1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to health; allowing the commissioner of 
  1.3             health to issue a lifetime, limited license for the 
  1.4             practice of mortuary science; proposing coding for new 
  1.5             law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 149A. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [149A.45] [LIFETIME, LIMITED LICENSE.] 
  1.8      The commissioner may issue a lifetime license for volunteer 
  1.9   or emergency practice to an applicant who: 
  1.10     (1) is a former licensee who is completely retired from the 
  1.11  practice of mortuary science; 
  1.12     (2) is age 75 or older; 
  1.13     (3) has no unresolved disciplinary action or complaints 
  1.14  pending in the state of Minnesota or any other jurisdiction; and 
  1.15     (4) has held a license to practice mortuary science in any 
  1.16  jurisdiction for at least 15 years. 
  1.17     The commissioner may charge an applicant a one-time fee for 
  1.18  licensure.  The license fee must be minimal and may not exceed 
  1.19  the administrative costs incurred by the department of health in 
  1.20  issuing the license.