Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1150

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 25-15-6-5 .

Synopsis: Continuing professional education. Increases continuing education requirements for funeral directors.

Effective: July 1, 2003.





Lytle




    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.
SOURCE: ; (03)IN1150.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003] (a) If, after June 30, 2003, and before July 1, 2005, the board has not renewed or restored the license of a funeral director who held a valid license under IC 25-15-6 on July 1, 2003, solely because the funeral director failed to comply with the continuing education requirements of IC 25-15-6-5 , as amended by this act, the board shall:
        (1) waive the continuing education requirements of a funeral director who has obtained at least ten (10) hours of continuing education credits; and
        (2) renew or restore the license of the funeral director.

     (b) This SECTION expires July 1, 2006.