36-19-14. Funeral activities--License required--Trainee activity permitted.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person may not, without being licensed as a funeral director by the board:

(1)    Embalm any dead human body;

(2)    Practice embalming;

(3)    Conduct or supervise funeral services and burials of casketed remains; or

(4)    Maintain a funeral establishment in this state.

A trainee may embalm a dead human body and practice embalming, under the supervision of a funeral director licensed by the board.

Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1401; SL 1939, ch 102, § 1; SL 1963, ch 154, § 1; SL 2023, ch 137, § 9; SL 2025, ch 159, § 2.