1. (a) If there is a change in the employment status of any apprentice embalmer, the entity, or sponsor which employed the apprentice embalmer shall submit to the OPLC licensing bureau a written affidavit indicating the length of time that the apprentice embalmer was employed. The new entity or sponsor shall notify the OPLC licensing bureau of the new employee apprentice embalmer.
2. (b) The sponsor(s) shall be responsible for all acts or omissions of the apprentice embalmer which occur during the apprenticeship. The licensed embalmer and funeral director who serves as the chief executive or chief operating officer of the sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or other business organization which employs said apprentice embalmer shall also be responsible for all acts or omissions of the apprentice embalmer which occur in the course of that apprentice embalmer’s employment with that entity.
3. (c) The total number of apprentice embalmers employed by any one entity shall not exceed one apprentice embalmer for each 50 cases, or fraction thereof, for which funeral goods and services were provided by the entity during the preceding calendar year.

Source. #1689, eff 12-22-80; ss by #2344, eff 4-15-83; ss by #2986, eff 3-18-85; ss by #4357, eff 1-20-88, EXPIRED: 1-20-94 New. #8257, eff 1-15-05, EXPIRED: 1-15-13 New. #10310, INTERIM, eff 4-12-13, EXPIRES: 10-9-13; ss by #10567, eff 5-1-14, EXPIRED: 5-1-24 New. #14041, INTERIM, eff 8-2-24; ss by #14370, eff 11-14-25, EXPIRES: 11-14-35