7660. An apprentice embalmer is a person engaged in the study of embalming under the instruction and supervision of a licensed embalmer who has had at least two years’ practical experience as a California licensed embalmer. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 1997.)
7661. An application for registration as an embalmer’s apprentice shall be made upon 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. 121. Effective January 1, 2001.)
7662. In order to qualify as an apprentice embalmer, an 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) Do one of the following: (1) Furnish proof showing completion of a high school course. (2) Furnish […]
7664. Certificates of apprenticeship issued pursuant to this article shall expire when the holder has been issued a license as an embalmer, or six years from the date of registration, whichever first occurs. The certificates may not be renewed, but an apprentice embalmer who has not completed his or her term of apprenticeship at the […]
7665. All registered apprentice embalmers shall comply with the following requirements during their period of apprenticeship: (a) Shall file a report of apprenticeship as follows: (1) On or before January 15 of each year covering the period of apprenticeship ending as of December 31 preceding. (2) Upon change of supervising embalmer or employer, or both. (3) Upon completion of […]
7666. (a) The term of apprenticeship shall be two years. However, if an apprentice after having served his or her apprenticeship fails to pass the examinations required for an embalmer’s license, he or she may continue for one additional term of apprenticeship, which shall be the maximum apprenticeship permitted and provided further that an apprentice may, […]
7667. (a) The bureau shall have the power to grant leaves of absence and extensions of leaves of absence and approve absences during the term of apprenticeship. (b) A leave of absence, including any extensions, shall not be approved for a longer period than an aggregate of one year. (c) No credit will be given to an apprentice […]
7668. The bureau may suspend or revoke a certificate of apprenticeship, after notice and upon complaint and hearing in accordance with the provisions of Article 6, if the apprentice is guilty of any of the following acts or omissions: (a) Failure to devote full-time employment to the duties of his or her apprenticeship. (b) Failure to make […]
7669. An apprentice who has had his or her certificate of apprenticeship suspended or revoked may, within one year after the suspension or revocation apply for reregistration upon compliance with the law in effect at the time he or she so applies and payment of the apprentice application fee fixed by this chapter. No reregistration […]
7670. (a) The apprenticeship required by this article shall be served in a licensed funeral establishment that shall have been previously approved for apprenticeship training by the bureau. In order to qualify for approval, the funeral establishment shall submit to the bureau an application, accompanied by the fee fixed by this chapter, showing: (1) That not less […]
7671. No person who is a duly registered apprentice or a student at an approved mortuary science program in California at the time of any amendment to this chapter raising the requirements for apprentice embalmers or license as an embalmer shall be required to comply with the provisions of that amendment. (Amended by Stats. 2009, […]
