Iowa Admin. Code r. 645-101.2 - Requirements for licensure
(1) The applicant
will be eligible to apply for a license to practice mortuary science by the
board pursuant to subrule 101.2(2) when the applicant has completed the
educational requirements and examination requirements, followed by a completed
internship as prescribed below, in the following alphabetical order:
a. Educational qualifications.
(1) A minimum of 60 hours of college credit
as indicated on the transcript from a regionally accredited college or
university with a minimum of a 2.0 or "C" grade point average. The 60 college
semester hours will not include any technical mortuary science course;
and
(2) A program in mortuary
science from a school accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service
Education; and
(3) A college course
of at least one semester hour or equivalent in current Iowa law and rules
covering mortuary science content areas including, but not limited to, Iowa law
and rules governing the practice of mortuary science, cremation, vital
statistics, cemeteries and preneed services.
b. Examination requirements. The board will
accept a certificate of examination issued by the International Conference of
Funeral Service Examining Boards, Inc., indicating a passing score on both the
arts and sciences portions of the examination.
c. Internship requirements as outlined in
rule 645-101.3 (147,156).
(2) The
applicant will complete an online application packet on the Iowa board of
mortuary science website and pay the nonrefundable application fee.
a. If licensed in another jurisdiction, the
applicant will complete the licensure by endorsement application. Submit a
license verification document that discloses if disciplinary action was taken
in the jurisdiction where the applicant was most recently licensed.
b. An application that is not completed
according to guidelines will not be reviewed by the board .
c. A person who is licensed in another
jurisdiction but who is unable to satisfy the requirements of licensure by
endorsement may apply for licensure by verification, if eligible, in accordance
with rule 645-19.1 (272C).
d. An application will not be considered
until official copies of the academic transcripts have been directly
transmitted from the college to the board office that demonstrate the applicant
has completed a program at an approved college of mortuary science.
e. Licensees who were issued their initial
licenses within six months prior to the renewal will not be required to renew
their licenses until the renewal month two years later.
f. Incomplete applications that have been on
file in the board office for more than two years will be:
(1) Considered invalid and will be destroyed;
or
(2) Maintained upon written
request of the candidate. The candidate is responsible for requesting that the
file be maintained.
(3) Foreign-trained funeral directors will:
a. Provide an equivalency evaluation of their
educational credentials by International Education Research Foundation, Inc.
The professional curriculum must be equivalent to that stated in these rules. A
candidate will bear the expense of the curriculum evaluation.
b. Provide a copy of the certificate or
diploma awarded to the applicant from a mortuary science program in the country
in which the applicant was educated.
c. Receive a final determination from the
board regarding the application for licensure.
d. Successfully complete a college course of
at least one semester hour or equivalent in current Iowa law and rules covering
mortuary science content areas including, but not limited to, Iowa law and
rules governing the practice of mortuary science, cremation, vital statistics,
cemeteries and preneed.
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