Section 62-5-307 - Application for embalmer's license - Apprenticeship(a) No person shall be granted a license to engage in the practice of embalming dead human bodies within this state unless the person makes application to the board for the license, along with a nonrefundable fee as set by the board.(b) The application shall contain the name of the applicant, showing that the applicant:(1) Has attained eighteen (18) years of age;(2) Is a citizen of the United States or an individual enumerated in 8 U.S.C. § 1622(b);(3) Is of good moral character;(4) Is properly protected against communicable disease, either through immunization or education;(5) Has graduated from a high school or has earned a high school equivalency credential approved by the state board of education;(6) Has obtained an associate degree by successfully completing a mortuary science program consisting of not less than sixty (60) semester hours, ninety (90) quarter hours or the equivalent, with a program accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education and evidenced by an official transcript; and(7) Has completed one (1) year of apprenticeship in the presence of and under the direction and supervision of a licensed embalmer.Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 114,s 43, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 161, Secs.s 1, s 2 eff. 4/18/2019.Acts 1951, ch. 13, § 11 (Williams, § 7140.11); Acts 1973, ch. 36, § 1; 1973, ch. 39, § 1; 1980, ch. 554, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 62-514; Acts 1985, ch. 354, § 9; 1989, ch. 523, § 152; 2001, ch. 188, §§ 10, 11; 2007 , ch. 297, § 3.