445.045 License requirements.
(1) To be eligible for an original funeral director's license, a person must meet all of the following requirements:
(a) The person must be at least 18 years of age.
(b) Subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322 and 111.335, the person must not have an arrest or conviction record.
(d) The person must have completed 2 academic years of instruction in a recognized college or university, in a course of study approved by the examining board, or have equivalent education.
(e) The person must have satisfactorily completed 9 months or more instruction in a prescribed course in mortuary science approved by the examining board at any time after having completed an approved certification class described in s. 445.095 (1) (a).
(f) The person must have completed one year of apprenticeship as prescribed in s. 445.095 at any time after having completed an approved certification class described in s. 445.095 (1) (a) and either before or after taking the course in mortuary science required by par. (e) and must have satisfied the requirement under s. 445.095 (4).
(g) The person must have successfully passed a comprehensive examination under s. 445.04 (3) (b) and a jurisprudence examination under s. 445.04 (3) (c).
(2) The eligibility requirements in sub. (1) shall not apply to:
(a) Any person to whom a certificate of apprenticeship was issued before October 1, 1959, and who satisfies the legal requirements in effect at the time of the person's registration; or
(b) Any person who served actively in the armed forces of the United States between August 3, 1951, and October 1, 1959, and who was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, registers with the examining board within 6 months of the date of discharge, and who satisfies the legal requirements in effect at the time the person entered the armed forces.
History: 1971 c. 213 s. 5; 1971 c. 228 s. 44; 1971 c. 301, 307; 1975 c. 39 ss. 654, 654n, 732 (2); 1975 c. 199; 1979 c. 175 ss. 29, 53; 1979 c. 221 ss. 662, 2202 (45); Stats. 1979 s. 445.045; 1981 c. 380; 1981 c. 391 s. 211; 1983 a. 485; 1991 a. 316; 1999 a. 85; 2013 a. 114; 2017 a. 304, 331.
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