65-1701. License; application, issuance; registration and display. - Kansas Statutes

65-1701

Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH Article 17.--REGULATION OF EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS

      65-1701.   License; application, issuance; registration and display.Every person hereafter desiring to enter the practice of embalming deadhuman bodies within the state of Kansas shall make a written applicationto the state board of mortuary arts, upon formsprescribed by such board,for a license to practice the science of embalming. If the board findsthat the applicant is of good moral character, has complied withthe requirements of K.S.A. 65-1701a or 65-1701b, and amendments thereto, ispossessed of skill and knowledge in the science of embalming and in thecare and disposition of dead human bodies and has reasonable knowledgeof sanitation and disinfection in case of death from infectious orcontagious diseases, the board shall issue to such applicant a licenseto practice the science of embalming and shall register the applicant asa duly licensed embalmer. Each license shall be signed by the presidentand secretary of the board and attested by its seal. Each personreceiving a license shall display the same insuch person'sestablishment.

      History:   L. 1907, ch. 387, § 5; L. 1909, ch. 225, § 3; R.S.1923, 65-1701; L. 1941, ch. 297, § 5; L. 1964, ch. 27, § 1 (BudgetSession); L. 1977, ch. 218, § 1;L. 1985, ch. 215, § 1; July 1.