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Education/Licensing Requirements for Funeral Directing
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Academic Requirements
In general, an individual must complete a course
of collegiate-level study in funeral service:
- consisting of at least 60 semester credits
or 90 quarter credits and
- in an institution(s) approved by the NYS Department
of Health or approved by a recognized accrediting agency.
The course of study
shall consist of the following curriculum:
| Area of study |
Hours |
Examples of courses
(illustrative only) |
| Mortuary Arts & Sciences |
22 semester credits |
Embalming, Restorative Art, & related Academic
Disciplines or 33 quarter credits Anatomy, Chemistry,
Microbiology, Pathology, Personal & Public Health Biology
Practicum |
| Funeral Service Education |
22 Semester credits |
Funeral Service Orientation, & Related Academic
Disciplines or 33 Quarter credits Funeral Counseling, Funeral
Directing, Funeral Home Management, Funeral Merchandising,
Funeral Home Accounting, Business and Mortuary Law, Practicum |
| Electives (institutional requirements) |
16 semester credits or 24 quarter credits |
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Examinations
1. Funeral Directing
Examination
In order to obtain funeral directing licensure,
an applicant shall pass a funeral directing examination prepared
or approved by the NYS Department of Health to determine applicant's
knowledge and fitness. (Applicants must submit satisfactory evidence
of good moral character to
the Department.) An applicant may sit for the examination
only after satisfactorily completing the academic requirements.
2. NYS Laws Examination
In addition to the funeral directing examination,
an applicant for licensure must pass an examination on NYS laws,
rules and regulations relating to funeral directing that is prepared
or approved by the Department.
Funeral Service
Schools in New York State
The following New York State schools offer NYS
Department of Health approved funeral service courses of study ...
American
Academy McAllister Institute
619 West 54th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10019
212-757-1190
www.funeraleducation.org
Hudson
Valley Community College
Mortuary Science Program
80 Vandenburgh Avenue, BRN 124
Troy, NY 12180
518-629-7113
Nassau
Community College
Mortuary Science Department
1 Education Drive, Bldg. D-2085C
Garden City, NY 11530
516-572-7277
Simmons
Institute
1828 South Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13207
315-475-5142
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