30 Miss. Code. R. 2401-6.8
Any person who is registered as a Mississippi funeral directing apprentice is required to complete this apprenticeship for funeral directing within thirty (30) months of the date of the Board-issued certification. The funeral service apprentice must complete this apprenticeship within eighteen (18) months of the date of certification issued by the Board.
The funeral directing and funeral service apprenticeship is not intended as a long-term method of practicing funeral directing and/or funeral service in the absence of progress toward licensure. Accordingly, a funeral directing apprentice shall not be allowed to register with the Board for more than two (2) apprenticeship periods, unless otherwise approved by the Board for good cause demonstrated by the apprentice. A funeral service apprentice shall not be allowed to register with the Board for more than three (3) apprenticeship periods, unless otherwise approved by the Board for good cause demonstrated by the apprentice.
The funeral director or funeral service apprentice certification authorizes the trainee to engage in the practice of funeral service or funeral directing only during the period of the Board-approved apprenticeship. Once the apprenticeship is successfully completed as defined by these rules and regulations, the funeral director or funeral service apprentice registration or certification becomes null and void and the individual will no longer be authorized to act as an apprentice but must obtain the appropriate license from the Board in order to practice funeral service or funeral directing.
30 Miss. Code. R. 2401-6.8