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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368337</law_id><section_number>54.1-2814</section_number><catch_line>Examination</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="9" identifier="28">Funeral Services</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="3" identifier="3">Licensure of the Practice of Funeral Service, Funeral Directors and Embalmers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each applicant for license for the practice of funeral service shall be examined in writing on:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Basic and health sciences including anatomy, chemistry, bacteriology, pathology, hygiene and public health; <a id="paragraph-1371732" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2814/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Funeral service arts and sciences including <span class="dictionary">embalming</span> and restorative art; <a id="paragraph-1371733" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2814/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Funeral service administration including accounting, funeral <span class="dictionary">law</span>, psychology, and funeral principles, directing and management.
			The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may recognize other examinations that it considers equivalent to its examination. <a id="paragraph-1371734" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2814/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-260.70; Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 54-260.22 through 54-260.30, 54-260.32; 1956, c. 220; 1966, c. 284, &#xA7; 54-260.70; 1972, c. 797; 1973, c. 296; 1974, c. 686; 1978, c. 849; 1986, c. 43; 1988, c. 765; 2000, c. 773.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Bohreer v. Erie Ins. Group</name><case_number>1:06CV555</case_number><citation>475 F. Supp. 2d 578</citation><date>2007-02-16</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2517538/bohreer-v-erie-ins-group/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 475 F.Supp.2d 578 (2007) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
