3423 - Funeral directing; undertakers and embalmers; requirements for license to practice; examinations. - New York Statutes

§ 3423. Funeral directing; undertakers and embalmers; requirements for license to practice; examinations. 1. The department shall continue to hold re-examinations as may be necessary, as provided by former article fourteen of the public health law, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder for applicants who have prior to July first, nineteen hundred fifty-one, taken and failed to pass an examination for undertaker or embalmer license until December thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-three. 2. The department shall admit to such re-examinations any applicant who pays a fee of five dollars, is registered as a trainee with the department and is otherwise qualified in accordance with former article fourteen of the public health law as amended. 3. The department shall issue an undertaker or embalmer license to those who, upon payment of a fee of ten dollars, qualify in accordance with the provisions of this section, and who pass such re-examination. 4. An undertaker or embalmer license shall entitle the holders thereof to practice undertaking or embalming, respectively. 5. Any person who was a duly registered trainee on April first, nineteen hundred forty-five, and, was in the armed forces of the United States on April first, nineteen hundred forty-five, and whose training and experience shall have been interrupted by his service in the armed forces of the United States, shall be permitted to resume his training and experience at any time within one year after the date of his discharge from active service. The department shall continue to hold examinations for such candidates for undertaking and embalmer licenses and to issue such licenses as herein provided.