445.095 Apprenticeship, funeral directors.

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1. A person desiring to become an apprentice as a funeral director and who satisfies all of the following shall apply on a form provided for the purpose and appear before the examining board or any duly appointed representative of the examining board:

a. The applicant is 18 years of age or older.

b. The applicant holds a high school diploma or possesses equivalent education as defined by the examining board.

c. The applicant does not have an arrest or conviction record, subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.335 .

d. The applicant has completed a 16-hour certification class approved by the examining board or has satisfied the requirement under s. 445.045

(e).

e. The applicant pays the fee specified in s. 440.05

(6).

2. The application under subd. 1. must be substantiated by the oath of the applicant.

3. When the examining board is satisfied that an applicant for apprenticeship satisfies the requirements for granting a certificate of apprenticeship, it shall grant the applicant a certificate of apprenticeship.

(c)A certificate of apprenticeship issued under this section shall be renewable annually upon the payment on January 1 of each year of the renewal fee specified in s. 440.08

(b).

1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , the examining board may recognize only one funeral director apprenticeship at a funeral establishment in a given year for each funeral director that is employed full time at the funeral establishment.

2. The examining board may recognize up to 2 funeral director apprenticeships at any funeral establishment at which less than 3 funeral directors are employed full time in a given year.

(b)The term of a registered apprentice shall be recognized only when the apprentice is employed in a funeral establishment under the personal supervision of a licensed funeral director. For purposes of this paragraph, supervision, when the apprentice is in the preparation room, requires that the apprentice is within the funeral director’s line of sight.