(a) The provisions of sections 20-217 , 20-220 and 20-227 shall not prohibit the employment of assistants or of registered apprentice embalmers and registered apprentice funeral directors as provided in this chapter, provided a licensed funeral service business may employ no more than two registered apprentice embalmers at any one time, and any person, firm, corporation or other organization engaged in the business of funeral directing may employ no more than one registered apprentice funeral director at any one time, without the approval of the Board of Examiners of Embalmers and Funeral Directors.
(b) Registered apprentice embalmers and registered apprentice funeral directors shall register as apprentices with the Department of Public Health, in the manner prescribed by the commissioner in regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-211 , for purposes of completing practical training and experience pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.