Section 172-68-005 - ORGANIZED OR SCHEDULED FUNERAL SERVICES, AUTHORIZED SERVICES BY UNLICENSED PERSONS, AND STUDENTS IN MORTUARY SCHOOLS The following sets out the requirements for organized or scheduled services, services that do not require a license, and student in an internship.
005.01ORGANIZED OR SCHEDULED SERVICES. A licensed funeral director and embalmer must be present at each organized or scheduled funeral service, including a wake where an organized service is conducted or a religious service, burial and interment, whenever a dead human body is present.005.02SERVICES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE A LICENSE. The following do not require professional knowledge and skills as a funeral director or embalmer in order to provide the services or activities. 005.02(A)IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENTS. Persons, who are not licensed as funeral directors and embalmers, may assist in implementing arrangements made by a licensed funeral director and embalmer as long as they are under his or her supervision and responsibility. These activities include: (i) Driving or maintenance of funeral vehicles and facilities;(ii) Administrative duties;(iii) Applying cosmetics;(iv) Arranging or shampooing the hair of the deceased;(v) Ceremonial assistance, such as bathing, clothing, dressing and casketing the deceased body, and;005.02(B)FIRST CALLS. Persons, at the request of the licensed funeral director and embalmer, may make first calls or removals of dead human bodies.005.02(C)STUDENTS. A student enrolled in a school accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE), may participate in a student practicum or internship in a licensed funeral establishment in Nebraska. The student may assist with funeral directing and embalming services when the student is in a recognized practicum or internship, under the supervision of the school of mortuary science, and under the direct on-site supervision and responsibility of a Nebraska licensed funeral director and embalmer.172 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 68, § 005
Amended effective 4/11/2015.Amended effective 9/30/2020