7640. An embalmer is one who is duly qualified to disinfect or preserve human remains by the injection or external application of antiseptics, disinfectants or preservative fluids; to prepare human bodies for transportation which are dead of contagious or infectious diseases; and to use derma surgery or plastic art for restoring mutilated features; and who […]
7641. It is unlawful for any person to embalm a body, or engage in, or hold himself or herself out as engaged in practice as an embalmer, unless he or she is licensed by the bureau. However, this section shall have no effect on students and instructors of embalming in mortuary science programs approved by […]
7642. An application for an embalmer’s license shall be written on a form provided by the bureau, verified by the applicant, and accompanied by the fee fixed by this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 568, Sec. 115. Effective January 1, 2001.)
7643. In order to qualify for a license as an embalmer, the applicant shall comply with all of the following requirements: (a) Be over 18 years of age. (b) Not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480. (c) Have completed at least two years of apprenticeship under an embalmer licensed and […]
7646. (a) The bureau shall require the applicant to pass both of the following: (1) The sciences section of the national examination administered by the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, or its equivalent, as determined by the bureau. (2) An examination, administered by the bureau, on the state’s laws and the rules and regulations of the […]
7647. Examinations shall be administered at times and places determined by the bureau and the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards. The bureau shall give notice of the time and place of the examination described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 7646. (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 307, Sec. 88. (SB 821) […]
7647.5. Where a hearing is held to determine whether an application for a license should be granted, the proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the bureau shall have all of the powers granted therein. […]
7648. No embalmer’s license is assignable, and only the licensee may engage in the practice of embalming under the license. (Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 39.)
7649. Except as provided in Section 102805 of the Health and Safety Code, whenever the name of any licensed embalmer is subscribed to any certificate, the purport of which is that he or she has performed any act mentioned in the certificate, the licensed embalmer shall actually sign his or her name thereto. (Amended by […]
7650. The bureau may examine the requirements for the issuance of licenses to embalmers in other states of the United States and cause a record to be kept of those states in which standards are maintained for embalmers, not lower than those provided in this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 375, Sec. 6. (SB […]
