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Dear Ms. Scardino:

This office is in receipt of the request of the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors for an opinion of the Attorney General in regard to the consequences of an expungement in reference to R.S. 37:846 (A) which provides that the "Board may refuse to grant, refuse to renew, or may suspend or revoke, any license when the applicant or licensee is found guilty of any of the following acts or omissions: * * * (9) Conviction of any felony or any offense involving moral turpitude * * *."

You indicate a licensee, who had failed to advise the Board of a prior felony conviction,…