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Board reviews bills on apprenticeship, burial timelines and cemetery rules; self‑sufficiency hearing shows 1.4–1.5 years in reserve
Summary
Board staff reviewed three introduced bills affecting apprenticeship, burial timelines and cemetery trust rules, and reported the board’s reserve is about 1.4–1.5 years following a self‑sufficiency hearing.
Board staff delivered a legislative update and a summary of a January self‑sufficiency hearing at the Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers' February meeting.
The executive director and department staff reviewed three introduced bills under consideration by the General Assembly: House Bill 0860 / Senate Bill 1149, which would allow applicants with an associate degree in funeral service education to substitute one year of apprenticeship for the current two‑year apprenticeship requirement for funeral directors; House Bill 1286 / Senate Bill 1145, which would require that a body placed into custody for burial by a person or…
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