HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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licensed by the Board before assisting in the
practice of mortuary science in this State.

The penalty provisions of present Art. 43, §
359(a) now appear in § 6-508 of this title.

The last sentence of present Art. 43, § 359(a),
which relates to the scope of this title, now
appears in § 6-102 of the title.

6-302. QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS FOR MORTICIAN LICENSE.

(A)  IN GENERAL.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE, TO
QUALIFY FOR A MORTICIAN LICENSE, AN APPLICANT SHALL BE AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.

(B)  MORAL CHARACTER.

THE APPLICANT SHALL BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER.

(C)  AGE.

THE APPLICANT SHALL BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD.

(D)  APPRENTICESHIP.

(1)  THE APPLICANT SHALL HAVE COMPLETED
SUCCESSFULLY THE APPRENTICESHIP REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
SUBTITLE.

(2)  AN APPRENTICESHIP SHALL INCLUDE:

(I)  2 YEARS OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN
THIS STATE AND A 1-YEAR COURSE OF STUDY AT A COLLEGE OF
EMBALMING THAT IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OR BY THE CONFERENCE
OF FUNERAL SERVICE EXAMINING BOARDS OF THE UNITED STATES; OR

(II)  1 YEAR OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN
THIS STATE AND A 2-YEAR COURSE OF STUDY AT A COLLEGE OF
EMBALMING THAT IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OR BY THE CONFERENCE
OF FUNERAL SERVICE EXAMINING BOARDS OF THE UNITED STATES.

(3)  THE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF AN APPRENTICE
SHALL INCLUDE:

(I)  PARTICIPATION IN AT LEAST 20 FUNERALS;
AND

(II)  ASSISTANCE IN THE EMBALMING OF AT
LEAST 20 DEAD HUMAN BODIES.

(E)  EXAMINATION.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE, THE
APPLICANT SHALL PASS AN EXAMINATION GIVEN BY THE BOARD UNDER
THIS SUBTITLE.