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The Funeral Director Intern (hereafter referred to as The Intern) is essentially an apprentice Funeral Director. The statutory scheme strongly suggests that after a year of continuous experience under a Funeral Director the Intern may sit for a

Funeral Director examination and after successfully passing the
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required one ye f continuous experience for the Funeral
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Directors licens1. Second, there is the two year limit for an

Intern license~!~ Lastly, the method for renewing an expired

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Intern license is for the applicant to take another examination, if required by the board, pays an additional fee set by the board, a~i~ to meet the other requirements for the original Intern license~4 Combined these statutory provisions indicate that the Intern is to be an apprentice whose apprenticeship is to last at least one year and no more than two years rather an another category of funeral home professional. This description is supported by the Board s regulations concerning the Intern~~~

The licensing requirements for an Intern are the same as
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for a Funeral Director with one exceptions. There is,~11 no

requirement that the Intern .hawe spent one continuous year under the direct supervisi~~1 of a Funeral Director learning the practice of funeral service~~ The legislature left to the Board s discretion other whether an application for the Intern license need an examination , and the Board decided in favor of requiring an examination for the Intern license~~

The Board also amplified the statutory requirement for the Intern. The regulations clarify the purpose of the Intern position as apprentice. The one year experience requirement for the Funeral Director s license can only be satisfied if one was licensed as an
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Intern~~ During the one year period the intern is to work at

least one thousand five hundred hours~and assist in the embalming of at least twenty-four bodies (the twenty-four embalmings requirement is to be done at the rate of at least six per quarter)~. The Intern examination is to be of five hundred questions dividing into a section concerning funeral service science and the other concerning funeral service arts."~ To pass the examination the applicant must score 75% or more, but there is

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one caveat to this: if the applicant scores less t~,an 70% one either part then the applicant fails the examination.~ The Boar~ also added another requirement, the quarterly intern case report.~ The report is to be filed by the Intern within thirty days following the end of the quarter and are to include detailed reports of embalmings the Intern and th~. funeral directing service participated in during that quarter.~ The supervising Funeral Director and the Intern are both required to sign off on the reports and the Intern cannot obtain a Funeral Director s License
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until all the reports are filed with the Board~ If the Intern s

license expires without the Intern having completed the requirements needed to apply for the Funeral Director s License (and assuming that there has been no change which would cause the Intern to be disqualified under I.C. 25-15-4-2), the Intern need only pay the fees for renewing his license to get another one year license.~ The fees are the $25.00 for the license and $25.00 for renewing the license.~7~

IC 25-15-4-2
Funeral director intern licenses
     Sec. 2. (a) To qualify for a funeral director intern license, an applicant must:
        (1) be an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
        (2) submit proof that the applicant has not been convicted of:
            (A) an act that would constitute a ground for disciplinary sanction under IC 25-1-11; and
            (B) a crime that has a direct bearing on the applicant's ability to practice competently;
        (3) have a diploma from an accredited high school;
        (4) have successfully completed either:
            (A) a course of education consisting of:
                (i) thirty (30) semester hours or forty-five (45) quarter hours of college level work in a regionally accredited postsecondary educational institution that includes course

work in the subjects of English, the humanities, science, business, and other electives that apply toward a baccalaureate degree from the postsecondary educational institution; and
                (ii) four (4) academic quarters, or its equivalent, in an accredited college, school, or department of mortuary science approved by the board; or
            (B) a twenty-one (21) month program in an accredited college, school, or department of mortuary science that has been approved by the board; and
        (5) pay the fee set by the board for a funeral director intern license.
    (b) The board may require an applicant for a funeral director intern license to pass an examination before issuing a license to the applicant.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.214-1993, SEC.43; P.L.2-2007, SEC.321.

One should not think these provisions requiring some action within the field are inapplicable to an applicant. Remember that the applicant has just spent a year as an intern.

IC 25-15-4-3
Funeral director licenses
     Sec. 3. (a) An applicant must qualify under subsection (b) to be licensed as a funeral director. However, subject to IC 25-15-8-10, an individual qualified under subsection (c) or (d) shall be treated as a qualified individual.
    (b) To qualify for a funeral director license, an applicant must:
        (1) be an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
        (2) submit proof that the applicant has not been convicted of:
            (A) an act that would constitute a ground for disciplinary sanction under IC 25-1-11; or
            (B) a crime that has a direct bearing on the applicant's ability to practice competently;
        (3) have a diploma from an accredited high school;
        (4) have successfully completed either:
            (A) a course of education consisting of:
                (i) thirty (30) semester hours or forty-five (45) quarter hours of college level work in a regionally accredited postsecondary educational institution that includes course work in the subjects of English, humanities, science, business, and other electives that apply toward a baccalaureate degree from the postsecondary educational institution; and
                (ii) four (4) academic quarters or the equivalent in an accredited college, school, or department of mortuary science approved by the board; or
            (B) a twenty-one (21) month program in an accredited college, school, or department of mortuary science approved by the board;
        (5) pass the examination required by the board for a funeral director license;
        (6) under the direct supervision of a funeral director licensee,