Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 100 - Funeral directors and embalmers; licensing; continuing education

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Code Sections - 43-18-55/ 43-18-56

1. Childers  13th


House Comm: H&E        /                Senate Comm: H&HS       /               
House Vote: Yeas 106   Nays 8           Senate Vote: Yeas 48  Nays 3            
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               House          Action         Senate                             
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              1/9/95   Read 1st Time         2/1/95                             
              1/10/95  Read 2nd Time         2/10/95                            
              1/26/95  Favorably Reported    2/9/95                             
              Sub      Committee Amend/Sub                                      
              1/31/95  Read 3rd Time         3/8/95                             
              1/31/95  Passed/Adopted        3/8/95                             
              CS       Comm/Floor Amend/Sub  FA                                 
              3/13/95  Amend/Sub Agreed To                                      
              4/3/95   Sent to Governor                                         
              4/19/95  Signed by Governor                                       
              394      Act/Veto Number                                          
              7/1/95   Effective Date                                           
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Rules Suspended to Introduce                                                    
                                                                                
Code Sections amended: 43-18-55                                                 


HB 100                                             HB 100/AP

      H. B. No. 100 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
      By:  Representative Childers of the 13th



                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Part 3 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of
  1- 2  the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses
  1- 3  for funeral directors and embalmers, so as to provide for
  1- 4  continuing education requirements for those licensees; to
  1- 5  repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 7  Part 3 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the
  1- 8  Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for
  1- 9  funeral directors and embalmers, is amended by adding at the
  1-10  end the following Code sections:

  1-11    "43-18-55. (Index)

  1-12    (a) The board shall be authorized to require persons
  1-13    seeking renewal of an embalmer's license under this
  1-14    chapter to complete board approved continuing education of
  1-15    not less than 10 hours biennially.  The board shall be
  1-16    authorized to approve courses offered by institutions of
  1-17    higher learning, specialty societies, or professional
  1-18    organizations or by others the board deems appropriate.

  1-19    (b) The board shall be authorized to waive the continuing
  1-20    education requirement in cases of hardship, disability,
  1-21    illness, or under other such circumstances as the board
  1-22    deems appropriate.

  1-23    (c) The continuing education requirement pursuant to this
  1-24    Code section shall be waived for persons who hold an
  1-25    inactive license or for licensed individuals over the age
  1-26    of 65.

  1-27    (d) An embalmer who is also a licensed funeral director
  1-28    and who completes the continuing education requirements
  1-29    for funeral directors pursuant to Code Section 43-18-56
  1-30    shall not be required to complete additional continuing
  1-31    education requirements pursuant to this Code section.


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                                                   HB 100/AP

  2- 1    (e) The board shall be authorized to promulgate rules and
  2- 2    regulations to implement and ensure compliance with the
  2- 3    requirements of this Code section.

  2- 4    (f) This Code section shall apply to each licensing
  2- 5    renewal cycle which begins after the 1996 renewal.

  2- 6    43-18-56. (Index)

  2- 7    (a) The board shall be authorized to require persons
  2- 8    seeking renewal of a funeral director's license under this
  2- 9    chapter to complete board approved continuing education of
  2-10    not less than 10 hours biennially.  The board shall be
  2-11    authorized to approve courses offered by institutions of
  2-12    higher learning, specialty societies, or professional
  2-13    organizations or by others the board deems appropriate.

  2-14    (b) The board shall be authorized to waive the continuing
  2-15    education requirement in cases of hardship, disability,
  2-16    illness, or under other such circumstances as the board
  2-17    deems appropriate.

  2-18    (c) The continuing education requirement pursuant to this
  2-19    Code section shall be waived for persons who hold an
  2-20    inactive license or for licensed individuals over the age
  2-21    of 65.

  2-22    (d) A funeral director who is also a licensed embalmer and
  2-23    who completes the continuing education requirements
  2-24    established for embalmers pursuant to Code Section
  2-25    43-18-55 shall not be required to complete additional
  2-26    continuing education requirements pursuant to this Code
  2-27    section.

  2-28    (e) The board shall be authorized to promulgate rules and
  2-29    regulations to implement and ensure compliance with the
  2-30    requirements of this Code section.

  2-31    (f) This Code section shall apply to each licensing
  2-32    renewal cycle which begins after the 1996 renewal."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-33  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-34  repealed.







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