18VAC65-40-220. Qualifications of training site.
A. The board shall approve only an establishment or two combined establishments to serve as the training site or sites that:
1. Have a full and unrestricted Virginia license;
2. Have complied in all respects with the provisions of the regulations of the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; and
3. For a funeral service internship, have 50 or more funerals and 50 or more bodies for embalming over a 12-month period for each person to be trained. This total must be maintained throughout the period of training. If the establishment does not meet the required number of funerals or embalmings, the funeral service intern may seek approval for an additional training site; or
4. For a funeral directing internship, have 50 or more funerals over a 12-month period for each person to be trained. This total must be maintained throughout the period of training. If the establishment does not meet the required number of funerals, the funeral directing intern may seek approval for an additional training site; or
5. For an embalming internship, have 50 or more bodies for embalming over a 12-month period for each person to be trained. This total must be maintained throughout the period of training. If the establishment does not meet the required number of embalmings, the embalming intern may seek approval for an additional training site.
B. The board may grant approval for an intern funeral service or an embalming intern to receive all or a portion of the embalming training at a facility of state or federal government or an accredited educational institution.
Statutory Authority
§ 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR320-01-04 § 2.10, eff. October 9, 1991; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 14, eff. May 3, 1995; Volume 15, Issue 7, eff. January 20, 1999; Volume 22, Issue 21, eff. July 26, 2006; Volume 23, Issue 12, eff. March 21, 2007; Volume 29, Issue 25, eff. September 26, 2013; Volume 38, Issue 12, eff. March 3, 2022; Volume 39, Issue 6, eff. December 7, 2022.