06 LC 28
2762
House
Bill 1260
By:
Representatives Neal of the
1st,
Rogers of the
26th,
Loudermilk of the
14th,
and Forster of the
3rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 43-18-41 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to qualifications for licensure of embalmers and funeral directors, so as to
authorize waiver of a requirement for an
emblameŕs
license for applicants for licensure as funeral directors in certain
circumstances; to provide that a funeral director licensed after waiver of such
requirement shall not be authorized to serve as the licensed funeral director
who is in full and continuous charge of a funeral establishment or crematory; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 43-18-41 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
qualifications for licensure of embalmers and funeral directors, is amended by
inserting a new subsection to read as follows:
"(e)
The board is authorized to waive the requirement for a valid
embalmeŕs
license for an applicant for a funeral
directoŕs
license if such an applicant presents credible medical evidence of a disability
that prevents the applicant from working as an embalmer, provided that a person
licensed as a funeral director in accordance with this subsection shall not be
authorized to serve as the licensed funeral director who is in full and
continuous charge of a funeral establishment or crematory as required by Code
Section
43-18-71."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.