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2006 SESSION
062038208Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 54.1-2816.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54.1-2816.1. Continued competency; when Board may require.
A. The Board shall promulgate
regulations governing continuing education may prescribe
by regulation such requirements as may be necessary to
ensure continued competence for
funeral services licensees, funeral directors and embalmers licensed by the
Board. The Board shall annually determine whether there have been any significant revisions in
the practice of or the laws and regulations governing funeral services. Upon
determining that any
such revisions have occurred that will
require that licensees obtain additional education in their relevant practices, the
Board shall prescribe continuing education accordingly and shall notify relevant
licensees of the requirement at the time renewal
notices are next sent. The notice to licensees shall specify the content and
number of hours, not to exceed five hours,
which shall be obtained within one year from approved
providers and attested to on the next renewal application.
B. The Board shall
approve criteria for continuing education courses, requiring no more than five
hours per year, that are directly related to the respective license and scope
of practice of funeral service licensees, funeral directors and embalmers.
Approved continuing education courses shall emphasize, but not be limited to,
compliance with laws and regulations governing the profession. Course providers
may be required to register continuing education courses with the Board
pursuant to Board regulations. The Board shall not allow continuing education
credit for courses where the principal purpose of the course is to promote,
sell or offer goods, products or services to funeral homes. The
Board may approve persons who provide or accredit continuing education in order to
accomplish the purposes of this section and shall
provide for the reporting of satisfactory
completion and record retention of any required continuing
education courses.
C. All course providers shall furnish written
certification to licensees of the Board attending and completing respective
courses, indicating the satisfactory completion of an approved continuing
education course. Each course provider shall retain records of all persons
attending and those persons satisfactorily completing such continuing education
courses for a period of two years following each course. Applicants for renewal
or reinstatement of licenses issued pursuant to this article shall retain for a
period of two years the written certification issued by any Board-approved
provider of continuing education courses. The Board may require course
providers or licensees to submit copies of such records or certification, as it
deems necessary, to ensure compliance with continuing education requirements.
DC. The
Board shall have the authority to grant exemptions, extensions,
or waivers in cases of certified illness or undue hardship.
ED. The
Board may provide for an inactive status for those licensees who do not
practice in Virginia. The Board may adopt regulations reducing or waiving
continuing education requirements for any licensee granted such inactive
status. However, no licensee granted inactive status may have their license
changed to active status without first obtaining additional continuing
education hours as may be determined by the Board. No person or registrant
shall practice in Virginia as an embalmer, funeral director, or funeral service
licensee unless he holds a current, active license.