticeship

  No person shall be granted a license to engage in the practice of embalming dead human bodies within this state unless the person makes application to the board for the license, along with a nonrefundable fee as set by the board.   The application shall contain the name of the applicant, showing that the applicant:  Has attained eighteen (18) years of age;   Is a citizen of the United States or an individual enumerated in 8 U.S.C. § 1622(b);   Is of good moral character;   Is properly protected against communicable disease, either through immunization or education;   Has graduated from a high school or has earned a GED(R) recognized by a state education department;   Has obtained an associate degree by successfully completing a mortuary science program consisting of not less than sixty (60) semester hours, ninety (90) quarter hours or the equivalent, with a program accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education and evidenced by an official transcript; and   Has completed one (1) year of apprenticeship in the presence of and under the direction and supervision of a licensed embalmer.
TN Code § 62-5-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-308. Embalmers' Examination — Issuance of License

  In addition to the qualifications listed in §  62-5-307, every person desiring to enter into the practice of embalming, except as provided in this chapter, shall pass an examination to determine the person's knowledge and fitness for the practice of embalming, as required by this chapter.   The board shall determine the subjects of examination and their scope, content and character, which in any examination shall be the same for all applicants. Examinations shall be held no less than twice each year, and the board shall give thirty (30) days' notice in advance of the time and place of the examinations.   Upon examination, if the board finds that the applicant meets the requirements of age, citizenship, moral character, education, experience and having successfully passed the examination, the board shall, upon receipt of a fee as set by the board, issue a license to an applicant to engage in the practice of embalming.   The current license of each embalmer shall be available for inspection in the office of the funeral establishment in which the embalmer works. If an embalmer works in more than one (1) establishment, the embalmer shall obtain from the board, for a fee established by the board, the number of duplicate licenses necessary to have a license available for inspection at each establishment at which the embalmer works.
TN Code § 62-5-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-309. Practice by Unregistered Persons Prohibited

  It is unlawful for any person not a registered funeral director or embalmer to engage in funeral directing or embalming.   It is unlawful for any person, partnership, firm, association or corporation not licensed as provided in this chapter to engage in the operation of a funeral establishment.
TN Code § 62-5-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-310. Licenses to Establishments Operating Before 1969

   [Deleted by 2020 amendment.]   [Deleted by 2020 amendment.]   Any person on February 8, 1951, who was employed as an embalmer by a funeral director in this state, shall be entitled to take the examination prescribed in this chapter upon application to the board, prior to July 1, 1972, notwithstanding any other requirement.     Any person, partnership, firm, association or corporation actively engaged in the operation of a funeral establishment on or before December 31, 1968, shall be granted a license for the operation of a funeral home establishment upon application accompanied by payment of a fifteen dollar ($15.00) fee; provided, that the applicant has complied with every other provision of this chapter and rules and regulations that the board may adopt in pursuance of this chapter.   Any person who on January 1, 1960, held a license granted by authority of this state to engage in the profession of embalming and who is no longer so licensed for the sole reason that the person voluntarily chose not to pay the license renewal fee shall not be required to submit to an examination but shall be entitled to receive a license upon the same terms and conditions as are provided in this chapter for the renewal of licenses of those who are licensed under this chapter; provided, that the person pays all license renewal fees that would have been required from the date the license was allowed to lapse until the date application for renewal pursuant to this subsection (c) is made.
TN Code § 62-5-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-311. Reciprocity — Examination — Continuing Education — Fee

  A nonresident of this state who holds a valid license as a funeral director or embalmer issued by another state or provincial authority may apply for a license as a funeral director or embalmer in this state by submitting written application to the board on the prescribed form, accompanied by:  A fee as set by the board per license applied for; and   A certificate showing that the applicant was duly examined by the other state or provincial authority at a time when the applicant was not a resident of this state.      If the nonresident applicant receives a scaled score of seventy-five (75) or better on an examination administered by the board, the board may, upon receipt of the fee and certificate required by subsection (a), issue to the applicant the appropriate license.   Except as provided in subdivision (b)(3), the examination administered by the board shall only be administered by the board if the board determines that the applicant meets or exceeds each of the minimum qualifications required for funeral directors as described in § 62-5-305(b)(1)-(7) or embalmers as described in § 62-5-307(b)(1)-(7).   A nonresident applicant failing to meet the minimum qualifications described in subdivision (b)(2), based solely upon a failure to meet § 62-5-305(b)(6) or (b)(7) for funeral directors or § 62-5-307(b)(6) or (b)(7) for embalmers, may meet such qualifications provided that the nonresident applicant has been licensed by another state or provincial authority in good standing for five (5) years and has been employed as a funeral director or embalmer, or both, for such time.     For purposes of this section, the board shall limit the examination administered by the board to questions relating to the laws and rules governing the practice in which the nonresident applicant wishes to engage.   Persons who receive a license as a funeral director or embalmer, or both, pursuant to this section, shall submit with their renewal application evidence of compliance with all the requirements of part 6 of this chapter relative to continuing education. Continuing education requirements may be completed in a state other than Tennessee if the continuing education courses are approved by the board.   Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or rule to the contrary, the board is authorized to require an application fee and a license fee for persons applying to the board for reciprocity.
TN Code § 62-5-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-312. Registration as an Apprentice

  When beginning the required apprenticeship, the person shall file an apprentice registration form with the board and shall pay a fee in the amount to be established by the board. The registration shall be valid for a period of three (3) years from the date of registration, or until the registrant has completed the apprenticeship requirements, whichever occurs first.   The apprentice registration form shall contain the name of the registrant, showing that the registrant:  Has attained eighteen (18) years of age;   Is a citizen of the United States or an individual enumerated in 8 U.S.C. § 1622(b);   Is of good moral character;   Has graduated from a high school or has earned a GED(R) recognized by a state education department; and   Is a bona fide paid employee of an establishment working no less than forty (40) hours per week in the presence of and under the direction and supervision of a licensed funeral director or embalmer.     All persons who are apprentice funeral directors, apprentice embalmers and mortuary school students registered by the board and who are in the process of fulfilling their apprenticeship and educational requirements on or before December 31, 2007, shall not be required to complete the apprenticeship requirements that become effective on January 1, 2008. The apprentices and mortuary school students shall complete all requirements to become licensed by the board as a funeral director or embalmer on or before June 30, 2011.   When beginning the required course of study, the person shall file a student registration form with the board and shall pay a fee in the amount to be established by the board. The registration shall be valid for a period of three (3) years from the date of registration, or until the registrant has completed the apprenticeship requirements, whichever occurs first.
TN Code § 62-5-314 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-314. Use of Names of Unregistered Persons Restricted

 The name of any living person who has not been licensed as provided in this chapter shall not be shown or displayed upon any funeral establishment, or used alone, in, as part of or in connection, association, combination or together with the name or title of any person, firm, corporation or other form of enterprise engaged in undertaking or embalming, on any card, sign, stationery or other printed or written instrument or device, in any announcement or advertisement or in any manner so as to give or tend to give the impression that the person is licensed or entitled to practice either as a funeral director or embalmer.
TN Code § 62-5-315 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-315. Term of Licenses — Not Transferable — Duplicates — Renewals

  All licenses issued to funeral directors or embalmers as provided in this chapter shall be issued for a period of two (2) years and shall be renewed biennially, at a fee in an amount to be established by the board, subject to this chapter.   All licenses issued to funeral establishments, as provided in this chapter, shall be issued for a period of two (2) years and shall be renewed biennially at a fee in an amount to be established by the board, subject to this chapter.   No license issued to a funeral director, embalmer or funeral establishment granted under this chapter shall be transferable or assignable.   A duplicate license to replace any license lost, destroyed or mutilated may be obtained from the board upon submission of a proper letter of request, accompanied by payment of a fee as set by the board.
TN Code § 62-5-316 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers|Part 3 - Licensing|§ 62-5-316. Invalidity of Unrenewed License — Renewal, Reinstatement or Reapplication

  Any license that is not renewed by its expiration date becomes invalid. The holder of the invalid license shall not practice the profession for which the license was issued, nor shall an establishment be operated if the establishment's license has become invalid, until such time as the license has been renewed or reinstated or a new license has been issued.   When any license issued by the board becomes invalid because of nonrenewal, the executive director shall send a written notice to the license holder at the license holder's last known address, informing the license holder that the license holder cannot practice that profession or operate that establishment until the invalid license is renewed or reinstated or a new license is issued. The notice shall also state that the license may be renewed or reinstated at any time within ninety (90) days of the license expiration date by payment of the renewal fee and of a penalty fee in an amount to be established by the board. Any license not renewed or reinstated within ninety (90) days of the license expiration date shall not be subject to renewal or reinstatement and the license holder shall reapply as for an initial license; provided, that any examination shall be limited to this chapter and any rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter, and that the education requirements in § 62-5-305(b)(6) and § 62-5-307(b)(6) are not applicable.