OAR 830-020-0000
Applications and Examinations for Funeral Service Practitioner and Embalmer Licenses
(1)
All applications for funeral service practitioner and embalmer licenses by examination, accompanied by the examination fee prescribed by ORS Chapter 692 (Funeral Service Practitioners), must be received in the office of the Board at least 14 days before the examination is held, or be postmarked before midnight of that date.(2)
The funeral service practitioner and embalmer examinations shall be scheduled no less than twice each year:(a)
Applicants for a funeral service practitioner license shall be required to successfully complete a written examination and receive a score of not less than 75 percent, based on the total number of questions;(b)
Applicants for an embalmer’s license shall be required to successfully complete a written examination that will include two sections, funeral service arts and funeral service sciences, and must receive an average score of at least 75 percent on the sections with not less than 70 percent on either of these two sections; and(c)
If the Board deems it necessary, the applicant for an embalmer’s license may also be required to pass an examination testing his or her qualifications as to the practical application of his knowledge.(3)
Upon successful completion of the funeral service practitioner’s examination, an appropriate license for the current year will be issued to the examinee after fulfilling the apprenticeship and upon payment of the annual license fee prescribed by ORS Chapter 692 (Funeral Service Practitioners). An applicant for an embalmer’s license may be examined by the Board after first providing evidence of graduation from a funeral service program accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, but shall not receive an embalmer’s license until he or she has fulfilled his or her apprenticeship and paid the required fee as prescribed in ORS Chapter 692 (Funeral Service Practitioners).(4)
If an applicant for a funeral service practitioner or embalmer license fails to satisfactorily complete the examination, he or she may retake the examination the next time it is given upon payment of the full examination fee. Such fee must be received in the office of the Board at least 14 days before the examination is given.(5)
The examination fee shall not be returned to an examinee once he or she takes the examination.(6)
Test results will be mailed to examinees within 30 days after completion of the examination. Exams are not reviewable by examinee, pursuant to the Public Records Act, ORS Chapter 192 (Records).
Source:
Rule 830-020-0000 — Applications and Examinations for Funeral Service Practitioner and Embalmer Licenses, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=830-020-0000.