Section 3421. Funeral directing; requirements for license to practice

1. In
  order  to  be  licensed, an applicant for licensure shall pass a funeral
  directing  examination  prepared  or  approved  by  the  department   to
  determine  his  knowledge  and  fitness  therefor,  as  required by this
  article. No person shall be permitted to enter funeral director  school,
  apply  for  a  funeral  directing  examination  or  apply  for a funeral
  directing license without  submitting  to  the  department  satisfactory
  evidence of good moral character.
    2. Except as provided in subdivision three, the department shall admit
  to examination any applicant who pays a fee of forty dollars and submits
  evidence  subscribed and affirmed as true under the penalties of perjury
  and satisfactory to the department that the applicant:
    (a) is a citizen of the United States or an  alien  lawfully  admitted
  for permanent residence in the United States;
    (b) has satisfactorily completed a course of collegiate level study in
  funeral  service,  the  curriculum  of  which  has  been approved by the
  department, consisting of not less than ninety quarter credits or  sixty
  semester  credits  in  an  institution  or  institutions approved by the
  department or an accrediting agency recognized by the department;
    (c) has upon entering an approved institution as herein  provided  for
  the  purpose  of  beginning  his  funeral service study, registered as a
  student  with  the  department  upon  a  form  to  be  provided  by  the
  department,  and  has paid to the department a registration fee of fifty
  dollars.
    3. Delay in registering  as  a  student  as  herein  required  may  be
  excused, in the discretion of the commissioner.
    4.  The department shall issue a license to practice funeral directing
  to an  applicant  for  such  license  on  the  basis  of  the  following
  procedures:
    (a)  who  shall  have  successfully  passed  the examination as herein
  provided in subdivision one of this section, and
    (b) who pays a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars, and
    (c) who, after having passed  such  examination,  serves  a  one  year
  period  as  a  registered  resident  in  a  manner  satisfactory  to the
  department, and
    (d) who, has passed a second examination after or during  the  serving
  of  a  one  year  period  as a registered resident. The said examination
  shall be on the New York state laws, rules and regulations  relating  to
  funeral directing and shall be prepared or approved by the department of
  health.