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22:1 New Section; Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Amend RSA 325 by inserting after section 14 the following new section:
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.
22:2 Embalmers and Funeral Directors; Associate Funeral Director. Amend RSA 325:1, II to read as follows:
II. "Associate funeral director" means an individual who is duly licensed, by passage of a written examination, in another state and who has either secured potential employment as a funeral director or has committed to the purchase of an existing funeral home in this state upon licensure .
22:3 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, and including the qualifications for satisfactory evidence of:
22:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: April 03, 2026
Effective Date: June 02, 2026
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22:1 New Section; Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Amend RSA 325 by inserting after section 14 the following new section:
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.
22:2 Embalmers and Funeral Directors; Associate Funeral Director. Amend RSA 325:1, II to read as follows:
II. "Associate funeral director" means an individual who is duly licensed underRSA 325:14-a .
22:3 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 , RSA 325:14, and RSA 325:14-a, and including the qualifications for satisfactory evidence of:
22:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: April 03, 2026
Effective Date: June 02, 2026