642.080 - Qualifications of applicant. - Nevada Statutes

642.080  Qualifications of applicant.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 642.100, an applicant for a license to practice the profession of embalming in the State of Nevada shall:

      1.  Have attained the age of 18 years.

      2.  Be of good moral character.

      3.  Be a high school graduate and have completed 2 academic years of instruction by taking 60 semester or 90 quarter hours at an accredited college or university. Credits earned at an embalming college or school of mortuary science do not fulfill this requirement.

      4.  Have completed 12 full months of instruction in an embalming college or school of mortuary science which is accredited by the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards and approved by the Board, and have not less than 1 year’s practical experience under the supervision of an embalmer licensed in the State of Nevada.

      5.  Have actually embalmed at least 50 bodies under the supervision of a licensed embalmer prior to the date of application.

      6.  Present to the Board affidavits of at least two reputable residents of the county in which the applicant proposes to engage in the practice of an embalmer to the effect that the applicant is of good moral character.

      [Part 5:28:1909; A 1931, 31; 1949, 142; 1943 NCL § 2669]—(NRS A 1961, 348; 1975, 707; 1999, 942; 2003, 1269)