Interns & the Internship Outline 

• Intern Embalmer and Funeral Director Application
• Intern Funeral Director Application 

Printable Intern Individual Case Reports are available by clicking on the desired forms listed below:

• Intern Individual Case Report (These forms are to be kept at the funeral home and MUST be readily accessible and available for the Inspector to review)
• Intern Monthly Case Report (These forms are to be sent to the board and MUST be received by the 10th of each month to receive credit for that month)

Internship Outline

In order to begin an internship, an individual must be employed with a Louisiana licensed funeral establishment and has submitted an application to the Board. Prior work history at a funeral home before applying for an official internship will not be accepted. An intern may work part-time of full time. 1,560 hours are required for completion of an internship. (15 hour per week for 24 months or maximum of 40 hours per week for 9 months.)  A supervisor must be named on the initial internship application, and a verification form will have to be complete by the supervisor.

Communication: Email is the preferable form of communication. Please contact [email protected] – Heidi L. Penouilh or [email protected] – Kim W. Michel with any questions that you may have. Once your email has been received, a reply will be made to acknowledge receipt of it. 

Education: Minimum qualifications for a person applying for a license to:

• Have obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent. A certified/official transcript is required. A copy of a transcript(s) can be reviewed for acceptable courses; however, those courses will not be confirmed in lieu of an official certified transcript. 

• Have successfully completed a minimum of thirty semester hours in an accredited college or university as evidenced by a certified copy of the transcript of the college or university. The minimum subject hours shall include twenty-one semester hours of the basic freshman courses, which include but are not limited to the following: English, mathematics, bookkeeping, accounting, business mathematics, psychology, history, science, business administration, biology, economics, chemistry, and marketing or such other minimum hours as the law may provide. Remedial classes and courses such as music, the arts, physical education, and sports shall not be considered as accepted courses. A certified/official transcript is required. A copy of a transcript(s) can be reviewed for acceptable courses; however, those courses will not be confirmed in lieu of an official certified transcript.

Internship Time: A funeral director intern shall have served an internship in the state of Louisiana for a period of not less than nine months, or thirty-nine weeks, and not more than forty-eight months, or two hundred eight weeks, has actively assisted in at least thirty funerals, and has completed at least one thousand five hundred sixty contact hours during the internship period. A funeral director intern may receive credit for up to two-thirds of the internship requirement prior to the completion of thirty semester hours. An Embalmer and Funeral director intern shall haves served an internship in the state of Louisiana for a period of not less than nine months, or thirty-nine weeks, and not more than forty-eight months, or two hundred eight weeks, actively assisted in at least thirty embalming operations and thirty funerals and completed at least one thousand five hundred sixty contact hours during the internship period. An embalmer and funeral director intern may receive credit for up to two-thirds of the internship requirement prior to graduating from an accredited school recognized by the board.

Case Reports: 30 cases must be completed, documented, and sent to the board. Case reports should be submitted monthly and are due by the 10th of each month. Your reports may be scanned and emailed to Heidi L. Penouilh or uploaded electronically via this website by clicking on this link. Intern Monthly Case Report Submission Link An application MUST be submitted prior to the start of the internship for receive monthly case report credits. 

Can I change my internship? Yes, if an intern changes employment, a notification MUST be sent to the Board office in writing with the date of leave from the old funeral establishment, date of hire/start at the new funeral establishment and the name of the new supervisor.