Rule 24.147.504 - MORTICIAN INTERNSHIP(1) To apply for a mortician intern license, an applicant must submit: (a) a completed application and fee;(b) documentary evidence satisfactory to the department that the applicant is either enrolled in or has graduated from an approved mortuary science educational program; and(c) a completed supervisory agreement in a format approved by the department.(2) To qualify for a mortician license, all mortician interns must prove, using a format approved by the department, that they have: (a) completed at least 2,000 hours of supervised work at a licensed mortuary;(b) made funeral arrangements or funeral directing for at least 25 cases; and(c) embalmed at least 25 bodies.(3) A "one-year internship" as used in 37-19-302, MCA, means the requirements in (2)(a) through (c) completed in no less than 12 months and no more than 36 months. Intern licenses have an expiration date of three years after the date issued.(4) All interns and supervisors must maintain a current log of the requirements in (2) in a format approved by the department and produce the log if requested by the department.(5) A mortuary must provide a copy of the log to any intern who leaves employment with the mortuary.(6) The mortuary employing the intern, the supervising mortician, and the intern shall maintain a copy of the log for three years after the intern receives a mortician license or a total of seven years, whichever occurs first.(7) All interns must notify the department within ten days: (a) if they withdraw enrollment in mortuary school or enroll in a different mortuary school; and(b) any change in the intern's supervisor or employment.(8) All supervising morticians must: (a) be currently licensed in Montana in good standing and have been licensed in any jurisdiction for a minimum of three years;(b) supervise no more than three mortician interns;(c) assume responsibility for the acts and omissions of the intern and be subject to license discipline for failing to supervise the intern, even while the intern is independently subject to license discipline; and(d) notify the department within ten days of the change of supervising mortician, mortuary school enrollment, or employment of the intern by the mortuary.(9) "Supervision" has the meaning in 37-19-101, MCA, and includes the supervising mortician's onsite direction, observation, and evaluation of the intern on a regular basis and, in limited absences of the supervisor, by a licensed mortician delegated to supervise. Mont. Admin. r. 24.147.504
Eff. 12/31/72; TRANS, from Dept. of Prof. & Occup. Lic., Ch. 274, L. 1981, Eff. 7/1/81; AMD, 1985 MAR p. 1610, Eff. 11/1/85; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 2425, Eff. 9/20/96; TRANS, from Commerce, 2002 MAR p. 790; AMD, 2013 MAR p. 1191, Eff. 7/12/13; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 2012, Eff. 8/10/2024AUTH: 37-1-131, 37-19-202, MCA; IMP: 37-1-131, 37-19-101, 37-19-302, 37-19-304, MCA