Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 645 - Professional Licensure Division › Funeral Directors › Chapter 101 - Licensure of Funeral Directors, Funeral Establishments, and Cremation Establishments › Rule 645-101.3 - Internship and Preceptorship

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Internship.
a. The intern
				must serve a minimum of one year of internship under the direct supervision of
				an Iowa board-certified preceptor. The beginning and ending dates of the
				internship will be indicated on the internship certificate. The intern will
				engage in the practice of mortuary science only during the time indicated on
				the internship certificate.
b. The
				intern will, during the internship, be a full-time employee with the funeral
				establishment at the site of internship except as provided in paragraph
				101.3(2)
"i."
c. No
				licensed funeral director will permit any person in the funeral director's
				employ or under the funeral director's supervision or control to serve an
				internship in funeral directing unless that person has a certificate of
				registration as a registered intern from the department of inspections,
				appeals, and licensing. The registration will be posted in a conspicuous place
				in the intern's primary place of practice.
d. Registered interns will not advertise or
				hold themselves out as funeral directors or use the degree F.D. or any other
				title or abbreviation indicating that the intern is a funeral
				director.
e. The intern will,
				during the internship, complete the requirements outlined in subrule 101.3(3),
				including to embalm not fewer than 25 human remains and direct or assist in the
				direction of not fewer than 25 funerals under the direct supervision of the
				certified preceptor and to submit reports on forms furnished by the department
				of inspections, appeals, and licensing. Work on the first five embalming cases,
				first five funeral arrangements, and first five funeral or memorial services
				must be completed in the physical presence of the preceptor. The first 12
				embalming cases and the first 12 funeral case reports must be completed and
				submitted by the completion of the sixth month of the internship.
f. Before being eligible for licensure, the
				intern must have filed the 25 completed embalming and funeral directing case
				reports and a 6-month and a 12-month evaluation form with the department of
				inspections, appeals, and licensing. These reports will be answered in full and
				signed by both the intern and preceptor.
g. When, for any valid reason, the board
				determines that the education a registered intern is receiving under the
				supervision of the present preceptor might be detrimental to the intern or the
				profession at large, the intern may be required to serve the remainder of the
				internship under the supervision of a licensed funeral director who is approved
				by the board.
h. The length of an
				internship may be extended if the board determines that the intern requires
				additional time or supervision in order to meet the minimum proficiency in the
				practice of mortuary science.
i.
				The board views a one-year internship completed in a consecutive 12-month
				period as the best training option. If an internship is interrupted, the
				internship must be completed within 24 months of the date it started in order
				to be readily accepted by the board. Internships that are not completed within
				24 months will be preapproved by the board on such terms as the board deems
				reasonable under the circumstances. The board may require any or all of the
				following:
(1) Completion of a college course
				or continuing education course covering mortuary science laws and
				rules;
(2) Additional case
				reports;
(3) Extension of an
				internship up to an additional 12 months depending on such factors as the
				number of months completed during the internship, length of time that has
				lapsed since the intern was actively involved in the internship program, and
				the experience attained by the intern.
j. Application for change of preceptor or any
				other alteration must be made in writing and approval granted by the board
				before the status of the intern is altered.
k. The intern will complete on a form
				provided by the board a confidential evaluation of the preceptorship program at
				the end of the internship. This form will be submitted before a funeral
				director license is issued to the intern.
l. The intern must be approved and licensed
				following a successful internship before the intern may practice mortuary
				science.