Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000 - 9998.11]
( Heading of Division 3 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 30. ) CHAPTER 12. Cemetery and Funeral Act [7600 - 7746]
( Heading of Chapter 12 amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 3. ) ARTICLE 2. Funeral Establishments and Directors [7615 - 7636]
( Heading of Article 2 amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 970, Sec. 31. ) 7622.
Before an individual is granted a funeral director’s license, he or she shall successfully pass an examination upon the following subjects:
(a) The signs of death.
(b) The manner by which death may be determined.
(c) The laws governing the preparation, burial and disposal of human remains, and the shipment of bodies dying from infectious or contagious diseases.
(d) Local health and sanitary ordinances and regulations relating to funeral directing and embalming.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)