Bill Text: CA AB1381 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Funeral establishments: apprenticeship training.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-07-31 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 150, Statutes of 2017. [AB1381 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB1381-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1381

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Introduced by Assembly Member Obernolte

February 17, 2017

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An act to amend Section 7670 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1381, as introduced, Obernolte. Funeral establishments: apprenticeship training.

Existing law, the Cemetery and Funeral Act, defines an apprentice embalmer as a person engaged in the study of embalming under the instruction and supervision of a licensed embalmer who has had at least 2 years’ of practical experience as a licensed embalmer. Existing law requires the apprenticeship to be served in a licensed funeral establishment that has been approved for apprenticeship training by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. Under existing law, in order to qualify for approval, the funeral director is required to submit to the bureau a specified application demonstrating, among other things, that the funeral establishment will continue to have a full-time employed embalmer with not less than 2 years’ of practical experience as a licensed embalmer.

This bill would instead require the funeral establishment to submit that application and would additionally authorize the funeral establishment to have a trade embalmer, who is hired by the establishment on a case-by-case basis, for purposes of satisfying the application requirements.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 7670 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

7670.

 (a) The apprenticeship required by this article shall be served in a licensed funeral establishment that shall have been previously approved for apprenticeship training by the bureau. In order to qualify for approval the funeral director establishment shall submit to the bureau an application, accompanied by the fee fixed by this chapter, showing:

(1) That not less than 50 human remains per apprentice employed have been embalmed in the establishment during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the application.

(2) That the applicant has, and will continue to have, in full-time employment, for each two apprentices employed in his or her by the establishment, a full-time employed California embalmer who has had not less than two years’ practical experience as a California licensed embalmer immediately preceding the date of the application or a trade embalmer who is hired by the establishment on a case-by-case basis who has had not less than two years’ practical experience as a California licensed embalmer immediately preceding the date of the application.

(3) That the licensed funeral establishment of that applicant meets the requirements of law as to equipment, cleanliness and sanitation as determined by an inspection report filed with the bureau.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a trade embalmer, as described in paragraph (2), from acting as the supervising embalmer of an apprentice pursuant to this section.

(b) Licensed funeral establishments under common ownership within close geographical proximity of each other may request any of the following from the bureau:

(1) To be treated in aggregate for the purpose of meeting the requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(2) To designate one additional supervising embalmer per registered apprentice.

(3) To allow a registered apprentice to serve in any or all of the licensed funeral establishments requested and approved pursuant to this section.

(c) Approval granted under this section shall be renewed annually upon application by the funeral director, establishment showing continued compliance with the foregoing provisions of this section, filed with the bureau not later than January 15 of each year. An application for renewal shall be accompanied by the fee fixed by this chapter.