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Subcommittee debates funeral profession regulation; central question is whether 'physical attendance' can include live online classes
Summary
A Senate subcommittee reviewed proposed amendments to chapter 57 of the Code of Regulations affecting funeral directors and embalmers, focusing on whether the statute’s "physical attendance" continuing-education requirement can include live online instruction.
A Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry subcommittee reviewed proposed amendments to chapter 57 of the Code of Regulations that implement a 2024 statute affecting funeral service licensure, crematory requirements and continuing education for embalmers and funeral directors.
The regulation package updates definitions related to cremation, clarifies licensure-by-endorsement rules, removes blanket prohibitions on licensure for certain convictions, updates funeral establishment website requirements, and adds crematory requirements that reference alkaline hydrolysis. It also repeals older sections on crematory operator training and preceptor rules. The package was previously carried over because of disagreement over continuing-education language.
Regulation staff told the subcommittee the disputed language stems from the…
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