Bill Text: OR SB137 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to funeral service education.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-19 - Effective date, January 1, 2012. [SB137 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB137-Enrolled.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         Senate Bill 137

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber
  for State Mortuary and Cemetery Board)

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to funeral service education; amending ORS 692.190.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1. ORS 692.190 is amended to read:
  692.190. (1) An individual who wishes to engage as an
apprentice shall apply to the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board
for registration as a funeral service practitioner apprentice or
an embalmer apprentice upon a form provided by the board. The
individual must consent to a background check, including
information solicited from the Department of State Police. The
application must be accompanied by the fee established under ORS
692.160.
  (2) One funeral service practitioner apprentice at a time is
authorized to operate under or in connection with each licensed
funeral service practitioner practicing in this state for the
purpose of learning the functions of a funeral service
practitioner.
  (3) One embalmer apprentice at a time is authorized to engage
in the study of the art of embalming under the instruction and
supervision of each licensed embalmer practicing in this state.
  (4) The duration of an apprenticeship required for licensure
is:
  (a) Twelve months for a funeral service practitioner
apprentice.
  (b) Twelve months for an embalmer apprentice.
  (5)   { - A person - }   { + An individual + } may serve as a
funeral service practitioner apprentice for an aggregate total of
not more than 48 months. In computing time under this subsection,
the board shall exclude time lost by interruptions caused by
active duty of the apprentice in the military service of the
United States or its allies during war or national emergency and
by interruptions that the board finds are excusable under rules
of the board.
  (6) { +   + }An embalmer apprentice may serve the
apprenticeship concurrently with the funeral service practitioner
apprenticeship.
  (7)   { - A person - }   { + An individual + } may serve as an
embalmer apprentice for an aggregate total of not more than 48
months. In computing time under this subsection, the board shall

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exclude time lost by interruptions caused by active duty of the
apprentice in the military service of the United States or its
allies during war or national emergency and by interruptions that
the board finds are excusable under rules of the board.
  (8) { + (a) + } Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3) of this
section, a licensed funeral service practitioner or a licensed
embalmer may serve as a preceptor for not more than three
students serving a funeral service internship in accordance with
guidelines established by an accredited funeral service education
program.
   { +  (b) A student serving an internship in a program that
covers both funeral service and embalming must be supervised by a
practitioner who has a combination funeral service practitioner
and embalmer license. + }
  (9) The board shall adopt rules under which the board may
confer credit for apprenticeship service or its equivalency
performed by:
  (a) An applicant in another state; or
  (b) An applicant whose license or certificate of apprenticeship
has lapsed.
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Passed by Senate March 8, 2011

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                               Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

Passed by House May 9, 2011

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                                    Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House

    .............................................................
                                   Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2011

Approved:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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