Funeral Directors, Embalmers & Burial Services
The Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers licenses and regulates funeral directors, embalmers and funeral establishments. The Burial Services/Cemetery division administers legislative acts that require the establishment of a trust for the protection of those who buy cemetery and funeral property and services.
General Licensing Resources
- ★ What is the status of my Funeral Directors, Embalmers & Burial Services Application?
- ★ Where do I find my funeral directors, embalmers & burial services application, fees and program information?
- ★ How do I apply for a funeral directors, embalmers & burial services license?
- How can I recieve notifications of changes to rules and laws affecting the Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers or Burial Services Section?
- How much longer do I have before I complete my funeral directors, embalmers & burial services apprenticeship?
- Have I completed my apprentice funeral director and apprentice embalmer requirements?
Funeral Directors/Embalmers
- ★ How do I become a Funeral Director?
- ★ Continuing Education Requirements
- How do I become an Embalmer?
- Who is exempt from Continuing Education Hours?
- Do I need continuing education on my first Funeral Directors/Embalmers renewal?
- If I attend mortuary college, do I still have to complete a two year apprenticeship program?
Apprenticeships
- Have you received my Certification of Completion of Apprenticeship form?
- Can I fax in my quarterly report?
- How do I notify The Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers that I am changing sponsors/employers for my apprenticeship?
- Can I go to mortuary school as a student and serve as an apprentice funeral director and apprentice embalmer at the same time?
Establishment Licenses
- ★ How do I apply for an Establishment license?
- ★ Can I renew the establishment license online?
- If I am not a licensed funeral director, can my name be used for advertising purposes in connection with a licensed establishment?
- How many funeral Establishments can you operate?
- Do all funeral homes in the State of Tennessee selling prearranged funded funeral plans to consumers have to register with the Burial Services Section of the Department of Commerce and Insurance?
- Can the annual funeral establishment reports be faxed or emailed.
Cemetery
- Can my spouse and I be buried in the same grave space?
- Can I put the type of marker on my relative's grave I choose?
- What is the Installation and Memorial Care fee?
- Should a cemetery register as a preneed seller when they sell grave spaces on a preneed basis?
- Can Initial Cemetery Registrations be paid on-line?
- Who is responsible for the upkeep of a cemetery?
Pre-Need Sales
- Can I pay the consumer protection fee for preneed sales every year?
- Is there a limit to how many preneed sales agents a funeral establishment may have?
- Why do I have two numbers assigned to me?
- Can the annual funeral establishment reports be faxed or emailed?
- When is the consumer protection fee for preneed sales due?
- I have two funeral homes; do I need to register both as preneed sales?
Removal Services
- What type of insurance is needed to run a removal service?
- Does a Tennessee licensed funeral establishment need to register as a removal service?
- My removal service is physically located in another state, but I make removals and transport human remains in the State of Tennessee, should I apply for a removal service registration in Tennessee?
Consumer Resources
- ★ How do I search to see if someone is licensed with the Funeral Directors, Embalmers & Burial Services?
- ★ How do I file a complaint?
- ★ What happens after I file a complaint with the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers?
- What can the State do if I have a legitimate grievance?
- How do I get information regarding complaints filed or disciplinary action taken against a licensee?
- Can I file a complaint anonymously?