The Florida Senate

470.011  Licensure as a funeral director by endorsement; registration of a temporary funeral director.--

(1)  The department shall issue a license by endorsement to practice funeral directing to an applicant who has remitted a fee set by the board not to exceed $200 and who the board certifies:

(a)  Has completed the application form and remitted a nonrefundable application fee set by the board not to exceed $50.

(b)1.  Holds a valid license to practice funeral directing in another state of the United States, provided that, when the applicant secured his or her original license, the requirements for licensure were substantially equivalent to or more stringent than those existing in this state; or

2.  Meets the qualifications for licensure in s. 470.009 and has, within 10 years prior to the date of application, successfully completed a state, regional, or national examination in mortuary science, which, as determined by rule of the board, is substantially equivalent to or more stringent than the examination given by the department.

(c)  Has submitted proof of completion of a board-approved course on communicable diseases.

(2)  The department shall not issue a license by endorsement or a temporary registration to any applicant who is under investigation or prosecution in any jurisdiction for acts which would constitute a violation of this chapter until such time as the investigation or prosecution is complete.

(3)  State, regional, or national examinations and requirements for licensure in another state shall be presumed to be substantially equivalent to or more stringent than the examination and requirements in this state unless found otherwise by rule of the board.

(4)  Each applicant for licensure by endorsement must pass the examination on local, state, and federal laws and rules relating to the disposition of dead human bodies which is required under s. 470.009 and which shall be given by the department.

(5)  The board may adopt rules authorizing an applicant who has met the requirements of paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) and who is awaiting an opportunity to take the examination required by subsection (4) to register as a temporary funeral director. A registered temporary funeral director may work as a funeral director in a licensed funeral establishment under the general supervision of a licensed funeral director. Such registration shall expire 60 days after the date of the next available examination required under subsection (4); however, the temporary registration may be renewed one time under the same conditions as initial issuance. The fee for registration or renewal of registration as a temporary funeral director shall be set by the board but may not exceed $125. The fee required in this subsection shall be nonrefundable and in addition to the fee required in subsection (1).

History.--ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-231; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; s. 137, ch. 92-149; ss. 10, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 64, ch. 94-119; s. 317, ch. 97-103.