The Florida Senate

497.367  Instruction on HIV and AIDS, funeral directors and embalmers.--

(1)  Each person licensed as a funeral director or embalmer under this chapter shall be required to complete an approved continuing educational course on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome as a prerequisite for every third biennial licensure renewal. The course shall consist of education on the modes of transmission, infection control procedures, clinical management, and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Such course shall include information on current Florida law on acquired immune deficiency syndrome and its impact on testing, confidentiality of test results, and treatment of patients.

(2)  Confirmation of completed continuing education concerning each funeral director or embalmer licensee shall be submitted according to procedures, forms, and methods as specified by rule of the licensing authority.

(3)  There may be approved by the licensing authority by rule or order additional equivalent courses that may be used to satisfy the requirements in subsection (1). There may be counted the hours required for completion of the course included in the total continuing educational requirements as required by law.

(4)  Any person holding two or more licenses subject to the provisions of this section shall only be required to take the course once every 2 years notwithstanding the number of licenses held by that person.

(5)  Failure to timely comply with the above requirements shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action against the licensee.

(6)  It shall be required as a condition of granting a license as a funeral director and embalmer under this chapter that an applicant making initial application for licensure complete an educational course approved by the licensing authority on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. An applicant who has not taken a course at the time of licensure shall, upon an affidavit showing good cause, be allowed 6 months to complete this requirement.

History.--s. 72, ch. 2004-301; s. 8, ch. 2007-55.