1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to health; modifying the requirements for reciprocal licensure to practice
1.3 mortuary science; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 149A.30, subdivision
1.4 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 149A.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1.Licensees of other states.(a) The commissioner may issue a reciprocal
1.8license to practice mortuary science to a person who holds a current license or other credential
1.9from another jurisdiction if the commissioner determines that the requirements for that
1.10license or other credential are substantially similar to the requirements under this chapter.
1.11The individual seeking reciprocal licensing must person:
1.12 (1) attain attains:
1.13 (i) a passing score on the Minnesota state licensing examination; and
1.14 (ii) a passing score on the National Board Examination administered by the International
1.15Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards of the United States, Inc., or another
1.16examination determined by the commissioner to adequately and accurately assess the
1.17knowledge and skills required to practice mortuary science;
1.18 (2) submit submits to the commissioner the documentation described in section 149A.20,
1.19subdivision 7, clauses (1) and (5), and certification of a passing score on an examination
1.20described in clause (1), item (ii); and
1.21 (3) pay pays the appropriate licensing fee.;
1.22 (4) submits to the commissioner:
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2154NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: UTKE)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading03/06/2025
Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 (i) documentation that the person meets one of the educational requirements in section
2.2149A.20, subdivision 4; or
2.3 (ii) documentation that the person has been licensed or credentialed in another jurisdiction
2.4and a signed, dated affidavit from the person declaring that the person has engaged in at
2.5least three years of practice in that jurisdiction performing the duties of a licensed mortician;
2.6 (5) submits to the commissioner a signed, dated affidavit from the person declaring that
2.7the person is not subject to any pending investigations by the mortuary science licensing or
2.8credentialing authority in any other jurisdiction and is not currently practicing as a licensed
2.9mortician in any other jurisdiction under a restricted license or credential;
2.10 (6) submits to the commissioner a signed, dated affidavit from the person declaring that
2.11the person has performed at least 25 services, completed at least 25 funeral arrangements,
2.12and performed at least 25 embalming cases; and
2.13 (7) submits to the commissioner documentation that the person has completed the
2.14continuing education hours required in section 149A.40, subdivision 11, within the two-year
2.15period prior to applying for licensure under this subdivision.
2.16 (b) When, in the determination of the commissioner, all of the requirements of this
2.17subdivision have been met, the commissioner shall, based on all the information available,
2.18grant or deny licensure. If the commissioner grants licensure, the applicant shall be notified
2.19and the license shall issue and remain valid for a period prescribed on the license, but not
2.20to exceed one calendar year from the date of issuance of the license. If the commissioner
2.21denies licensure, the commissioner must notify the applicant, in writing, of the denial and
2.22provide the specific reason for denial.
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