Funeral Director

This record was last updated on March 11, 2021, before 2022. It may be out of date — confirm with the board.
Exam
No exam
Education
None
Experience
Experience
Background check
None

Any person engaged in the profession of a funeral director or in the care and disposition of the human dead, or in the practice of disinfecting and preparing by embalming the human dead for the funeral service, burial or cremation, or the supervising of the burial, transportation or disposal of decreased human bodies, or in the practice of funeral directing or embalming as presently known, whether under these titles or designations or otherwise. The term funeral director shall also mean a person who makes arrangements for funeral services and whose sells funeral merchandise to the public incidental to such service or who makes financial arrangements for the rendering of such services and the sale of such merchandise.

Requirements reported by the state

Licence type
Stand-alone license
Exam
No exam
Education
No education required
Continuing education
Continuing education required
Certification
No mention of certification
Experience
Experience
Background check
No criminal record requirements

Issuing body

Department
Department of State
Division
Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs
Board
Funeral Directors Board
Address
P.O. Box 2649 Harrisburg, PA 17105
Last updated
March 11, 2021

Occupations (O*NET)

Source and verification

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