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2022 SESSION
Be 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. Continuing education requirements; promulgation of regulations.
A. The Board shall promulgate regulations governing continuing education requirements for funeral services licensees, funeral directors, and embalmers licensed by the Board.
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 include, but not be limited to, at least one hour per year
covering compliance with federal or state laws and regulations governing the
profession, and at least or one hour per year covering preneed
funeral arrangements, provided that at least one hour of continuing
education in preneed is completed every three years. 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.
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.
D. The Board shall have the authority to grant exemptions or waivers in cases of certified illness or undue hardship.
E. 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 licensees 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.