The Board shall approve only funeral service licensees, licensed funeral directors, or licensed embalmers to give funeral training who have a full and unrestricted Virginia funeral license, have at least two consecutive years in practice and are employed full time in or under contract with the establishment, facility, or institution where training occurs. A supervisor licensed as an embalmer or a funeral director shall provide supervision only in the areas of funeral practice for which he/she is licensed. The board will not approve registration of a supervisor who has been subject to board disciplinary action within the most recent two years.
Further, a licensee seeking approval by the board as a supervisor shall submit a completed application and any additional documentation as may be required to determine eligibility. Such registration shall expire 48 months after registration or at the completion of the intern's training, whichever occurs first.
The application for supervision of a funeral service intern shall be signed by the establishment manager and by the persons who will be providing supervision for embalming, funeral directing, and/or funeral services.
(Virginia Code Section 54.1-2817; 18VAC65-40-280)
The Board’s Regulations, 18VAC65-40-250, contain the following requirements for supervision:
A. Training shall be conducted under the direct supervision of a licensee or licensees approved by the board. Credit shall only be allowed for training under direct supervision.
B. The board shall approve only funeral service licensees, licensed funeral directors, or licensed embalmers to give funeral training who have a full and unrestricted Virginia funeral license, have at least two consecutive years in practice and are employed full time in or under contract with the establishment, facility, or institution where training occurs. The board will not approve registration of a supervisor who has been subject to board disciplinary action within the most recent two years.
C. A supervisor licensed as an embalmer or a funeral director shall provide supervision only in the areas of funeral practice for which he is licensed. A supervisor shall ensure that an intern receives training under the direct supervision of a licensee who has a current license in good standing.
D. A supervisor shall register with the board for each intern for whom the supervisor is providing supervision. Such registration shall expire 48 months after registration or at the completion of the intern's training, whichever occurs first. If the intern has been granted an extension beyond 48 months for extenuating circumstances, the supervisor may continue to provide supervision for a time period specified by the board.
E. Failure to register as a supervisor may subject the licensee to disciplinary action by the board.
F. If a supervisor is unable or unwilling to continue providing supervision, the intern shall obtain a new supervisor. Credit for training shall resume when a new supervisor is approved by the board and the intern has paid the prescribed fee for the change of supervisor.
G. No more than two interns shall be concurrently registered under any one person licensed for the practice of funeral service, funeral directing, or embalming.
(18VAC65-40-250)
No more than two interns shall be concurrently registered under any one person licensed for the practice of funeral service, funeral directing, or embalming. Supervisors must be employed full time in or under contract with the establishment, facility, or institution where training occurs.
(Virginia Code Section 54.1-2817)
The Board’s Regulations, 18VAC65-40-340, set forth the responsibilities of an intern supervisor as follows:
A. The supervisor shall provide the intern with all applicable laws and regulations or sections of regulations relating to the funeral industry.
B. The supervisor shall provide the intern with copies of and instruction in the use of all forms and price lists employed by the funeral establishment.
C. The supervisor shall provide the funeral service or funeral directing intern with instruction in all aspects of funeral services and shall allow the intern under direct supervision to conduct all necessary arrangements for a minimum of 25 funerals.
D. The embalming supervisor shall provide instruction on all necessary precautions, embalming functions, and reporting forms and shall allow the funeral service or embalming intern under direct supervision to perform a minimum of 25 embalmings.
E. The supervisor shall provide the funeral service or funeral directing intern with instruction in making preneed funeral arrangements and instruction on the laws and regulations pertaining to preneed funeral contracts and disclosures.
F. The supervisor shall provide the funeral service or funeral directing intern instruction on cremation and on the laws and regulations pertaining to cremation.
G. If a training site does not offer preneed funeral planning or cremation services, the supervisor shall arrange for such training at another licensed funeral establishment that does.
(18VAC65-40-340)
Both the intern and the supervisor are responsible for completing the reporting forms and signing the required attestations.
The reporting forms can be accessed on the Board’s website under Applications and Forms.
(18VAC65-40-330)
A supervisor licensed as an embalmer or a funeral director shall provide supervision only in the areas of funeral practice for which he is licensed.
(18VAC65-40-250)
A supervisor licensed as an embalmer or a funeral director shall provide supervision only in the areas of funeral practice for which he is licensed.
(18VAC65-40-250)
Pursuant to 18VAC65-40-320 of the Board’s Regulations:
B. If the internship is terminated or interrupted prior to completion of 1,000 hours or if the intern is changing supervisors or training sites, the intern and the supervisor shall submit a partial report to the board with a written explanation of the cause of program termination or interruption or of the change in training or supervision.
1. The partial report shall provide the amount of time served and the dates since the last reporting period. Credit for partial reports shall be given for the number of hours of training completed.
2. Partial reports shall be received in the board office no later than 14 days after the interruption or termination of the internship or after the change in supervisors or training sites.
(18VAC65-40-320)
No, funeral interns are only allowed to complete training at the location approved by the Board. The Board will approve a maximum of two training sites.
Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Email: fanbd@dhp.virginia.gov
Corie E. Tillman Wolf, J.D., Executive Director
Jason Graves, FSL, President