Article 8-1
The professional training referred to in the preceding article shall include the following 4 courses:
1. Funeral policies and regulations.
2. Code of professional ethics.
3. Public health and prevention of infectious diseases relating to mortuary services.
4. Trends and development of mortuary services.
Funeral directors shall complete at least 5 hours of each of the courses referred to in the preceding paragraph.

Article 2
Those who have the following qualifications may apply to the central competent government authority for the issuance of a funeral director’s certificate:
1. Having a Class B technician certificate or above for mortuary services;
2. Completing more than 20 credits of professional courses on mortuary services in public or private colleges or above; and
3. Having operated or having been employed to provide mortuary services for more than 2 years since July 1, 2003.
For the professional courses on mortuary services referred to in Subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph, refer to the Appendix. Up to 2 credits of each subject is accepted.
For professional courses on mortuary services recognized or reviewed by the central competent government authority in accordance with Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1, Article 2 of the Regulations before the amendment to the Regulations on May 23, 2017, they shall also be the professional courses on mortuary services referred to in Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1 and may be continuously opened within 3 years after the implementation of the amendment. For the professional courses on mortuary services that are continuously opened, a list of the recognized subjects and course names, year, and teachers shall be submitted to the central competent government authority for future reference.

Article 5
Those sentenced for imprisonment for 1 year or more for the commitment of murder, offenses against abandonment, snatch, robbery, extortion, offense of kidnapping for ransom, fraud, offense of breach of trust, offense of criminal conversion, crimes specified in Article 2 of the Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act, or crimes specified in Paragraphs 1 and 2, Article 3, Article 6 and Article 9 of the Organized Crime Prevention Act and not yet completing the enforcement or having completing the enforcement or having been pardoned for less than 3 years shall not serve as a funeral director; for those having served as a funeral director, the original issuance will be annulled or revoked except for those sentenced to probation.

Article 8
A funeral director’s certificate is valid for 6 years. Six months before the expiration of a funeral director’s certificate, funeral directors shall submit a certificate of completion of more than 30 hours of professional training organized by the central government authority or authorized institutions, schools or organizations and completed within the effective period of a funeral director’s certificate and documents specified in Subparagraphs 1, 3 and 4, Paragraph 1, Article 3 to the central government authority in exchange for a new funeral director’s certificate.
If funeral directors fail to renew their certificate within the aforesaid deadline, they shall submit a certificate of completion of more than 30 hours of professional training in the last 6 years to apply for the issuance of a funeral director’s certificate according to Article 3.

Article 10
When a funeral director’s certificate is defaced, damaged, lost or destroyed, funeral directors shall submit the documents specified in Subparagraph 1, 3 and 4, Paragraph 1, Article 3 to the central government authority for re-issuance; the original certificate will be annulled.
For a certificate reissued according to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the effective period shall be the same as that of the original certificate.