Assembly Bill A10089

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes funeral directing apprenticeships as an alternative to licensing examinations

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A10089 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3422-a, amd §§3421 & 3423, Pub Health L

2023-A10089 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes funeral directing apprenticeships as an alternative to licensing examinations; requires such apprenticeships to be one- to four-year programs led by licensing funeral directors; makes related provisions.

2023-A10089 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10089
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing funer-
   al directing apprenticeships as an alternative to  licensing  examina-
   tions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 3422-a to read as follows:
   §  3422-A.  FUNERAL DIRECTING; APPRENTICESHIP. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
 DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR FUNERAL DIRECTOR  APPRENTICESHIPS  FOR  INDIVIDUALS
 WHO  HAVE  SUCCESSFULLY  COMPLETED A COURSE OF COLLEGIATE LEVEL STUDY IN
 FUNERAL SERVICE. SUCH APPRENTICESHIP SHALL SERVE AS  AN  ALTERNATIVE  TO
 THE  EXAMINATIONS  REQUIRED  FOR  LICENSURE  AS A FUNERAL DIRECTOR UNDER
 SECTION THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS  TITLE.  TO  SATISFY  THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED  TWENTY-ONE  OF  THIS  TITLE,  A FUNERAL DIRECTOR APPRENTICESHIP
 SHALL BE CERTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   2. A FUNERAL DIRECTOR APPRENTICESHIP CERTIFIED UNDER  SUBDIVISION  ONE
 OF THIS SECTION SHALL:
   (A)  CONSIST  OF  A ONE- TO FOUR-YEAR APPRENTICESHIP, INCLUDING A ONE-
 YEAR RESIDENCY AS REQUIRED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (B)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  TWENTY-ONE OF THIS
 TITLE;
   (B) BE LED BY A LICENSED FUNERAL DIRECTOR; AND
   (C) INCLUDE SPECIALIZED CURRICULUM MODELS THAT ALIGN WITH THE  CONTENT
 AND  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THE  EXAMINATION  FOR LICENSURE UNDER THIS TITLE,
 WHICH SHALL COVER TOPICS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EMBALMING  TECH-
 NIQUES,  FUNERAL  ARRANGEMENT PROCEDURES, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, ETHICS,
 INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES, AND ANY  OTHER  TOPICS  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT.
   3.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP A PROCESS UNDER WHICH APPRENTICESHIPS
 MAY BE CERTIFIED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, AND UNDER  WHICH
 INDIVIDUALS  MAY  APPLY FOR SUCH APPRENTICESHIPS. APPLICANTS ACCEPTED TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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