Authority: IC 25-1-4; IC 25-15-9-8

Affected: IC 23-14-31; IC 25-15-2-22; IC 25-15-6-3; IC 30-2-13

Sec. 1. (a) Funeral directors and embalmers must complete a minimum of ten (10) hours of instruction in each two (2) year period (as defined by subsection (b)) in courses that are given by board approved sponsors. Courses must meet the following criteria:

1. (1) Measurements and reports must be in full hours excluding preparation time with a fifty (50) minute instruction period being equivalent to one (1) hour.
2. (2) The number of hours for a specific course will be determined and announced by the sponsor.
3. (3) A funeral director who attends the same approved continuing education course more than once in the same two (2) year period is entitled to continuing education credit for that course only once.
4. (4) A funeral director shall not be entitled to any continuing education credit for a course unless he or she attends the entire course.

(b) The two (2) year period within which funeral directors and embalmers must obtain a minimum of ten (10) hours of continuing education under subsection (a) extends from January 1 of each odd-numbered year to December 31 of each even-numbered year.

(c) Subject to the provisions of subsection (a)(3), a funeral director or embalmer who attends an approved continuing education course as an instructor is entitled to continuing education credit for that course.

(d) Of the minimum of ten (10) hours of instruction each funeral director and embalmer must complete within each two (2) year period, at least four (4) hours must be in one (1) or more of the following areas:

1. (1) Preneed burial services or merchandise under IC 30-2-13.
2. (2) The practice of funeral service under IC 25-15-2-22.
3. (3) The cremation act under IC 23-14-31.
4. (4) The cemetery act under IC 23-14.

(e) A funeral director or embalmer can complete not more than five (5) hours of continuing education requirements for the two (2) year period through distance learning methods.

(State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; 832 IAC 4-1-1; filed Jan 30, 1986, 2:23 p.m.: 9 IR 1369; filed Aug 27, 1987, 2:30 p.m.: 11 IR 93; filed Oct 12, 1988, 3:55 p.m.: 12 IR 590; filed Jun 18, 1990, 3:39 p.m.: 13 IR 2000; readopted filed May 10, 2001, 2:39 p.m.: 24 IR 3236; readopted filed Jul 19, 2007, 12:52 p.m.: 20070808-IR-832070048RFA; filed Mar 11, 2013, 2:50 p.m.: 20130410-IR-832120198FRA; readopted filed Nov 25, 2013, 9:23 a.m.: 20131225-IR-832130288RFA; readopted filed Nov 27, 2019, 3:13 p.m.: 20191225-IR-832190184RFA)