45:7-50. Examination fees; evidence of qualifications

No person shall be examined by the board except upon payment of a fee of $50.00 for the initial examination and a fee of $25.00 for each re-examination. Each applicant, before being admitted to an examination, shall first submit to the board

(1) evidence verified by oath and satisfactory to the board that:

(a) He is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of the State of New Jersey for a period of at least 6 months prior to the date of the examination;

(b) He is of good moral character and at least 21 years of age;

(2) a certificate from the Commissioner of Education of this State showing that before entering an embalming college or college of mortuary science he had obtained an academic education consisting of a 4 years' course of study in an approved public or private high school or the equivalent thereof, he has (a) satisfactorily completed a minimum of 2 years of academic instruction in a college or university approved by the New Jersey Department of Education, satisfactorily completed a minimum of 1 year of academic instruction in a school of mortuary science approved by the State Board of Mortuary Science; or (b) satisfactorily completed a minimum of 3 years of academic instruction in such a college or university, satisfactorily completed a minimum of 1 year of academic instruction in such a school of mortuary science; and

(3) a certificate from a licensed practitioner of mortuary science in the State of New Jersey that he has served a 1-year or 2-year period of practical training as a registered trainee under such practitioner, whichever is applicable; such period of practical training as a registered trainee may be served either concurrently with the college or university courses, during summer vacations, or subsequent to the completion of the college or academic course, at the option of the registrant.

L.1952, c. 340, p. 1106, s. 19. Amended by L.1960, c. 184, p. 767, s. 8.