21 NCAC 34B .0103          AUTHORIZED PRACTICE: SUPERVISION

(a)  Duly certified resident trainees in training for funeral service, duly certified resident trainees in training for funeral directing and duly certified resident trainees in training for embalming, while participating in learning experiences and while supervised by a person licensed by the Board as a funeral service licensee, funeral director or embalmer, respectively, may assist in the practice of funeral service, funeral directing or embalming respectively, as limited by this Rule.

(b)  A licensee wishing to supervise a trainee shall meet the following requirements:

(1)           The licensee shall have either practiced continuously in North Carolina for a minimum of five years before the date of the application, or shall have taken a trainee supervisor certification course provided by the Board; and

(2)           The licensee shall not have any disciplinary action taken by the Board or the licensing board of any other jurisdiction to suspend or revoke his or her license during the five years preceding the application.

(c)  Duly certified resident trainees in training for funeral service or for funeral directing, while participating in learning experiences and while supervised by a person licensed by the Board as a preneed sales licensee, may also assist in the preneed funeral planning activities described in 21 NCAC 34D .0202(b)(1), (2), (4), and (5).

(d)  No credit shall be given for the resident trainee's work that is unsupervised or performed under the supervision of a person not registered with the Board as the resident trainee's supervisor. If the registered supervisor does not supervise the resident trainee for a continuous period of more than two weeks, the traineeship under that supervisor shall terminate, requiring a new traineeship application. When a resident trainee assists in funeral service, funeral directing, embalming or preneed funeral planning on the funeral home premises, a licensed supervisor shall be on the funeral home premises where and while such activities are performed; provided that a licensed supervisor shall be present in the same room whenever a resident trainee accepts any initial payment or negotiates any contract for funeral services either at-need or pre-need with the public. When a resident trainee assists in funeral service, funeral directing, embalming or any funeral planning off the funeral home premises, such activities shall be performed only in the presence of a licensed supervisor employed with the establishment with which the resident trainee is registered.

(e)  A licensed supervisor shall review with the purchaser any contract negotiated by a resident trainee, and then the licensed supervisor shall obtain the purchaser's signature on the contract in the licensed supervisor's presence.

(f)  The resident trainee's license certificate for indicating the trainee's authority to assist in the activities described and authorized in this Rule and in 21 NCAC 34D .0202(b) is the resident trainee pocket certificate.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90‑210.23(a),(f); 90-210.25(a)(4),(5)d.; 90-210.67(a); 90-210.69(a);

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. September 27, 1977;

Amended Eff. January 1, 2009; November 1, 2004; August 1, 1998; June 1, 1994;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. August 19, 2017.