- (a) Before serving an apprenticeship toward a funeral director's license, each prospective funeral director apprentice shall submit a transcript to the board showing that the prospective funeral director apprentice has earned prior credit of not less than 60 semester hours at a community college, college, or university that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States commissioner of education as the proper agency for accrediting such a school.
(b) The 60 semester hours earned shall include a minimum of the following:
- (1) Six semester hours of humanities;
- (2) six semester hours of social science;
- (3) four semester hours of natural science;
- (4) two semester hours of business; and
- (5) two semester hours of fine arts.
- (c) The prospective funeral director apprentice may select the remaining 40 semester hours.
(Authorized by K.S.A. 65-1730; implementing K.S.A. 65-1714; effective May 1, 1976; amended Nov. 13, 1995; amended Jan. 12, 2001.)