1. (a) The department will approve an embalmer or funeral director, who is licensed in this state, to be a sponsor to provide direct supervision to an apprenticeship trainee for the purposes of meeting AS 08.42.085, if the embalmer or funeral director submits on forms provided by the department:

   1. (1) verification of an active license to practice in this state in the field for which the trainee is seeking licensure;
   2. (2) a statement that the supervision will occur under the direct supervision of the sponsor in the same funeral establishment that the sponsor is working in; to be eligible under this paragraph, the funeral establishment must have a current permit under AS 08.42.100;
   3. (3) an attestation that the embalmer or funeral director is able to provide a work environment that will provide the trainee with the skills and proficiency required to be licensed as an embalmer or a funeral director.
2. (b) A sponsor who is licensed in this state as an embalmer and a funeral director may sponsor a trainee for either profession; however, a sponsor may not supervise more than one trainee at a time.
3. (c) A trainee may serve the apprenticeship training under more than one licensed funeral director or embalmer; however, each supervisory relationship must be approved under this section by the department before training begins under the new sponsor.

(Eff. 12/2/99, Register 152; am 8/6/2006, Register 179; am 4/18/2025, Register 254)

Authority: AS 08.42.010, AS 08.42.050, AS 08.42.085