Kan. Admin. Regs. § 63-2-12

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 63-2-12 - Funeral director apprenticeship

"Funeral director apprentice" means a licensed assistant funeral director who is completing practical experience in funeral directing under the supervision of a licensed funeral director.

(a) Embalmer and funeral director apprenticeships may be served concurrently upon appropriate licensure and registration with the board.

(b) A funeral director apprentice shall be licensed as an assistant funeral director, registered under a licensed funeral director, and employed at the funeral director's funeral establishment or branch establishment full-time. "Full-time" means employed 40 hours per week for 50 weeks per year and available to assist in funeral directing 24 hours per day.

(c) Any time served in a funeral director apprenticeship under the direction or supervision of any person other than a Kansas-licensed funeral director shall not be credited by the board toward the apprenticeship requirements.

(d) Each funeral director apprentice and the supervising licensed funeral director shall notify the board if the apprentice leaves the employ of the funeral director or if the apprenticeship is terminated for any other reason before completion. A supervising licensed funeral director who fails or refuses to so notify the board without showing just cause to the board shall not subsequently be considered eligible to supervise a funeral director apprentice.

(e) If the licensed funeral director dies during the apprenticeship, three affidavits from reputable citizens having knowledge of the apprenticeship may be accepted by the board in lieu of the funeral director's verification of apprenticeship. These affidavits shall include the dates of the apprenticeship.

(f) An apprentice funeral director shall successfully complete one year of apprenticeship in the practice of funeral directing in order to be qualified for a funeral director license. In order for the apprenticeship to be successfully completed, all of the following requirements shall be met:

(1) The apprentice shall file quarterly progress reports with the board on forms approved by the board concerning the apprentice's progress in the practice of funeral directing.

(2) The supervising funeral director shall file quarterly progress reports with the board on forms approved by the board concerning the apprentice's progress in the practice of funeral directing.

(3) The progress reports of the apprentice and supervising funeral director shall be reviewed by the board to assist in determining if the apprentice's progress in the practice of funeral directing is acceptable or unacceptable.

(g) If either the apprentice or supervising funeral director fails to timely submit a quarterly report to the board, that quarter shall not be counted toward successful completion of the apprenticeship. Timely submission of a quarterly report shall be within 10 days following the conclusion of the quarter.

(h) At the conclusion of one year of apprenticeship, the apprentice shall be required to appear before the board. If the board determines that progress of the apprentice is unacceptable in one or more of the quarters of the apprenticeship, the apprentice shall be required to successfully complete one or more additional quarters of the funeral director apprenticeship.

(i) Each apprentice funeral director shall meet the educational requirements specified in K.A.R. 63-2-10 and then successfully complete a funeral director apprenticeship to be considered eligible to take the funeral director examination.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 63-2-12

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-1723; implementing K.S.A. 65-1714, 65-1717; effective May 1, 1976; amended May 1, 1980; amended May 1, 1987; amended April 3, 1995; amended Jan. 12, 2001.