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Assistant Funeral Director License Proposed New and Amended Regulations, Filing Deadlines and Examination Dates


UPDATED 4-23-2008   2008 Assistant Funeral Director (AFD) Examination Filing Deadlines and Examination Dates:

Filing Deadline                Examination Date

May 15, 2008                     Wednesday, June 4, 2008
June 16, 2008                    Wednesday, July 2, 2008,
July 15, 2008                      Wednesday, August 6, 2008
August 15, 2008                Wednesday, September 3, 2008
September 15, 2008        Wednesday, October 1, 2008
October 15, 2008              Wednesday, November 5, 2008
November 17, 2008          Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 2008,

All examinations will be administered at the KSBMA office in Topeka at 1:30 p.m. on the dates indicated.

Please note that applications and fees ($200--$150 application fee, $50 examination fee) must be filed with the KSBMA office BY the filing deadline in order to be eligible to be administered the examination the next month.  AFD applicants who are serving a funeral director apprenticeship and submit an apprenticeship application with the AFD application will not be administered the AFD examination--as they will be administered the funeral director examintion upon completion of apprenticeship.  Please feel free to contact our office if you have any questions or if we can be of assistance.

Additional information regarding the assistant funeral director license:

Assistant Funeral Director Application
Assistant Funeral Director Examination Application
Assistant Funeral Director Examination Information
Assistant Funeral Director Licensure Information  (information for applicants and supervising funeral directors)

NOTE: Three of the above are pdf documents. If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat Reader already installed on your computer, please visit their site to download it.


EFFECTIVE 2-8-2008   Assistant Funeral Directors License Applicants:  The regulations authorizing the written assistant funeral director examination went into effect on Friday, February 8, 2008.  All assistant funeral director applications for licensure received beginning February 8, 2008 will require passing a written examination--unless an apprentice funeral director application is filed at the time an assistant funeral director application is filed.  Assistant funeral director examinations will be scheduled on set dates during the first week of the month--with the filing deadline of the 15th of the month PRIOR to the examination date.  EXAMPLE:  Applicants wanting to be administered the test in May must have filed their applications and paid all fees ($150 application fee and $50 examination fee) with the board by no later than April 15th.  Once an applicant has passed the written examination and paid an initial prorated license fee, the assistant license will be issued.  Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

  Notice of Public Hearing   A public hearing was conducted on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 11:45 a.m. in the Conference Room of the Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts for the following two regulations involving updated requirements for the assistant funeral director license:

EFFECTIVE 2-8-2008  K.A.R. 63-2-26
EFFECTIVE 2-8-2008  K.A.R. 63-4-1

The Fiscal Impact Statements (both original and updated) for these two regulations can be viewed by selecting:

  K.A.R. 63-2-26 Economic Impact Statement
  K.A.R. 63-4-1 Economic Impact Statement

  KAR 63-2-26 Updated Economic Impact Statement
  KAR 63-4-1 Updated Economic Impact Statement

No additional changes were proposed at the public hearing of Thursday, October 11, 2007.

Comments from the Kansas Legislature's Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations (JCARR) from their meeting held on Tuesday, August 14, 2007   JCARR

The board adopted these regulations at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, January 10, 2008.  The regulations appeared in the January 24, 2008 edition of the Kansas Register with an effective date of Febuary 8, 2008. 

For hard copies of the above information or if you have any questions or comments, please contact us at our Topeka office:  (785) 296-3980 or via email at:  boma1@ksbma.ks.gov

Last amended:  Wednesday, April 23, 2008




State of Kansas Board of Mortuary Arts

700 SW Jackson Street, Suite 904   -  Topeka, Kansas 66603-3733
phone:(785)-296-3980  -  fax:(785)296-0891
 -  email: boma1@ksbma.ks.gov


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