A. As used in this section, “assistant funeral director” means a person who assists a funeral director duly licensed in this state in one or more of the principal functions of funeral directing and is actively engaged in such work. An assistant funeral director shall be an employee of the funeral director in charge under whom the employee is registered, and shall be a person to whom the funeral director in charge delegates the responsibility of conducting funeral services, making funeral arrangements, and making interments. B. The Oklahoma Funeral Board may license assistant funeral directors to each Oklahoma-licensed funeral director in charge. The funeral director in charge shall have only one assistant funeral director. Licensure as an assistant funeral director shall be separate and distinct from registration as an apprentice funeral director or embalmer. The Board may issue an assistant funeral director license upon successful completion of the Oklahoma State Law Examination for Funeral Directors, the manner and form of which shall be determined by the Board, and upon payment of the application fee which shall include the license fee for the current year or portion thereof. Such application and registration and renewal fee shall be in the amount fixed by the Board in accordance with the provisions of Section 396.4 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Before issuing a license to an applicant for an assistant funeral director’s license, the Board shall require satisfactory proof that the applicant is capable and trustworthy to act as such and that the applicant is a person of good moral character, has a good standing in the community, and is qualified to engage in the business. In determining the moral character of any such applicant, the Board shall take into consideration any felony conviction of such person; provided, however, any such conviction shall not automatically operate as a bar to licensure. Each person applying for an assistant funeral director’s license shall make application and be recommended in writing on forms provided by the Board. The application shall show that the applicant is at least eighteen (18) years of age and shall have at least sixty (60) semester hours of study earned, measured in quarter or clock hours, from a regionally accredited college or university before such license can be issued to the applicant. Upon issuing a license to an assistant funeral director, the Board shall cause the licensee to be registered under the supervision of the Oklahoma-licensed funeral director by whom such licensee is employed and under whom such licensee is registered. The funeral director under whom the assistant funeral director has been registered shall immediately notify the Board when the licensee has left the employment of the director. Upon reemployment of the licensee by any other funeral director in charge, such licensee shall be reinstated by the Board. The work of an assistant funeral director shall at all times be under the supervision and control of the Oklahoma-licensed funeral director under whom the licensee is registered. Licenses of assistant funeral directors may be suspended or revoked, or the Board may refuse to issue or renew a license, for any of the reasons and in the manner stated in this section for funeral directors’ licenses. C. The expiration date of each license shall be December 31. Subject to the provisions of this section, each license shall be renewable on an annual basis upon the filing of a renewal application prior to the expiration date of the license and upon payment of the renewal fee. D. The assistant funeral director shall complete continuing education in accordance with the provisions of Section 396.5b of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
‹ Prev All Oklahoma sections Next ›
Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.