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Embalmer License

Licensing authority: Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing · Application information

Conversion of child support temporary license after agency release
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Eligibility
Already otherwise qualified and issued a 150-day temporary license under AS 25.27.244; child-support agency issues a release before temporary-license expiration.
Issuance
Department then issues the initial or renewed ordinary license under AS 08; this conversion adds no examination requirement.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Licensure by education and examination
Alaska State Mortuary Science Exam
Age
At least 18 years old.
Application
Submit the completed notarized departmental application.
Apprenticeship
At least one year under an approved Alaska-licensed sponsor, minimum 30 hours per week excluding up to 30 leave days; complete 24 funeral cases (funeral director) or 24 embalming cases and removals (embalmer), as applicable.
Case Reports
Normally submit six signed case reports every three months; request extension if circumstances outside the trainee control prevent completion.
Conference Examination
The current state application identifies a funeral service examination provided by the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards and forwards complete education applicants to that provider. It does not name a particular National Board or State Board exam identity. This provider-defined examination slot is retained as an applicant condition under the contract rather than equated to a frozen nationwide exam version without state evidence resolving the identity.
Document Currency
Application forms, release authorizations and verifications become stale after 12 months under 12 AAC 02.915.
Education
Graduate of an accredited school or college of mortuary science, supported by official transcript.
Examination Scores
Submit official scores; AS 08.42.060 requires an average of at least 75 percent with no individual subject below 70 percent.
Fees
Pay the applicable application, license and state-examination fees.
Fitness
Answer all professional-fitness questions and provide a separate explanation and supporting records for each affirmative answer; an affirmative answer is not automatically disqualifying.
Military Credit
AS 08.01.064(a) permits equivalent military education, training and service to satisfy some or all otherwise applicable qualifications upon departmental equivalence determination.
Records Release
Submit the departmental authorization for release of records.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
State Examination
Take and pass the same Alaska state law examination used for both professions.
Supervision
Direct sponsor supervision throughout the first six months; thereafter the sponsor must be present at the beginning and available for consultation as 12 AAC 50.400 requires.
Licensure by reciprocity — substantially equivalent qualifications
Alaska State Mortuary Science Exam
Application
Submit the completed notarized departmental application.
Document Currency
Application forms, release authorizations and verifications become stale after 12 months under 12 AAC 02.915.
Education
Graduate of an accredited school or college of mortuary science, supported by official transcript.
Fees
Pay the applicable application, license and state-examination fees.
Fitness
Answer all professional-fitness questions and provide a separate explanation and supporting records for each affirmative answer; an affirmative answer is not automatically disqualifying.
Implementation Work Evidence
The current application additionally asks for at least one year of active licensed work experience (the embalmer form allows apprenticeship verification instead). This implementing demand is recorded alongside the statute qualifying equivalency alternative.
Licensure Verification
Currently licensed in at least one other state; obtain direct verification from every jurisdiction in which a license is or has been held.
Military Credit
AS 08.01.064(a) permits equivalent military education, training and service to satisfy some or all otherwise applicable qualifications upon departmental equivalence determination.
Prior Examination
The application verification asks whether the prior examination was supplied by ICFSEB and requests Arts/Sciences scores, or asks for the title of another state/testing-service examination. These provider-defined or other-state examination records are conditions; the state source does not identify a specific registered nationwide examination.
Qualification
AS 08.42.070(a)(1)(A): demonstrate compliance in the licensing state with requirements substantially equal to AS 08.42.
Records Release
Submit the departmental authorization for release of records.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
State Examination
AS 08.42.070(a)(2)-(b) requires passing the Alaska vital-statistics and mortuary-law examination.
Licensure by reciprocity — one year of licensed practice
Alaska State Mortuary Science Exam
Application
Submit the completed notarized departmental application.
Document Currency
Application forms, release authorizations and verifications become stale after 12 months under 12 AAC 02.915.
Education
Graduate of an accredited school or college of mortuary science, supported by official transcript.
Fees
Pay the applicable application, license and state-examination fees.
Fitness
Answer all professional-fitness questions and provide a separate explanation and supporting records for each affirmative answer; an affirmative answer is not automatically disqualifying.
Licensure Verification
Currently licensed in at least one other state; obtain direct verification from every jurisdiction in which a license is or has been held.
Military Credit
AS 08.01.064(a) permits equivalent military education, training and service to satisfy some or all otherwise applicable qualifications upon departmental equivalence determination.
Qualification
AS 08.42.070(a)(1)(B): meet applicable licensure qualifications except apprenticeship and examination provisions; hold another state license and have practiced mortuary science for at least one year in a state where licensed.
Records Release
Submit the departmental authorization for release of records.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
State Examination
AS 08.42.070(a)(2)-(b) requires passing the Alaska vital-statistics and mortuary-law examination.
Work Evidence
Obtain employer verification of one year of active licensed practice; the embalmer instruction form also lists apprenticeship verification as an implementing alternative, while statutory pathway B requires licensed practice.
Reinstatement of a license lapsed less than five years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the current renewal form, applicable fee, personal information, fitness disclosures and signed agreement.
Lapse
License lapsed less than five years; satisfy ordinary renewal prerequisites and applicable fees and any delayed renewal penalty. A license lapsed five years or more cannot be renewed under AS 08.01.100(d).
Law Acknowledgement
Certify review, understanding and compliance with AS 08.42, AS 45.45.120, AS 45.50.471(b)(24) and 12 AAC 50.
Military Exemption
AS 08.01.100(g) exempts qualifying active-duty licensees in a combat zone, danger-pay post or qualified hazardous-duty area from maintenance fees and requirements during deployment and, if they do not practice privately for profit, for 180 days after return.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
Term
Licenses expire December 31 of even-numbered years. Practice after lapse is prohibited.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Biennial renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the current renewal form, applicable fee, personal information, fitness disclosures and signed agreement.
Law Acknowledgement
Certify review, understanding and compliance with AS 08.42, AS 45.45.120, AS 45.50.471(b)(24) and 12 AAC 50.
Military Exemption
AS 08.01.100(g) exempts qualifying active-duty licensees in a combat zone, danger-pay post or qualified hazardous-duty area from maintenance fees and requirements during deployment and, if they do not practice privately for profit, for 180 days after return.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
Term
Licenses expire December 31 of even-numbered years. Practice after lapse is prohibited.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Permanent licensure under SCRA
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Compact
50 USC 4025a(e) makes the applicable compact, rather than this portability section, control a covered license operating under an interstate compact.
Documents
Submit application, military orders, marriage certificate if a spouse, notarized affidavit, and primary-source license verifications.
Eligibility
Service member or spouse relocating residence because of military orders; hold a covered professional license of the same scope in another US jurisdiction.
Good Standing
Meet the covered-license good-standing conditions in 50 USC 4025a(f), including no revocation, discipline, pending professional-conduct investigation or voluntary surrender during investigation.
Jurisdiction
Submit to Alaska standards of practice, discipline and applicable continuing-education and renewal requirements; department may conduct a background check.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary Embalmer License under AS 25.27.244

The otherwise-qualified licensee receives a nonextendable 150-day license while resolving child-support noncompliance.

Licensing authority: Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing · Application information

Temporary issuance while otherwise qualifying by education
Alaska State Mortuary Science Exam
Age
At least 18 years old.
Application
Submit the completed notarized departmental application.
Apprenticeship
At least one year under an approved Alaska-licensed sponsor, minimum 30 hours per week excluding up to 30 leave days; complete 24 funeral cases (funeral director) or 24 embalming cases and removals (embalmer), as applicable.
Case Reports
Normally submit six signed case reports every three months; request extension if circumstances outside the trainee control prevent completion.
Child Support
The child-support agency lists the applicant as not in substantial compliance; the applicant must otherwise be eligible for the underlying license.
Conference Examination
The current state application identifies a funeral service examination provided by the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards and forwards complete education applicants to that provider. It does not name a particular National Board or State Board exam identity. This provider-defined examination slot is retained as an applicant condition under the contract rather than equated to a frozen nationwide exam version without state evidence resolving the identity.
Document Currency
Application forms, release authorizations and verifications become stale after 12 months under 12 AAC 02.915.
Education
Graduate of an accredited school or college of mortuary science, supported by official transcript.
Examination Scores
Submit official scores; AS 08.42.060 requires an average of at least 75 percent with no individual subject below 70 percent.
Fees
Pay the applicable application, license and state-examination fees.
Fitness
Answer all professional-fitness questions and provide a separate explanation and supporting records for each affirmative answer; an affirmative answer is not automatically disqualifying.
Military Credit
AS 08.01.064(a) permits equivalent military education, training and service to satisfy some or all otherwise applicable qualifications upon departmental equivalence determination.
Records Release
Submit the departmental authorization for release of records.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
State Examination
Take and pass the same Alaska state law examination used for both professions.
Supervision
Direct sponsor supervision throughout the first six months; thereafter the sponsor must be present at the beginning and available for consultation as 12 AAC 50.400 requires.
Term
Temporary license lasts 150 days, cannot be extended, and can be issued only once during a regular license term; full-term issuance or renewal requires agency release.
Temporary issuance while otherwise qualifying by reciprocity — equivalent
Alaska State Mortuary Science Exam
Application
Submit the completed notarized departmental application.
Child Support
The child-support agency lists the applicant as not in substantial compliance; the applicant must otherwise be eligible for the underlying license.
Document Currency
Application forms, release authorizations and verifications become stale after 12 months under 12 AAC 02.915.
Education
Graduate of an accredited school or college of mortuary science, supported by official transcript.
Fees
Pay the applicable application, license and state-examination fees.
Fitness
Answer all professional-fitness questions and provide a separate explanation and supporting records for each affirmative answer; an affirmative answer is not automatically disqualifying.
Licensure Verification
Currently licensed in at least one other state; obtain direct verification from every jurisdiction in which a license is or has been held.
Military Credit
AS 08.01.064(a) permits equivalent military education, training and service to satisfy some or all otherwise applicable qualifications upon departmental equivalence determination.
Qualification
AS 08.42.070(a)(1)(A): substantially equivalent out-of-state licensing requirements.
Records Release
Submit the departmental authorization for release of records.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
State Examination
AS 08.42.070(a)(2)-(b) requires passing the Alaska vital-statistics and mortuary-law examination.
Term
Temporary license lasts 150 days, cannot be extended, and can be issued only once during a regular license term; full-term issuance or renewal requires agency release.
Temporary issuance while otherwise qualifying by reciprocity — experience
Alaska State Mortuary Science Exam
Application
Submit the completed notarized departmental application.
Child Support
The child-support agency lists the applicant as not in substantial compliance; the applicant must otherwise be eligible for the underlying license.
Document Currency
Application forms, release authorizations and verifications become stale after 12 months under 12 AAC 02.915.
Education
Graduate of an accredited school or college of mortuary science, supported by official transcript.
Fees
Pay the applicable application, license and state-examination fees.
Fitness
Answer all professional-fitness questions and provide a separate explanation and supporting records for each affirmative answer; an affirmative answer is not automatically disqualifying.
Licensure Verification
Currently licensed in at least one other state; obtain direct verification from every jurisdiction in which a license is or has been held.
Military Credit
AS 08.01.064(a) permits equivalent military education, training and service to satisfy some or all otherwise applicable qualifications upon departmental equivalence determination.
Qualification
AS 08.42.070(a)(1)(B): current out-of-state licensure and at least one year of licensed practice; apprenticeship and ordinary examination provisions excepted.
Records Release
Submit the departmental authorization for release of records.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
State Examination
AS 08.42.070(a)(2)-(b) requires passing the Alaska vital-statistics and mortuary-law examination.
Term
Temporary license lasts 150 days, cannot be extended, and can be issued only once during a regular license term; full-term issuance or renewal requires agency release.
Temporary issuance upon otherwise eligible renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the current renewal form, applicable fee, personal information, fitness disclosures and signed agreement.
Child Support
The child-support agency lists the applicant as not in substantial compliance; the applicant must otherwise be eligible for the underlying license.
Law Acknowledgement
Certify review, understanding and compliance with AS 08.42, AS 45.45.120, AS 45.50.471(b)(24) and 12 AAC 50.
Military Exemption
AS 08.01.100(g) exempts qualifying active-duty licensees in a combat zone, danger-pay post or qualified hazardous-duty area from maintenance fees and requirements during deployment and, if they do not practice privately for profit, for 180 days after return.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
Term
Temporary license lasts 150 days, cannot be extended, and can be issued only once during a regular license term; full-term issuance or renewal requires agency release.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Funeral Director License

Licensing authority: Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing · Application information

Conversion of child support temporary license after agency release
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Eligibility
Already otherwise qualified and issued a 150-day temporary license under AS 25.27.244; child-support agency issues a release before temporary-license expiration.
Issuance
Department then issues the initial or renewed ordinary license under AS 08; this conversion adds no examination requirement.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Licensure by education and examination
Alaska State Mortuary Science Exam
Age
At least 18 years old.
Application
Submit the completed notarized departmental application.
Apprenticeship
At least one year under an approved Alaska-licensed sponsor, minimum 30 hours per week excluding up to 30 leave days; complete 24 funeral cases (funeral director) or 24 embalming cases and removals (embalmer), as applicable.
Case Reports
Normally submit six signed case reports every three months; request extension if circumstances outside the trainee control prevent completion.
Conference Arts
The funeral director application states that an applicant seeking only this license takes only the Arts portions of the Conference examination.
Conference Examination
The current state application identifies a funeral service examination provided by the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards and forwards complete education applicants to that provider. It does not name a particular National Board or State Board exam identity. This provider-defined examination slot is retained as an applicant condition under the contract rather than equated to a frozen nationwide exam version without state evidence resolving the identity.
Document Currency
Application forms, release authorizations and verifications become stale after 12 months under 12 AAC 02.915.
Education
At least one year, 30 semester credit hours, at an accredited college or university, supported by official transcript.
Examination Scores
Submit official scores; AS 08.42.060 requires an average of at least 75 percent with no individual subject below 70 percent.
Fees
Pay the applicable application, license and state-examination fees.
Fitness
Answer all professional-fitness questions and provide a separate explanation and supporting records for each affirmative answer; an affirmative answer is not automatically disqualifying.
Military Credit
AS 08.01.064(a) permits equivalent military education, training and service to satisfy some or all otherwise applicable qualifications upon departmental equivalence determination.
Records Release
Submit the departmental authorization for release of records.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
State Examination
Take and pass the same Alaska state law examination used for both professions.
Supervision
Direct sponsor supervision throughout the first six months; thereafter the sponsor must be present at the beginning and available for consultation as 12 AAC 50.400 requires.
Licensure by reciprocity — substantially equivalent qualifications
Alaska State Mortuary Science Exam
Application
Submit the completed notarized departmental application.
Document Currency
Application forms, release authorizations and verifications become stale after 12 months under 12 AAC 02.915.
Education
At least one year, 30 semester credit hours, at an accredited college or university, supported by official transcript.
Fees
Pay the applicable application, license and state-examination fees.
Fitness
Answer all professional-fitness questions and provide a separate explanation and supporting records for each affirmative answer; an affirmative answer is not automatically disqualifying.
Implementation Work Evidence
The current application additionally asks for at least one year of active licensed work experience (the embalmer form allows apprenticeship verification instead). This implementing demand is recorded alongside the statute qualifying equivalency alternative.
Licensure Verification
Currently licensed in at least one other state; obtain direct verification from every jurisdiction in which a license is or has been held.
Military Credit
AS 08.01.064(a) permits equivalent military education, training and service to satisfy some or all otherwise applicable qualifications upon departmental equivalence determination.
Prior Examination
The application verification asks whether the prior examination was supplied by ICFSEB and requests Arts/Sciences scores, or asks for the title of another state/testing-service examination. These provider-defined or other-state examination records are conditions; the state source does not identify a specific registered nationwide examination.
Qualification
AS 08.42.070(a)(1)(A): demonstrate compliance in the licensing state with requirements substantially equal to AS 08.42.
Records Release
Submit the departmental authorization for release of records.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
State Examination
AS 08.42.070(a)(2)-(b) requires passing the Alaska vital-statistics and mortuary-law examination.
Licensure by reciprocity — one year of licensed practice
Alaska State Mortuary Science Exam
Application
Submit the completed notarized departmental application.
Document Currency
Application forms, release authorizations and verifications become stale after 12 months under 12 AAC 02.915.
Education
At least one year, 30 semester credit hours, at an accredited college or university, supported by official transcript.
Fees
Pay the applicable application, license and state-examination fees.
Fitness
Answer all professional-fitness questions and provide a separate explanation and supporting records for each affirmative answer; an affirmative answer is not automatically disqualifying.
Licensure Verification
Currently licensed in at least one other state; obtain direct verification from every jurisdiction in which a license is or has been held.
Military Credit
AS 08.01.064(a) permits equivalent military education, training and service to satisfy some or all otherwise applicable qualifications upon departmental equivalence determination.
Qualification
AS 08.42.070(a)(1)(B): meet applicable licensure qualifications except apprenticeship and examination provisions; hold another state license and have practiced mortuary science for at least one year in a state where licensed.
Records Release
Submit the departmental authorization for release of records.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
State Examination
AS 08.42.070(a)(2)-(b) requires passing the Alaska vital-statistics and mortuary-law examination.
Work Evidence
Obtain employer verification of one year of active licensed practice; the embalmer instruction form also lists apprenticeship verification as an implementing alternative, while statutory pathway B requires licensed practice.
Reinstatement of a license lapsed less than five years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the current renewal form, applicable fee, personal information, fitness disclosures and signed agreement.
Lapse
License lapsed less than five years; satisfy ordinary renewal prerequisites and applicable fees and any delayed renewal penalty. A license lapsed five years or more cannot be renewed under AS 08.01.100(d).
Law Acknowledgement
Certify review, understanding and compliance with AS 08.42, AS 45.45.120, AS 45.50.471(b)(24) and 12 AAC 50.
Military Exemption
AS 08.01.100(g) exempts qualifying active-duty licensees in a combat zone, danger-pay post or qualified hazardous-duty area from maintenance fees and requirements during deployment and, if they do not practice privately for profit, for 180 days after return.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
Term
Licenses expire December 31 of even-numbered years. Practice after lapse is prohibited.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Biennial renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the current renewal form, applicable fee, personal information, fitness disclosures and signed agreement.
Law Acknowledgement
Certify review, understanding and compliance with AS 08.42, AS 45.45.120, AS 45.50.471(b)(24) and 12 AAC 50.
Military Exemption
AS 08.01.100(g) exempts qualifying active-duty licensees in a combat zone, danger-pay post or qualified hazardous-duty area from maintenance fees and requirements during deployment and, if they do not practice privately for profit, for 180 days after return.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
Term
Licenses expire December 31 of even-numbered years. Practice after lapse is prohibited.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Permanent licensure under SCRA
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Compact
50 USC 4025a(e) makes the applicable compact, rather than this portability section, control a covered license operating under an interstate compact.
Documents
Submit application, military orders, marriage certificate if a spouse, notarized affidavit, and primary-source license verifications.
Eligibility
Service member or spouse relocating residence because of military orders; hold a covered professional license of the same scope in another US jurisdiction.
Good Standing
Meet the covered-license good-standing conditions in 50 USC 4025a(f), including no revocation, discipline, pending professional-conduct investigation or voluntary surrender during investigation.
Jurisdiction
Submit to Alaska standards of practice, discipline and applicable continuing-education and renewal requirements; department may conduct a background check.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary Funeral Director License under AS 25.27.244

The otherwise-qualified licensee receives a nonextendable 150-day license while resolving child-support noncompliance.

Licensing authority: Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing · Application information

Temporary issuance while otherwise qualifying by education
Alaska State Mortuary Science Exam
Age
At least 18 years old.
Application
Submit the completed notarized departmental application.
Apprenticeship
At least one year under an approved Alaska-licensed sponsor, minimum 30 hours per week excluding up to 30 leave days; complete 24 funeral cases (funeral director) or 24 embalming cases and removals (embalmer), as applicable.
Case Reports
Normally submit six signed case reports every three months; request extension if circumstances outside the trainee control prevent completion.
Child Support
The child-support agency lists the applicant as not in substantial compliance; the applicant must otherwise be eligible for the underlying license.
Conference Arts
The funeral director application states that an applicant seeking only this license takes only the Arts portions of the Conference examination.
Conference Examination
The current state application identifies a funeral service examination provided by the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards and forwards complete education applicants to that provider. It does not name a particular National Board or State Board exam identity. This provider-defined examination slot is retained as an applicant condition under the contract rather than equated to a frozen nationwide exam version without state evidence resolving the identity.
Document Currency
Application forms, release authorizations and verifications become stale after 12 months under 12 AAC 02.915.
Education
At least one year, 30 semester credit hours, at an accredited college or university, supported by official transcript.
Examination Scores
Submit official scores; AS 08.42.060 requires an average of at least 75 percent with no individual subject below 70 percent.
Fees
Pay the applicable application, license and state-examination fees.
Fitness
Answer all professional-fitness questions and provide a separate explanation and supporting records for each affirmative answer; an affirmative answer is not automatically disqualifying.
Military Credit
AS 08.01.064(a) permits equivalent military education, training and service to satisfy some or all otherwise applicable qualifications upon departmental equivalence determination.
Records Release
Submit the departmental authorization for release of records.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
State Examination
Take and pass the same Alaska state law examination used for both professions.
Supervision
Direct sponsor supervision throughout the first six months; thereafter the sponsor must be present at the beginning and available for consultation as 12 AAC 50.400 requires.
Term
Temporary license lasts 150 days, cannot be extended, and can be issued only once during a regular license term; full-term issuance or renewal requires agency release.
Temporary issuance while otherwise qualifying by reciprocity — equivalent
Alaska State Mortuary Science Exam
Application
Submit the completed notarized departmental application.
Child Support
The child-support agency lists the applicant as not in substantial compliance; the applicant must otherwise be eligible for the underlying license.
Document Currency
Application forms, release authorizations and verifications become stale after 12 months under 12 AAC 02.915.
Education
At least one year, 30 semester credit hours, at an accredited college or university, supported by official transcript.
Fees
Pay the applicable application, license and state-examination fees.
Fitness
Answer all professional-fitness questions and provide a separate explanation and supporting records for each affirmative answer; an affirmative answer is not automatically disqualifying.
Licensure Verification
Currently licensed in at least one other state; obtain direct verification from every jurisdiction in which a license is or has been held.
Military Credit
AS 08.01.064(a) permits equivalent military education, training and service to satisfy some or all otherwise applicable qualifications upon departmental equivalence determination.
Qualification
AS 08.42.070(a)(1)(A): substantially equivalent out-of-state licensing requirements.
Records Release
Submit the departmental authorization for release of records.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
State Examination
AS 08.42.070(a)(2)-(b) requires passing the Alaska vital-statistics and mortuary-law examination.
Term
Temporary license lasts 150 days, cannot be extended, and can be issued only once during a regular license term; full-term issuance or renewal requires agency release.
Temporary issuance while otherwise qualifying by reciprocity — experience
Alaska State Mortuary Science Exam
Application
Submit the completed notarized departmental application.
Child Support
The child-support agency lists the applicant as not in substantial compliance; the applicant must otherwise be eligible for the underlying license.
Document Currency
Application forms, release authorizations and verifications become stale after 12 months under 12 AAC 02.915.
Education
At least one year, 30 semester credit hours, at an accredited college or university, supported by official transcript.
Fees
Pay the applicable application, license and state-examination fees.
Fitness
Answer all professional-fitness questions and provide a separate explanation and supporting records for each affirmative answer; an affirmative answer is not automatically disqualifying.
Licensure Verification
Currently licensed in at least one other state; obtain direct verification from every jurisdiction in which a license is or has been held.
Military Credit
AS 08.01.064(a) permits equivalent military education, training and service to satisfy some or all otherwise applicable qualifications upon departmental equivalence determination.
Qualification
AS 08.42.070(a)(1)(B): current out-of-state licensure and at least one year of licensed practice; apprenticeship and ordinary examination provisions excepted.
Records Release
Submit the departmental authorization for release of records.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
State Examination
AS 08.42.070(a)(2)-(b) requires passing the Alaska vital-statistics and mortuary-law examination.
Term
Temporary license lasts 150 days, cannot be extended, and can be issued only once during a regular license term; full-term issuance or renewal requires agency release.
Temporary issuance upon otherwise eligible renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the current renewal form, applicable fee, personal information, fitness disclosures and signed agreement.
Child Support
The child-support agency lists the applicant as not in substantial compliance; the applicant must otherwise be eligible for the underlying license.
Law Acknowledgement
Certify review, understanding and compliance with AS 08.42, AS 45.45.120, AS 45.50.471(b)(24) and 12 AAC 50.
Military Exemption
AS 08.01.100(g) exempts qualifying active-duty licensees in a combat zone, danger-pay post or qualified hazardous-duty area from maintenance fees and requirements during deployment and, if they do not practice privately for profit, for 180 days after return.
Social Security
Provide a US Social Security Number or the division exemption request where applicable.
Term
Temporary license lasts 150 days, cannot be extended, and can be issued only once during a regular license term; full-term issuance or renewal requires agency release.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Alaska State Mortuary Science Exam

Provider
Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Format
Open book; examination sent by email or mail on request after application
Passing score
AS 08.42.060(b): average at least 75 percent; no individual subject below 70 percent
Examination outline
  • AS 08.42 Morticians
  • 12 AAC 50 Mortuary Science
  • AS 18.50 Vital Statistics Act
  • 7 AAC 05 Vital Records
  • AS 45.45.120 Disclosure of costs
  • AS 45.50.471(b)(24) Unlawful acts and practices
  • AS 08.01 Centralized Licensing
  • AS 08.02 Miscellaneous Provisions
  • 12 AAC 02 General Occupational Licensing Functions
Examination sources