HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(II)  ASSISTANCE IN THE EMBALMING OF AT LEAST 25
DEAD HUMAN BODIES; AND

(III)  COMPLETION OF 2,000 WORKING HOURS IN A
LICENSED FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT UNDER THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT
SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED MORTICIAN. SUPERVISION MAY INCLUDE
INSTRUCTION BY OTHER LICENSED MORTICIANS EMPLOYED OR SUPERVISED
BY THE SPONSOR.

(5) ON TERMINATION OF THE SPONSOR-APPRENTICE
RELATIONSHIP, BOTH THE SPONSOR AND THE APPRENTICE SHALL
INDEPENDENTLY NOTIFY THE BOARD OF:

(I)  THE DATE OF TERMINATION;

(II)  THE NAME, DATE, AND PLACE OF DEATH OF EACH
FUNERAL SERVICE AND EMBALMING THAT THE APPRENTICE PARTICIPATED
IN; AND

(III)  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF WORKING HOURS OF
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE COMPLETED BY THE APPRENTICE.

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

6-304.

(b) The Board shall give examinations to applicants [once]
TWICE each year, at the times and places that the Board
determines.

6-306.

(a)  An individual shall obtain an apprentice license from
the Board before beginning an apprenticeship in this State.

(b)  An applicant for an apprentice license shall pay to the
Board a fee of $10.

(C) AN APPLICANT FOR AN APPRENTICE LICENSE MUST BE AT LEAST
16 YEARS OLD.

[(c)] (D) While the license is effective, an apprentice
license authorizes the licensee to assist a licensed mortician in
the practice of mortuary science only as part of a training
program to become a licensed mortician.

6-308.

(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board
shall issue a surviving spouse license to an applicant if the
applicant: