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Licensing Applications

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BE ADVISED THE APPLICATION IS NOT COMPLETE!

To complete the licensure application, you must do the following:

1. The Cemetery and Funeral Bureau requires all applicants to be fingerprinted; please submit a completed Live Scan request form with your application.
   
   • Live Scan
   • Submit Fingerprint Cards

   Exceptions to this requirement:

   • You have an active license as a Cemetery Manager, Crematory Manager, Embalmer, Funeral Director or an Apprentice Embalmer Certificate.
   • You have previously submitted Live Scan information as an officer, owner or board trustee of a Funeral Establishment.
   • You have previously submitted Live Scan information as an officer or owner of a Crematory or Cemetery after November 1, 2002.
   • You applied for licensure after November 1, 2002 and hold a current Cemetery Salesperson, Cremated Remains Disposer or a Cemetery Broker License.

   PLEASE NOTE: Live Scan or fingerprint cards submitted to other agencies do not meet this requirement.

2. The Cemetery and Funeral Bureau requires official transcripts. "Official Transcripts" are transcripts sent directly from the educational institution, in a sealed envelope, to the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite S-208, Sacramento, CA 95834, for the following applications:
   
   • Crematory Manager (High School)
   • Cemetery Manager (High School)
   • Apprentice Embalmer (High School)
   • Embalmer (High School and a Mortuary Science Degree)
   • Funeral Director (Associate in Arts or Associate in Science degree, or an equivalent of 60 units recognized by the Western Association of Colleges and Universities, or any nationally recognized accrediting body of colleges and universities)
3. Request for Examination Accommodations for Examinees with Disabilities
   

   PLEASE NOTE: Transcripts submitted with previous applications do not meet this requirement.

• Funeral Establishment and Funeral Director
• Embalmer
• Certificate of Authority (Cemetery) and Cemetery Manager
• Cemetery Broker
• Cemetery Salesperson
• Crematory and Crematory Manager
• Cremated Remains Disposer

These forms are in PDF format and can be filled out online and printed! Point your mouse to the box you wish to enter information and click your mouse button. The tab key can be used to jump from box to box. For those boxes needing a checkmark, position the mouse in the box and click your mouse button. A checkmark will be entered for you. When you are finished entering information into the form, it's ready to be printed and mailed to the address indicated on the form.

Funeral Establishment

• Original Funeral Establishment License - Use this application only when opening a new funeral establishment not currently licensed by the Bureau.
• Assignment of Funeral Establishment License - Use this application when purchasing an existing funeral establishment currently licensed by the Bureau.
• Change in Location of Funeral Establishment and/or preparation-storage Room - To be used when moving either a funeral establishment location and/or the preparation/storage room.
• Change of Name for Funeral Establishment
• Notification of Change - Use this application when changing corporate officers, trustees, or the managing funeral director, and applying for approval to share.
• Approval to Train Apprentice Embalmer
• Forms

Funeral Director

• Funeral Director Examination and License
• Licensing Information
• Examination Handbook

Embalmer

• Embalmer Examination and License
• Licensing Information
• Examination Handbook

Apprentice Embalmer

• Certificate of Registration as an Apprentice Embalmer
• Extension of Apprenticeship
• Leave of Absence
• Report of Apprenticeship
• Approval to Train and Share Apprentice Embalmer
• Approval to Share Apprentice Embalmer
• Licensing Information

Certificate of Authority (Cemetery)

• Certificate of Authority License
• Designate, Change or Share Cemetery Manager
• Licensing Information
• Forms

Cemetery Manager

• Cemetery Manager Examination and License
• Examination Handbook

Cemetery Broker

• Cemetery Broker Examination and License
• Cemetery Broker Branch License
• Licensing Information
• Examination Handbook

Cemetery Salesperson

• Cemetery Salesperson License
• Cemetery Salesperson Transfer or Reinstatement
• Licensing Information

Crematory

• Crematory License
• Designate, Change or Share Crematory Manager
• Licensing Information
• Forms

Crematory Manager

• Crematory Manager Examination and License
• Examination Handbook

Cremated Remains Disposer

• Cremated Remains Disposer Registration
• Licensing Information
• Cremated Remains Disposer Booklet
• Annual Report Form