The department shall recognize any college of funeral service education or mortuary science that is either:
- 1. Accredited or provisionally accredited by the American board of funeral service education.
- 2. Approved by an accrediting agency that is recognized by the United States department of education and the council on postsecondary accreditation and requires a course of instruction in funeral service education or mortuary science that is equivalent to the course of instruction required by the American board of funeral service education.