Statute 65-1703: Unlicensed persons; unlawful acts; student and apprentice
embalmers; definitions.
It is unlawful for any person who is not
licensed as an embalmer to advertise, practice, offer to
practice, or hold oneself out as practicing the science of
embalming, either by arterial or cavity treatment, or otherwise, in this state,
or to embalm any dead human body for shipment or transportation by common or
private carrier. It is unlawful for any common
carrier to receive for transportation or to transport any dead human body
unless the body has been prepared by a licensed embalmer,
in accordance with this act and the rules and regulations of the
board. No one except a licensed embalmer, an apprentice embalmer
or a student embalmer under the provisions of this act and rules and
regulations of the board shall be permitted to
do
any of the actual embalming of a dead human body, and no licensed
embalmer shall permit anyone who is not a licensed embalmer, an
apprentice embalmer or a
student embalmer assigned to such embalmer, to perform in such embalmer's place
of business, or elsewhere, or under
such embalmer's supervision, any of the actual embalming of a dead human
body, or perform any act necessary to embalm and preserve a dead human body.
Student embalmers shall preregister or register with the board and be
under the direct personal supervision of a licensed Kansas embalmer at all
times during the embalming process. Apprentice embalmers shall be under the
personal supervision of a licensed embalmer.
The term "actual embalming" as used in this section shall not
be construed to include dressing the hair, bathing, moving or dressing the
body, or cosmetic work.
The term "direct personal supervision" means that a licensed Kansas
embalmer takes full responsibility for actions of the student embalmer and
shall be physically present at all times.
The term "personal supervision" means that a licensed embalmer takes full
responsibility for the actions of the apprentice embalmer, but does not require
any physical presence.
History: L. 1907, ch. 387, § 8; L. 1909, ch. 225, § 4; R.S. 1923,
65-1703; L.
1941, ch. 297, § 9;
L. 1991, ch. 190, § 3;
L. 1995, ch. 86, § 1; July 1.