§ 3429. Continuing education for funeral directors. 1. Definitions. As\nused in this section:\n (a) "Biennium" means any two-year period for registration of\nindividuals licensed to practice funeral directing or embalming in this\nstate pursuant to section three thousand four hundred twenty-eight of\nthis title;\n (b) "Continuing education" means a course of instruction in a field of\nfuneral directing, within the subjects listed in subdivision five of\nthis section, taught by a provider registered with the department under\nsubdivision four of this section;\n (c) "Contact hour" means a period of between fifty and sixty minutes,\ncontinuously measured;\n (d) "Provider" means a national, state or local trade association of\nfuneral directors, a school for funeral directors approved under section\nthree thousand four hundred twenty-five of this title or, with prior or\nprovisional approval of course content by the department under\nsubdivision four of this section, any other person or organization\ndesiring to offer continuing education;\n (e) "Trade association" means an organization, whether incorporated or\nnot, whose primary class of members consists of ten or more firms under\nseparate ownerships or twenty individuals in different employment, all\nregistered under section three thousand four hundred twenty-eight of\nthis title in an aspect of funeral service, which has been organized and\nmaintained for at least two years prior to offering continuing education\nunder this section for the collective benefit of its members.\n 2. Requirement. (a) Every person who renews a certificate of\nregistration under section three thousand four hundred twenty-eight of\nthis title shall file with the department, along with his or her\nbiennial application for renewal, a certification attesting to the\ncourse or programs of instruction taken and successfully completed by\nsuch person and which clearly demonstrates that the person has completed\nthe minimum number of hours of continuing education within the current\nbiennium as set forth in subdivision three of this section.\n (b) The department shall provide a certification form which shall\nrequire the following information:\n (i) Applicant's full name and registration number;\n (ii) Applicant's statement that he or she attended a specified number\nof hours of continuing education within the current biennium, consisting\nof courses identified by sponsor, date, location, and length of time in\nhours; and\n (iii) Applicant's signature and date.\n (c) This subdivision shall not apply to a funeral director, undertaker\nor embalmer who is an inactive registrant pursuant to subdivision nine\nof section three thousand four hundred twenty-eight of this title.\n 3. Minimum hours. The minimum hours of continuing education which an\nindividual renewing registration must complete are:\n (a) to renew for the first biennium commencing on June thirtieth, two\nthousand two, six hours within the current biennium concluding on such\ndate.\n (b) to renew for all subsequent biennia, twelve hours within each\nbiennium, including at least two hours relating to applicable New York\nstate laws and regulations affecting funeral directing, embalming and\npreneed services, which may be provided by the department or a provider\nregistered pursuant to the provisions of subdivision four of this\nsection.\n 4. Provider registration; course content approval. (a) Any person who\nis a provider and who desires to offer continuing education shall first\nregister with the department and pay a registration fee of one hundred\nfifty dollars for the first biennium. A provider once registered may\nrenew the registration for subsequent biennia for a fee of seventy-five\ndollars per biennium. The provider shall submit with its registration\nfee an affidavit which includes the following information and\nstatements:\n (i) Provider's name, address, telephone number, and, when known, names\nof individual instructors;\n
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