Oklahoma § 59-396.5 - Expiration of license - Renewal

§ 59-396.5. Expiration of license - Renewal

All licenses issued by the Board shall expire on the 31st day of

December of each year. The Board shall issue a renewal for such

license without further examination upon the payment of a renewal

fee as required by Section 396.4 of this title. A funeral director

or embalmer who fails to apply for a renewal license for a period of

three (3) years or more shall be reinstated by taking a written and

oral examination, as required by the Board, and by paying a fee and

the current years' dues as required by Section 396.4 of this title.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

Added by Laws 1941, p. 237, § 6, emerg. eff. May 20, 1941. Amended

by Laws 1965, c. 374, § 1, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965; Laws 1983, c.

163, § 3; Laws 2021, c. 148, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

§59-396.5a. Inactive military service list - Not subject to renewal

fees - Reinstatement on discharge.

All funeral directors and/or embalmers regularly licensed in

this state, who are or become members of the armed forces of the

United States, shall upon proper notification to the executive

director of the Oklahoma Funeral Board be placed upon the inactive

military service list to be kept by the executive director and shall

not be subject to the payment of renewal fees upon their licenses as

funeral directors and/or embalmers until they have been discharged

from the military service of the United States and desire to

practice their profession in this state. Upon the discharge of

licensees from military service, they shall be reinstated as active

funeral directors and/or embalmers upon the payment of the then

current year's license fee.

Added by Laws 1943, p. 134, § 1, emerg. eff. April 12, 1943.

Amended by Laws 2003, c. 57, § 7, emerg. eff. April 10, 2003.

§59-396.5b. Continuing education courses.

A. Beginning July 1, 2006, as a condition of renewal or

reactivation of a license, each licensee shall submit to the

Oklahoma Funeral Board evidence of the completion of clock hours of

continuing education courses approved by the Board within the twelve

(12) months immediately preceding the term for which the license is

issued. The number of hours, or its equivalent, required for each

licensed term shall be determined by the Board and promulgated by

rule. Each licensee shall be required to complete and include as

part of the continuing education provision a certain number of

required subjects as provided by rule.

B. The continuing education courses required by this section

shall be satisfied by courses approved by the Board or the Academy

of Professional Funeral Service Practice.

C. The Board shall maintain a listing of courses approved by

the Board.

D. The Board shall not issue an active renewal license or

reactivate a license unless the continuing education requirement set

forth in this section is satisfied within the prescribed time

period.

E. The provisions of this section shall not apply:

1. During the period a licensee is on inactive status;

2. To a nonresident licensee licensed in this state if the

licensee is not engaged in funeral service or embalming practice in

Oklahoma; and

3. To classes of licensees exempted by rules of the Board.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

Added by Laws 2003, c. 57, § 8, emerg. eff. April 10, 2003.