(a) Every person desiring to engage as an apprentice shall satisfy all of the following:

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 34-13-130

  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) Make application as a funeral director’s apprentice or an embalmer’s apprentice to the board upon a form provided by the board. The applicant shall submit to the board a form, sworn to by the applicant, that contains the name, date of birth, and Social Security number of the applicant, and two complete sets of fingerprints, for completion of a criminal history background check. The board shall submit the fingerprints to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for a state criminal history record check. The fingerprints shall be forwarded by the agency to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history background check shall be paid by the applicant. The board shall keep information received pursuant to this subsection confidential, except that information received and relied upon in denying the issuance of an apprentice certification may be disclosed if necessary to support the denial.
(2) Be over the age of 18.
(3) Hold a high school certificate or the equivalent.
(4) Be of good moral character.
(b) Each application shall be verified by the oath of the applicant and be accompanied by a fee to be established by the board, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50).
(c) The executive director, whenever it appears to him or her that no reason exists for the denial of an application and that the application is regular upon its face, may issue to the applicant a certificate of apprenticeship, without submitting the application to the board. If, however, any doubt exists as to the qualifications of the applicant, the application shall be submitted to the board and may be accepted or rejected by a majority of the board.
(d) The course of an apprenticeship shall be in accordance with this chapter or prescribed by rule of the board and performed in Alabama under the supervision of a funeral director or embalmer, respectively, licensed by the board.

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