N.J. Admin. Code § 13:36-10.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:36-10.3 - Minimum credit hours for biennial license renewal

(a) Each applicant for biennial license renewal shall complete a minimum of 10 credit hours of continuing education during every biennial licensing period, consistent with the requirements of (b) and (c) below.

(b) A licensee shall obtain 10 credit hours of continuing education in courses or programs approved by the Board, consistent with the following requirements:

1. A licensee shall obtain at least two credit hours in each biennial licensing period in preneed funeral arrangements. The two credit hours shall require in-person attendance;

2. A licensee shall obtain at least three credit hours in each biennial licensing period in funeral directing ethics and in New Jersey law and rules relating to the practice of mortuary science. The three credit hours shall require in-person attendance;

3. A licensee may obtain no more than three credit hours in each biennial licensing period in courses or programs dealing with funeral merchandizing, such as caskets, outer burial containers and clothing. A licensee shall not receive any continuing education credit for viewing exhibits at professional and/or technical meetings and conferences;

4. A licensee shall receive training in applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) laws and regulations as required by OSHA. Licensees who seek continuing education credit for such training must attend a course or program approved by the Board and may not count towards the biennial continuing education requirement more than three credit hours in such courses or programs in each biennial licensing period; and

5. A licensee may receive continuing education credit for a course or program one time only per biennial licensing period.

(c) Licensees shall not be permitted to carry over continuing education credit hours into a succeeding biennial licensure period.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:36-10.3

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 2299(a), effective 9/8/2015

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 975(a), effective 6/6/2016