(a) The bureau shall require the applicant to pass both of the following:
(1) The sciences section of the national examination administered by the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, or its equivalent, as determined by the bureau.
(2) An examination, administered by the bureau, on the state’s laws and the rules and regulations of the bureau, including those sections of the Health and Safety Code which pertain to the funeral industry.
(b) An applicant who has previously passed the sciences section of the national examination described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be in compliance with that paragraph.
(c) An applicant who has previously failed the examination administered by the bureau prior to January 1, 2010, may, until June 30, 2010, retake that examination. If the applicant passes that examination, he or she shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 307, Sec. 87. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2010.)
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