Continuing Education

Continuing Education and the Academy

CE Provider Approval: Organizations or educational providers who are interested in requesting pre-approval of their educational events should complete the Uniform Provider/Sponsor Continuing Education Request Approval Form. There is an annual fee of $350 charged to the provider to evaluate CEU programs which is renewed on December 1 of each year.

APFSP CE Program Approval: The Academy approves more than 3,500 hours of continuing education programs each year. To search APFSP approved programs, please click HERE.

APFSP Approved Continuing Education Providers: Please click HERE for a list of APFSP approved Continuing Education Providers.

Please consult the following chart for state-specific approval information:

State:	Accepts APFSP Approval	State Specific App	CE Hours/year
Alabama Board of Funeral Service	Limited		4/yr
Alaska Div. of Occupational Licensing			None
Arizona State Board of FD and Embalmers	Yes		12/yr
Arkansas State Board of Embalmers			6/yr
California Cemetery & Funeral Bureau			None
Colorado Funeral Directors Association	Yes
Connecticut Embalmer/FD Licensing.	Yes		6/yr
Delaware Board of Funeral Service	Yes		5/yr
District of Columbia Board of Funeral Directors	Yes		3/yr
Florida Dept. of Financial Services			6/yr
Georgia State Examining Boards		Yes	5/yr
Hawaii Sanitation Branch			None
Idaho Occupational Licensing Bureau		Yes	8/yr
Illinois Professional Services Section			12/yr
Indiana State Bd of Funeral & Cemetery Service			5/yr
Iowa Board of Mortuary Science			12/yr
Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts		Yes	6/yr
Kentucky Bd of Embalmers & Funeral Directors			6/yr
Louisiana State Bd of Embalmers & FD	Yes	Yes	4/yr
Maine Board of Funeral Service	Yes	Yes	6/yr
Maryland State Board of Morticians	Yes	Yes	6/yr
Massachusetts Bd of Embalming & FS		Yes	8/yr
Michigan Dept. of Consumer & Industry Services	Yes		4/yr
Minnesota Department of Health	Yes	Yes	7.5/yr
Mississippi			None
Missouri			None
Montana			6/yr
Nebraska			6/yr
Nevada	Yes		6/yr
New Hampshire			7/yr
New Jersey			5/yr
New Mexico			5/yr
New York			6/yr
North Carolina			5/yr
North Dakota			None
Ohio			9/yr
Oklahoma (1 in person; 1 Ethics)	Yes/ APFSP only		6/yr
Oregon			None
Pennsylvania (2hr child abuse)			3/yr
Rhode Island	Yes (2 of 5 APFSP)		5/yr/3 OSHA
South Carolina			3/yr
South Dakota			None
Tennessee			10/yr
Texas			8/yr
Utah			10/yr
Vermont
Virginia			5/yr
Washington			5/yr
West Virginia			3/cred 4 OSHA/2yr
Wisconsin	Yes		15/2 yr
Wyoming			8/yr
Canada:
Alberta			4/yr
Manitoba			6/yr
Novia Scotia			6/five years
Ontario			6/yr
Saskatchewan			4/yr