832 IAC 4-1-1 Continuing education requirements
Authority: IC 25-15-9-8
Affected: IC 25-15-6-3
Sec. 1. (a) Funeral directors and embalmers must complete a minimum of ten (10) hours of instruction in each two (2) year period (as defined by subsection (b)) in courses which are given by board recognized sponsors and which are individually approved by the board with all courses meeting the following criteria:
(1) Measurements and reports must be in full hours excluding preparation time with a fifty (50) minute instruction period being equivalent to one (1) hour.
(2) The number of hours for a specific course will be determined and announced by the sponsor.
(3) A funeral director or embalmer who attends the same approved continuing education course more than once in the same two (2) year period is entitled to continuing education credit for that course only once.
(4) A funeral director or embalmer shall not be entitled to any continuing education credit for a course unless he or she attends the entire course.
(b) The two (2) year periods within which funeral directors and embalmers must obtain a minimum of ten (10) hours of continuing education under subsection (a) extend from January 1 of each odd-numbered year to December 31 of each even-numbered year.
(c) Subject to the provisions of subsection (a)(3), a funeral director or embalmer who attends an approved continuing education course as an instructor in that course is entitled to continuing education credit for that course. (State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; 832 IAC 4-1-1; filed Jan 30, 1986, 2:23 p.m.: 9 IR 1369; filed Aug 27, 1987, 2:30 p.m.: 11 IR 93; filed Oct 12, 1988, 3:55 p.m.: 12 IR 590; filed Jun 18, 1990, 3:39 p.m.: 13 IR 2000; readopted filed May 10, 2001, 2:39 p.m.: 24 IR 3236; readopted filed Jul 19, 2007, 12:52 p.m.: 20070808-IR-832070048RFA)
