Amendment 2026-0337h to HB1119 (2026)

Relative to the regulation of funeral directors.


Revision: Feb. 3, 2026, 10:47 a.m.

Rep. Grote, Rock. 24

Rep. Layon, Rock. 13

January 27, 2026

2026-0337h

09/08

 

 

Amendment to HB 1119

 

Amend RSA 325:14-a as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:  

 

325:14-a  Associate Funeral Directors.  

No person shall engage or hold himself or herself out as engaged in being an associate funeral director, unless the person:  

I.  Holds an associate funeral director's license from the office of professional licensure and certification;

II.  Has passed such examinations approved by the board to ascertain efficiency and qualifications to engage in being an associate funeral director;

III.  Has completed a funeral director certificate program approved by the board; and

IV.  Has completed a one-year course in apprenticeship under the supervision of a duly licensed or registered funeral director or embalmer.  

 

Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following and renumbering the original section 3 to read as 4:  

 

3  Embalmers and Funeral Directors; Rulemaking Authority.  Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 325:9, II to read as follows:  

II.  The qualifications of applicants in addition to those requirements set by RSA 325:13 [and 14], RSA 325:14, and RSA 325:14-a, and including the qualifications for satisfactory evidence of: