Applicants for licensure by reciprocity/endorsement who hold
a valid license from another state may be eligible for licensure in Mississippi
provided:
1. The applicant must submit
the required license application and all appropriate fees
2. The applicant provides evidence
satisfactory to the Board that he or she holds a valid, unrevoked, and
unexpired license a funeral service practitioner or funeral director in another
state having substantially similar requirements to the requirements for
licensure as either an embalmer or funeral director in this state including a
copy of his/her original license issued by the other state.
3. The applicant possesses a license in good
standing in all states in which the applicant is licensed.
4. The applicant must not be the subject of
any pending or unresolved complaint, investigation or disciplinary proceeding
or action in any state or jurisdiction in which the applicant holds or has held
a license. The applicant must provide all information, including any
information or documentation requested by the Board, in connection with any
pending or unresolved complaint, investigation or disciplinary action for the
Board's review. The pendency of any complaint or disciplinary action or
proceeding will be considered by the Board as a reason for denying licensure by
reciprocity.
5. The Board receives
a certification from the licensing board of the state or territory from which
the applicant seeks a reciprocal license showing the applicant to be in good
standing with the Board and whether the reciprocal applicant has ever been
subject to discipline or if there are any complaints pending against the
reciprocal applicant.
6. The
applicant provides proof of his or her educational and professional
qualifications which shall be substantially equivalent to the requirements
existing in Mississippi at the time he or she was originally
licensed.
7. Sufficient evidence is
presented to the Board showing that the applicant has achieved a score of
seventy-five percent (75%) or better on the National Board Funeral Service Arts
Examination provided by the International Conference of Funeral Service
Examining Boards, Inc., or designee of the board, if applying for only a
funeral director license; or
For reciprocal license issued from and after 2002,
sufficient evidence must be presented to the Board showing that the applicant
for a funeral service license has achieved a score of seventy-five percent
(75%) or better on the National Board Funeral Service Arts Examination and a
score of seventy-five percent (75%) or better on the National Board Funeral
Service Examination administered by the National Conference of Funeral Service
Examining Boards; or
For reciprocal license issued prior to 2002, the applicant
for reciprocal funeral service licensure must show evidence satisfactory to the
Board that the applicant has successfully passed the National Board Examination
as administered by the National Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards.
The examination must have included two (2) sections, funeral service arts and
funeral service sciences, and the applicant must have received a cumulative
average score of at least 75 percent on the sections with not less than 70
percent on either of these two sections. The applicant must also provide
documentation satisfactory to the Board, including an attestation from his or
her employing funeral establishment, showing that the applicant has been
engaged in the active practice of funeral service as a licensed embalmer and
licensed funeral director continuously for a minimum of five (5) years
immediately before the date of the Board's receipt of the reciprocal
application.
8. The
applicant must not have committed any act which could result in denial of a
license or discipline pursuant to Section
73-11-57
of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended.
9. The applicant must not have been subject
to any disciplinary action in any state or other jurisdiction related to the
practice of funeral directing of funeral service or related to any other
profession for which the applicant is licensed, certified, registered or
legally recognized to practice including resignation from practice, revocation,
suspension, withdrawal or surrender of the applicant's license, certificate or
registration as a result of or during the pendency of disciplinary proceedings
or investigation for potential disciplinary action.
