Senate Bill No. 36

(By Senators Fanning, Helmick, Jackson, Anderson, Edgell,

Ross, Minard, Ball, Kessler, Oliverio, Hunter and Mitchell)

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[Introduced January 13, 1999;

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend article six, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section seventeen, relating to funeral directors and embalmers; providing for a special emeritus license for licensees sixty-five or older; exempting license from renewal requirements; and exempting licensee from continuing education requirements.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section seventeen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
ยง30-6-17. Special emeritus license for embalmers and funeral directors.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the board shall establish a special emeritus license for any licensed embalmer or funeral director sixty-five or older. After becoming sixty-five, a licensed embalmer or funeral director is entitled to be issued a license as an emeritus embalmer or funeral director . There is no charge for the emeritus license. The emeritus license entitles the holder to all the rights and privileges of the license previously held by the licensee, except the emeritus license has no renewal requirement, and an emeritus licensee is exempt from the continuing education requirements contained in section three of this article.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide funeral directors and embalmers who are sixty-five or older an exemption from license renewal fees and continuing education requirements.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.