Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1150
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected:
IC 25-15-6-5
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Synopsis: Continuing professional education. Increases continuing
education requirements for funeral directors.
Effective: July 1, 2003.
January 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy, Ethics and
Veterans Affairs.
Introduced
First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1150
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
professions and occupations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 25-15-6-5; (03)IN1150.1.1. -->
SECTION 1.
IC 25-15-6-5
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 5. (a) The board shall
require a funeral director to obtain ten (10) fourteen (14) hours of
continuing education credit in any two (2) year period in order to renew
or restore a license under this chapter. The board shall require that
continuing education credit be earned in board approved courses or
programs as follows:
(1) At least four (4) hours of continuing education on federal
and state laws and rules regulating the embalming and
funeral professions.
(2) Ten (10) hours on one (1) or more of the following subjects:
(1) (A) Embalming and restorative arts.
(2) (B) Prevention of the spread of infectious disease and
compliance with mandatory public health requirements.
(3) Federal and state laws and rules regulating the embalming
and funeral professions.
(4) (C) Funeral home management.
(5) (D) Religion.
(6) (E) Natural science.
(7) (F) Grief counseling and the psychological effect of death
on survivors.
(b) Continuing education hours earned as a prerequisite to the
issuance or maintenance of a professional license other than a funeral
director license may not be counted in determining compliance with
this section.