ONTARIO regulation 194/01
made under the
Funeral Directors and
Establishments Act
Made: June 6, 2001
Filed: June 8, 2001
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 23, 2001
Amending Reg. 470 of R.R.O. 1990
(Licensing and Business Practices)
1. (1) Subsection 3 (1) of Regulation 470 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by adding at the beginning “Subject to subsections (5) and (6)”.
(2) Section 3 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsections:
(5) An applicant for a funeral director’s licence who holds a valid licence equivalent to one of the classes described in subsection 2 (1) from a Canadian jurisdiction outside Ontario is not required to meet the requirements set out in clauses (1) (a), (b), (c) and (d) if,
(a) the Board is of the opinion that the jurisdiction maintains occupational standards that are substantially equivalent to those of Ontario; and
(b) the applicant has successfully completed, after a maximum of three attempts within a period of two years, an examination in Ontario legislation and regulations applicable to funeral directors.
(6) An applicant for a funeral director’s licence who holds a valid licence equivalent to one of the classes described in subsection 2 (1) from a Canadian jurisdiction outside Ontario is not required to meet the requirements set out in clauses (1) (a), (b), (c) and (d) if,
(a) the Board is of the opinion that the jurisdiction maintains occupational standards that are not substantially equivalent to those of Ontario;
(b) the applicant has successfully completed, after a maximum of three attempts within a period of two years, an examination in Ontario legislation and regulations applicable to funeral directors; and
(c) the Board has assessed the applicant’s qualifications and is of the opinion that the applicant,
(i) has attained occupational standards substantially equivalent to those of Ontario through additional training or supervised work experience, or
(ii) within a reasonable time after making the application as the Board determines, will attain the standards described in subclause (i).
2. Section 31 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:
(7) It is a condition of a funeral director’s licence issued in accordance with subclause 3 (6) (c) (ii) that the funeral director attain the standards mentioned in that subclause within a reasonable time after the issuance of the licence as the Board determines.