Tennessee SB 2046: Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, extends registration period for apprentice funeral directors, apprentice embalmers, and mortuary school students, from two to three years, or until the registrant has completed the apprenticeship requirements, whichever occurs first. - Amends TCA Section 62-5-312.

Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1979
By Forgety

SENATE BILL 2046
By Crowe

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section
62-5-312, relative to apprenticeships.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 62-5-312(a), is amended by deleting
the language:
The registration shall be valid for a period of two (2) years from the date of
registration.
and substituting instead the language:
The registration shall be valid for a period of three (3) years from the date of
registration, or until the registrant has completed the apprenticeship
requirements, whichever occurs first.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 62-5-312(d), is amended by deleting
the language:
The registration shall be valid for a period of two (2) years from the date of
registration.
and substituting instead the language:
The registration shall be valid for a period of three (3) years from the date of
registration, or until the registrant has completed the apprenticeship
requirements, whichever occurs first.
SECTION 3. This act shall apply to all persons who register with the board as an
apprentice funeral director, apprentice embalmer, or mortuary school student on and after the
effective date of this act.

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SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring
it.