Course Description

The primary purpose of this study is to shed light on OSHA standards, protocols, and guiding principles concerning proper handling and disposal of biohazardous and hazardous waste in a working environment shared by funeral directors, embalmers, direct disposers and etcetera. This mandated continuous education course is a mandatory requirement to maintain licensure every two years. 

Additionally, the course is used to empower Florida Licensed Funeral Professional and to keep them abreast of current changes in laws and challenges central to safety and security measures as identified in OSHA Standards and overview of Funeral Home.  An in-depth training on Bloodborne Pathogen, Hazard Communication, and Formaldehyde which meets the Florida Rule 69K-32 and Florida Status 497.162 health and safety education which meets Florida Division Board of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services requirements is demonstrated through the use of scientific based instructions.

The statute applies to the following targeted professionals:

•Funeral Director

•Embalmer

•Direct Disposer

•Combination Funeral Director/Embalmer

•Funeral Home Staff

Instructor

April McCormick

April is a native Floridian. She received a master’ degree in nursing with a concentration in advanced practice nursing from South University from Savannah, Georgia in 2012. Over the past 17 years her passion as a Nurse educator and preceptor has employed her the provided enjoyment of empowering patients, families, students, and the community at large in various of health topics. In 2016 she attended St Petersburg College in Florida and completed her Funeral Arts Certificate. April is currently interning with Fuller’ Brother Funeral Home as a Funeral Director Intern. With the amassed skills and knowledge it has allowed April to educate her students in multiple areas of studies. Her love for learning has afforded her the ability to create an environment for learning and design an institution for training former and new nurses in care practices inside the Healthcare Center she directs. She enjoys mentoring up and coming nurses who share the same passion for advancing knowledge and promoting quality of life in the healthcare arena.For over 13 years April has championed the cause of raising awareness of advance assessment and disease management, among multicultural adults with multiple health disparities. April has worked in the demanding capacity of a Utilization Review Liaison in Broward County hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities in the areas of acute rehabilitation for over 20 years. This level of experience and love for healthcare has extended itself to writing training manuals and instructing group and private educational training in healthcare administration, nurse care, geriatric, parish nurse, and etcetera for the last 15 + years. April was instrumental for addressing and educating ecumenical personal and parishioners first hand on nutritional and medical assessments that prolongs life and advances quality care for over 16 years. The Parish Nurse community news which provides healthcare facts, tidbits and scientific based research promoting quality care, continues to thrive as it continues to promote medical care advocacy in high-at-risk communities of color.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

    • Course Outcomes

    • Occupational Safety Funeral Homes PDF
  • 2

    Test

    • Must Pass with a 72%