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State Archives of North Carolina"},{"label":"Language","value":["English"]},{"label":"Description","value":"The General Assembly created the State Board of Embalming of North Carolina in 1901, to have authority over licensing and registering embalmers in North Carolina.  The five-member board, appointed by the State Board of Health, consisted of three members of the Board of  Health and two experienced embalmers.  Members served five-year terms and were eligible for reappointment.  A president and secretary were to be chosen from the membership by the board for one-year terms.  Legislation provided that persons desiring to engage in the profession should apply to the board and remit a five-dollar license fee.  After passing an examination to determine if the candidate was of good moral character and possessed the necessary skills and knowledge, the board could register the applicant as a licensed embalmer.  Registration was renewable annually for a small fee.  After 1 January 1902 any person  practicing embalming who failed to comply with these conditions was liable to be fined between fifty and one hundred dollars.  In 1917 the General Assembly required newly licensed embalmers to have either a one-year special course in embalming at an approved school or two years of practical experience with a licensed embalmer.  In 1919 the one-year requirement was deleted from the law.  The General Assembly of 1931 altered the membership of the board, requiring all members to be licensed and practicing embalmers.  In 1945 the board was placed under the authority of the North Carolina  Funeral Directors and Burial Association, which assumed the right to elect members and remove any member deemed unfit to serve on the board.  In 1949 the legislature required that henceforth funeral directors should also be regulated.  A new seven-member State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors was created, five members of which were to be licensed and practicing embalmers.  All were to be chosen by the North Carolina Funeral Directors and Burial Association.  The 1951 General  Assembly required embalmers to complete a special course in an approved school and to have two years of practical experience in the profession with a licensed embalmer.  In 1957 the law concerning embalmers and funeral directors was  rewritten.  The president of the State Board of Health was added to the board as an ex officio member.  An applicant for licensing had to be a  resident of North Carolina, a U.S. citizen at least twenty-one years old, and a high school graduate.  Apprentices were to register with the board and pay a fee fixed by the board.  Requirements and fees for funeral home directors were the same as for embalmers, except that a funeral director was not required to attend a school of mortuary science.  He was,  however, to undergo a written examination.  The law also specified  sanitary and health requirements for preparation rooms in funeral homes.  In 1965 the board, composed of five licensed embalmers, two licensed funeral directors, and the president of the State Board of Health, was instructed to hold annual elections to fill positions as they became vacant.  All licensed embalmers and funeral directors in North Carolina were eligible to vote.  Members were to serve staggered terms, five years for embalmers and two for funeral directors.  In 1975 the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors became the North Carolina Board of Mortuary Science.  The structure of the board remained generally the same, with the addition of a member of the general public  appointed by the governor.  The president of the Board of Health had become the chairman of the Commission for Health Services, an agency attached to the Department of Human Resources.  The term \"embalmer\" was replaced by the broader category \"funeral service licensee\" in requirements for board membership and eligibiltiy for voting.  Terms remained the same, and the board was to meet at least twice a year. Significantly, the board was also given power to appoint inspectors and issue subpoenas.  In 1975 legislation also provided that licensed funeral service  personnel were to be at least eighteen years old, graduates of an  approved college of mortuary science, and were to have completed twelve months of resident training.  Funeral directors were to satisfy similar requirements, except that they were to have completed a minimum of thirty-two semester hours in an accredited college or be a graduate of a college of mortuary science.  Practicing professionals were to pass a required written examination.  These requirements could be waived for  persons licensed before 1 July 1975.  In 1979 the General Assembly  established a schedule of fees payable to the board by funeral service personnel and trainees for permits, applications, renewals, and reinstatements.  In 1983 the Board of Mortuary Science was again restructured.  Four members, elected by licensees, were to be funeral service licensees or persons holding both a funeral director's license and an embalmer's license; two more elected members were to have a funeral director's  license or funeral service license; and one member was to be from the general public, appointed by the governor.  Members were to serve three- year terms, and no member could serve more than two consecutive terms. In 1992 the number of board members was increased from seven to nine,  with the addition of two more public members appointed by the governor.  Duties of the board have remained the same:  to license, regulate, and inspect funeral homes; to ensure that they meet all the requirements prescribed by law; to establish, regulate, and control programs for resident trainees; to approve schools of mortuary science which  applicants desiring to practice in North Carolina can attend; to grant licenses to individuals certified in other states; and to revoke licenses of individuals not complying with state laws or regulations.  In 1992 the board also was given responsibility for the regulation of \"preneed\" or prearranged funeral insurance funds, and it began  licensing and regulating companies involved in such operations.  It also  assumed control of the personal recovery fund set up to protect \"preneed\" policy purchasers from fraud or other problems associated with such  insurance.  In 1990 the North Carolina Board of Mortuary Science was also charged with selecting two members of the seven-member North Carolina Crematory  Authority, which regulates and licenses crematoria in the state.  REFERENCES:  P.L., 1901, c. 338.  P.L., 1919, c. 88.  P.L., 1931, c. 174.  S.L., 1945, c. 98.  S.L., 1949, c. 951.  S.L., 1951, c. 413, s. 1.  S.L., 1957, c. 1240, ss. 1, 2.  S.L., 1965, c. 630, ss. 1, 3.  S.L., 1975, c. 571, s. 1.  S.L., 1979, c. 461, ss. 1-3, 10-23.  S.L., 1983, c. 69, ss. 1, 5.  S.L., 1987, c. 430, s. 1, 2, 13.  S.L., 1989, cc. 738, ss. 1-3; 988.  S.L., 1991, cc. 528; 644, s. 10; 901, ss. 3, 4.  G.S. 90-210.18 through 90-210.37; 210.40 through 210.50; 130A-29   through 130A-33 [1992]."},{"label":"Digital Characteristics","value":"1 page"},{"label":"Format","value":["Finding aids"]},{"label":"Rights","value":"This item is provided courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina and is a public record according to G.S.132."},{"label":"Source Collections","value":["Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors Records. 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