<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 36-19-14 - Funeral activities--License required--Trainee activity permitted.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-19-14 - Funeral activities--License required--Trainee activity permitted."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-19-14 - Funeral activities--License required--Trainee activity permitted."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/36-19-14"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-19-14" rel="noopener"><span class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944SENU">36-19-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944SENU">. </span><span class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944CL">Funeral activities--License required--Trainee activity permitted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944Statute"><span class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944DefaultParagraphFont">Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person may not, without being licensed as a funeral director by the board:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944StatuteNumber1"><span class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Embalm any dead human body;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944StatuteNumber1"><span class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Practice embalming;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944StatuteNumber1"><span class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Conduct or supervise funeral services and burials of casketed remains; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944StatuteNumber1"><span class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Maintain a funeral establishment in this state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944Statute"><span class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944DefaultParagraphFont">A trainee may embalm a dead human body and practice embalming, under the supervision of a funeral director licensed by the board.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s752fb3e06eb244d89daf8e3a51af5944SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.1401; SL 1939, ch 102, § 1; SL 1963, ch 154, § 1; SL 2023, ch 137, § 9; SL 2025, ch 159, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>