Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-396.3b

A. As used in this section, “assistant funeral director” means

a person who assists a funeral director duly licensed in this state

in one or more of the principal functions of funeral directing and

is actively engaged in such work. An assistant funeral director

shall be an employee of the funeral director in charge under whom

the employee is registered, and shall be a person to whom the

funeral director in charge delegates the responsibility of

conducting funeral services, making funeral arrangements, and making

interments.

B. The Oklahoma Funeral Board may license assistant funeral

directors to each Oklahoma-licensed funeral director in charge. The

funeral director in charge shall have only one assistant funeral

director. Licensure as an assistant funeral director shall be

separate and distinct from registration as an apprentice funeral

director or embalmer. The Board may issue an assistant funeral

director license upon successful completion of the Oklahoma State

Law Examination for Funeral Directors, the manner and form of which

shall be determined by the Board, and upon payment of the

application fee which shall include the license fee for the current

year or portion thereof. Such application and registration and

renewal fee shall be in the amount fixed by the Board in accordance

with the provisions of Section 396.4 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. Before issuing a license to an applicant for an assistant

funeral director’s license, the Board shall require satisfactory

proof that the applicant is capable and trustworthy to act as such

and that the applicant is a person of good moral character, has a

good standing in the community, and is qualified to engage in the

business. In determining the moral character of any such applicant,

the Board shall take into consideration any felony conviction of

such person; provided, however, any such conviction shall not

automatically operate as a bar to licensure. Each person applying

for an assistant funeral director’s license shall make application

and be recommended in writing on forms provided by the Board. The

application shall show that the applicant is at least eighteen (18)

years of age and shall have at least sixty (60) semester hours of

study earned, measured in quarter or clock hours, from a regionally

accredited college or university before such license can be issued

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to the applicant. Upon issuing a license to an assistant funeral

director, the Board shall cause the licensee to be registered under

the supervision of the Oklahoma-licensed funeral director by whom

such licensee is employed and under whom such licensee is

registered. The funeral director under whom the assistant funeral

director has been registered shall immediately notify the Board when

the licensee has left the employment of the director. Upon

reemployment of the licensee by any other funeral director in

charge, such licensee shall be reinstated by the Board. The work of

an assistant funeral director shall at all times be under the

supervision and control of the Oklahoma-licensed funeral director

under whom the licensee is registered. Licenses of assistant

funeral directors may be suspended or revoked, or the Board may

refuse to issue or renew a license, for any of the reasons and in

the manner stated in this section for funeral directors’ licenses.

C. The expiration date of each license shall be December 31.

Subject to the provisions of this section, each license shall be

renewable on an annual basis upon the filing of a renewal

application prior to the expiration date of the license and upon

payment of the renewal fee.

D. The assistant funeral director shall complete continuing

education in accordance with the provisions of Section 396.5b of

Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.