Section 17-3003. LICENSURE AS A FUNERAL DIRECTOR OF CERTAIN PERSONS LICENSED OR PRACTICING ON MAY 22, 1984

 

3003.1The following persons shall be eligible for licensure as funeral directors under this section:

 

(a)A funeral director licensed by the District as an undertaker on May 22, 1984;

 

(b)An apprentice funeral director licensed by the District on May 22, 1984, and actively engaged in discharging the duties of a funeral director from January 1, 1973, through January 1, 1983; and

 

(c)A person who on August 1, 1947, would have qualified for licensure under D.C. Code §47-2843(c) (1981), who has discharged the duties of a funeral director from January 1, 1973, through January 1, 1983, and who continues to discharge those duties.

 

3003.2An applicant described in §3003.1(a) shall be required to achieve a passing grade, as determined by the Board, on the oral part of the examination administered by the Board pursuant to §3002.

 

3003.3An applicant described in §3003.1(b) shall be required to do the following:

 

(a)Submit an application for licensure within two (2) years of the effective date of this chapter;

 

(b)Submit with the application, as proof that the applicant was discharging the duties of a funeral director during the specified period, the following:

 

(1)Signed statements from each of the funeral directors under whose immediate supervision the applicant's duties were performed during period of January 1, 1973, to January 1, 1983, setting out in detail the nature of the applicant's duties and the period of time over which the applicant performed them for the supervisors; or

 

(2)If permitted by the Board, one (1) or more of the following:

 

(A)Case records, histories, business records, payroll records, or other documents which evidence the applicant's association as an apprentice funeral director with a funeral services establishment;

 

(B)The applicant's income tax returns; or

 

(C)The applicant's military service records;

 

(c)Submit a professional evaluation of the applicant's performance from each supervisor on a form to be prescribed by the Director; and

 

(d)Achieve a passing grade, as determined by the Board, on the oral and practical demonstration parts of the examination administered by the Board pursuant to §3002.

 

3003.4An applicant described in §3003.1(c) shall do the following:

 

(a)Submit an application for licensure within two (2) years of the effective date of the chapter;

 

(b)Submit with the application, as proof that the applicant would have qualified for licensure under D.C. Code §47-2843(c) (1981):

 

(1)A verification from the District of Columbia Department of Human Services that the applicant was registered as an undertaker with the District of Columbia Health Department on August 1, 1947; and

 

(2)Signed statements from two (2) persons who were actually engaged, at any time during the five (5) year period immediately preceding August 1, 1947, in discharging the duties of an undertaker, and who were personally aware of the applicant's professional activities during this period of time, verifying that the applicant was also so engaged at some point during this same five (5) year time period, and describing the extent to which the applicant was so engaged;

 

(c)Submit with the application, as proof that the applicant was discharging the duties of a funeral director during the specified period:

 

(1)Signed statements from each of the funeral directors under whose immediate supervision the applicant's duties were performed during the period of January 1, 1973, to January 1, 1983, setting out in detail the nature of the applicant's duties and the period of time over which the applicant performed them for the supervisor; or

 

(2)If permitted by the Board, one (1) of the following:

 

(A)Case records, histories, business records, payroll records, or other documents which evidence the applicant's association as an apprentice funeral director with a funeral services establishment;

 

(B)The applicant's income tax returns; or

 

(C)The applicant's military service records;

 

(d)Submit a professional evaluation of the applicant's performance from each supervisor on a form to be prescribed by the Director; and

 

(e)Do one (1) of the following:

 

(1)Arrange for a complete certified transcript or copy of a diploma to be submitted to the Board to verify graduation prior to August 1, 1947, from a school or college of embalming whose course of instruction was not less than nine (9) months and which comprised not less than eight-hundred and forty (840) hours of study; or

 

(2)Submit satisfactory evidence, as determined by the Board, of equivalent experience prior to August 1, 1947; and

 

(f)Achieve a passing grade, as determined by the Board, on the oral part of the examination administered by the Board pursuant to §3002.

 

3003.5Applicants described in §§3003.1(b) and (c) shall apply and demonstrate qualifications under the Act and this chapter within two (2) years of the effective date of this chapter.

 

3003.6The Director shall provide that a license issued for each one of the three (3) categories described in §3003.1 be color-coded or otherwise distinctively identified to distinguish it from licenses issued for the other two (2) categories of licenses described therein and from other licenses issued pursuant to this chapter.

 

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Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 2904, 2906 (April 22, 1988).