North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 34 - FUNERAL SERVICE › Subchapter B - FUNERAL SERVICE › Section .0500 - OUT OF STATE LICENSEES › Section 34B .0502 - APPLICATION FORM AND EQUIVALENT EXAMINATIONS FOR RECIPROCAL LICENSE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Applications by an out-of-state licensee
				  for a North Carolina license pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  90-210.25(b)(1) shall be
				  made on forms provided by the Board on its website at ncbfs.org. The form shall
				  require the applicant to furnish the applicant's name, address, phone number,
				  email address, social security number, date and place of birth, and sex; name
				  and address of present employer; whether the applicant has military training or
				  experience in the practice of funeral service; whether the applicant is a
				  military spouse; whether the applicant has had recent experience in the
				  practice of the type of reciprocal license sought for at least two of the five
				  years preceding the date of the application; whether the applicant has any
				  pending complaints against his or her license in any jurisdiction in which he
				  or she is licensed to practice funeral service; educational history; license
				  applied for; name of the jurisdiction where licensed and the kinds of licenses
				  held; whether the applicant ever has had any occupational or business license
				  denied, suspended or revoked; whether the applicant ever has been convicted of
				  any felony or misdemeanor crime other than traffic infractions; whether the
				  applicant has been subject to any investigation for employee misclassification
				  in the preceding two years; and the notarized signature of the
				  applicant.
(b) The form shall
				  require the licensing board of the other jurisdiction(s) to certify that the
				  applicant is licensed and in good standing in that jurisdiction and to furnish
				  the Board with the name of the applicant, licenses held and dates granted, and
				  the name and address of the Board in such other jurisdiction.
(c) The applicant shall provide an employment
				  history to show at least three years of professional practice in the other
				  jurisdiction(s).
(d) Funeral
				  director applicants shall be deemed to have satisfied the examination
				  requirements for reciprocal licensure if they have completed with passing
				  scores the Entry-Level Examination defined in
				  21 NCAC
				  34B .0313(a)(2) as a
				  requirement for licensure in the other jurisdiction and the Laws and Rules
				  Examination defined in
				  21 NCAC
				  34B .0313(a)(3).
(e) Funeral service applicants shall be
				  deemed to have satisfied the examination requirements for reciprocal licensure
				  if they have completed the National Board Examinations as administered through
				  The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, or equivalent
				  examinations, as a requirement for licensure in the other jurisdiction and the
				  Laws and Rules Examination defined in
				  21 NCAC
				  34B .0313(a)(3).
Authority
					 G.S.
					 90-210.23(a);
					 90-210.25(b)(1);
					 93B-15.1;
Eff.
					 February 1, 1976;
Readopted Eff. September 27, 1977;
Amended Eff. November 1, 2004; September 1, 1979;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. August 19, 2017;
Amended Eff.
					 March 17, 2021.