Chap. 248.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of an act approved
March 5, 1894, as amended by an act approved March 16, 1903, entitled an
act to establish a State board of embalming, to provide for the better
protection of life and health, to prevent the spread of contagious dis-
eases, and to regulate the practice of embalming, and the care and dis
position of the dead, etc.

Approved March 16, 1910.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
eight of an act approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four,
as amended by an act approved March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and
three, entitled an act to establish a State board of embalming, to provide
for the better protection of life and health, to prevent the spread of con-
agious diseases, and to regulate the practice of embalming, and the care
and disposition of the dead, et cetera, be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

§8. Every licensed embalmer, as provided in this act, who desires to
continue the practice of embalming in this State shall thereafter, an-
nually, on such date as the said board may fix, pay to the secretary of the
board the sum of two dollars for the renewal of license; and if the ap-
plicant for the renewal of such license has committed no offense against
the laws of this State since the issue of previous license, or has not vio-
lated the rules of said board of embalming, the secretary shall issue a
renewal license to the applicant; but if the laws of this State, or the
rules of the board of embalming, have been violated by such applicant,
then the application for renewal shall be referred to the board for its
action, which board may grant or refuse such renewal, as the facts may
warrant, subject to the right of appeal to the corporation or circuit
court of the city or county in which the applicant resides, either in term
or vacation.

Authority is hereby given said board of embalming to suspend during
any year a license previously issued by said board for gross incompetency,
dishonesty or any act derogatory to the standing of the profession: pro-
vided, that in case of any such suspension, the party affected thereby
shall have the right of appeal to the corporation or circuit court of the
city or county in which he resides, either in term or vacation. The State
board of embalming is empowered to recognize, in this State, license
issued in other States to practice embalming, under such requirements
and regulations as may be prescribed by said board of this State and
any other State.