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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 400
BY SENATOR RISER
EMBALMERS/FUNERAL DIRECT. Provides relative to funeral directors, embalmers, and
crematory operators in Louisiana. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 37:842(A)(1) and 872(B)(1), relative to funeral directors,2
embalmers and crematory retort operators; to provide for non-residents being3
licensed in Louisiana; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 37:842(A)(1) and 872(B)(1) are hereby amended and reenacted to6
read as follows: 7
§842. Minimum qualifications for license 8
A. Any applicant shall be qualified for license as funeral director if he: 9
(1) Is a resident of Louisiana, and twenty-one years of age, or at least10
eighteen years of age and legally emancipated.11
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§872. Qualifications for licensure of a crematory retort operator; exception;13
compliance with other regulations14
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B. In order to receive a license as a crematory retort operator, a person shall16
meet all of the following requirements:17 SB NO. 400
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(1) Be a resident of Louisiana, who is at least twenty-on e years old, or is at1
least eighteen years old and is legally emancipated.2
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien.
DIGEST
Present law provides that a requirement for licensure as a funeral director or embalmer has
residency in the state.
Proposed law removes that requirement.
Present law provides that a requirement for licensure as a crematory retort operator has
residency in the state.
Proposed law removes that requirement.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 37:842(A)(1) and 872(B)(1))