HF1025 Summary

• Require 15 continuing education hours for mortuary science license renewal, with 9 hours mandated in body preparation/handling/cremation (3 hours), professional practices (3 hours), and regulation/ethics (3 hours)

• Establish biennial reporting of continuing education hours based on licensee's license number, with odd-numbered licenses reporting in odd years and even-numbered licenses in even years

• Require unlicensed crematory personnel to complete a commissioner-approved certified crematory operator course covering terminology, combustion, device maintenance and operation, chain of custody documentation, recycling guidelines, environmental regulations, and cremation ethics

• Mandate unlicensed personnel obtain and publicly post a crematory operator certification, with certification maintained through program-required recertification or completion of at least 7 continuing education hours in crematory operation every 5 years

• Make all provisions effective January 1, 2019