(1) For an applicant from another state, the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board shall issue a license to practice as a funeral service practitioner or embalmer, or shall register an individual who applies to be a trainee of a funeral service practitioner or embalmer, if:

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 692.140

  • Board: means the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board. See Oregon Statutes 692.010
  • Cemetery: means any one, or a combination of more than one, of the following, in a place used, or intended to be used, and dedicated, for cemetery purposes:

    (a) A burial park, for earth interments;

    (b) A mausoleum, for crypt interments;

    (c) A columbarium, for permanent interments of cremated or reduced remains;

    (d) A scattering garden or other designated area above or below ground where a person may pay to establish a memorial of cremated or reduced remains; or

    (e) A cenotaph, the primary purpose of which is to provide an area where a person may pay to establish a memorial to honor a person whose remains may be interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered. See Oregon Statutes 692.010

(a) The applicant applies to the board and fulfills the requirements specified in subsection (2) of this section; and

(b) The board is satisfied that the applicant has demonstrated the requisite qualifications to be a funeral service practitioner, embalmer or trainee of a funeral service practitioner or embalmer in a manner prescribed by the board by rule.

(2) An applicant under this section shall apply to the board on a form provided by the board. The applicant shall include with the application:

(a) Proof satisfactory to the board that the applicant:

(A) Currently is, or previously was, authorized to practice in another state or profession that is substantially equivalent, as determined by the board, to a funeral service practitioner, embalmer or trainee of a funeral service practitioner or embalmer; and

(B) Is in good standing in that state to practice the profession, or was in good standing in that state at the time that the applicant ceased practicing the profession.

(b) Payment of the initial reciprocity licensing fee established under ORS § 692.160. [Amended by 1971 c.115 § 6; 1973 c.411 § 4; 1981 c.719 § 4; 1983 c.810 § 10; 1989 c.177 § 5; 1997 c.638 § 6; 2007 c.170 § 1; 2015 c.367 § 7]

 

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