North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 34 - FUNERAL SERVICE › Subchapter B - FUNERAL SERVICE › Section .0300 - LICENSING › Section 34B .0313 - PROCEDURES FOR PROVISIONAL LICENSURE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				  Definitions. As used in this Rule:
(1)
				  "Applicant" shall mean the person submitting an Application for Provisional
				  License on a form made available by the Board on its website at ncbfs.org and
				  providing: his or her contact information; social security number; date and
				  place of birth; sex; education and employment experience; the location where
				  provisional work will be done; whether the applicant currently or has ever been
				  licensed to practice funeral service, funeral directing, or embalming in
				  another jurisdiction; 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 of any investigation for
				  employee misclassification in the preceding two years; and payment of a
				  non-refundable fee pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  90-210.25(a)(3a)a.
(2) "Entry-Level Examination" shall mean an
				  examination that is equivalent to the State Board Examination-Arts in Funeral
				  Directing to assess competency in funeral arranging and directing; funeral
				  service marketing and merchandising; funeral service counseling; legal and
				  regulatory compliance; and cemetery and crematory operations pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  90-210.25(a)(1)(e)(1). The
				  National Board Examination-Arts that is administered by the International
				  Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards is equivalent to the State Board
				  Examination-Arts in Funeral Directing.
(3) "Laws and Rules Examination" shall mean
				  an examination prepared by the Board of funeral practice and related laws of
				  North Carolina, the federal Funeral Rule as expressed in the standards set
				  forth in Funeral Industry Practices, 16 C.F. R. 453 (1984), pursuant to its
				  most recent version, and the administrative rules governing the practice or
				  professional funeral service as expressed in the NC Administrative
				  Code.
(4) "Professional Experience"
				  shall mean work providing knowledge, skill, and proficiency resulting from the
				  performance of funeral-related duties and responsibilities; work requiring
				  knowledge attained through academic education beyond high school; work that is
				  intellectual in nature; and work requiring the exercise of independent
				  discretion and judgment.
(5)
				  "Provisional Licensee" shall mean any individual satisfying the provisional
				  licensure requirements pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  90-210.25(a)(3a) and who
				  engages in the practice of professional funeral service under the supervision
				  of a funeral director or funeral service licensee in good standing with the
				  Board for a period not to exceed three years.
(6) "Supervision" shall mean oversight and
				  direction from a licensee in funeral directing or funeral service, who is in
				  good standing with the Board, and who has practiced professional funeral
				  service as his or her primary occupation more than 30 hours per week for at
				  least five years.