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Funeral Service Practitioner License

The ordinary professional license for funeral service practice, including embalming and funeral directing.

Licensing authority: Wyoming State Board of Funeral Service Practitioners · Application information

Licensure by examination
Age
The applicant must have reached the age of majority.
Application
Submit the Board’s application and fee, appropriate proof of legal presence, and documents directly from their issuing sources; complete documentation within one year after the Board receives the application.
Apprenticeship
Complete a Wyoming-supervised apprenticeship of at least twelve and no more than thirty-six months (extension for good cause), two thousand working hours, twenty-five embalmed bodies and twenty-five arranged funeral services; submit the signed Apprentice Report.
Board review
The Board may review an application through an Application Review Committee and issue a license with conditions or restrictions under Chapter 12; case-specific conditions are applicant conditions.
Criminal history
No criminal convictions impacting ability to engage in funeral service practice; the Board may waive this provision based on individual circumstances.
Education
An associate or higher degree in funeral service practice or mortuary science from an ABFSE-accredited or equivalent program, or an accredited mortuary science diploma plus five years of funeral service practice in another jurisdiction.
Jurisprudence score
The oral jurisprudence passing score is at least 75%, earned within the most recent twenty-four months; a special Board examination meeting is available with an additional fee.
Official records
Submit official mortuary or embalming school transcripts, an official Conference examination score report, and verification from every jurisdiction in which a funeral service license was held.
References
One actively licensed funeral service practitioner in good standing and two non-funeral-service business or professional references; signed within six months, excluding relatives. The current Board form specifically asks for a Wyoming practitioner reference.
Annual renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the renewal application and annual renewal fee.
Continuing education
For individual practitioners, funeral directors and apprentices, provide satisfactory continuing education, normally eight hours in the license period, with the prorated rule for less than one year of licensure. Facility permits depend on the licensed professional’s qualifications.
Expiration
The license or permit expires February 1 each year under Board Chapter 9.
Standing
Remain eligible under the existing license or permit and any applicable Board restrictions.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Board reviewed relicensure, reinstatement or reactivation
Wyoming Funeral Service Practitioner Oral Jurisprudence Examination
Board discretion
The Board decides the application and any conditions, restrictions or disciplinary resolution.
Jurisprudence
Chapter 12 Section 2(c) makes a passing Wyoming jurisprudence score subject to applicability; the oral examination remains a leaf. The provision’s reference to Chapter 2 Section 3(e) is a cross-reference error: the current examination provision is Section 3(d).
Other requirements
If nonrenewal voided the license, the separate reissuance-after-lapse route applies and requires the ordinary national examinations as well.
Prior license
A previously issued practitioner license is subject to a Board-reviewed relicensure, reinstatement or reactivation application under Chapter 12.
Restoration after compliance with a court order
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Compliance
The Department of Family Services must notify the Board of compliance with the court order; the Board may then reissue without a hearing.
Eligibility
An existing license, registration or permit was suspended or restricted under W.S. 33-16-511(d).
Limits
This route concerns the court-order suspension or restriction only; expiration, independent discipline and the retained permit’s statutory limits still apply.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

  • title33.pdf

    W.S. 33-16-511(d), reissuance after compliance with court order

Late renewal within thirty days
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the renewal application and annual renewal fee.
Continuing education
For individual practitioners, funeral directors and apprentices, provide satisfactory continuing education, normally eight hours in the license period, with the prorated rule for less than one year of licensure. Facility permits depend on the licensed professional’s qualifications.
Expiration
The license or permit expires February 1 each year under Board Chapter 9.
Late window
Apply within thirty days of expiration with the completed renewal form, doubled annual fee and required continuing education.
Practice
No practice while the license or permit is expired.
Standing
Remain eligible under the existing license or permit and any applicable Board restrictions.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Recognition of prior law credential
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continued validity
Remain subject to the current Act and renewal requirements; the retained funeral-director permit ends on revocation, nonrenewal, or death as specified in W.S. 33-16-520(b).
Eligibility
Held the corresponding Wyoming credential in good standing on June 30, 2014. This statutory recognition is confined to that historical class and imposes no additional examination.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reissuance after expiration beyond thirty days
Age
The applicant must have reached the age of majority.
Application
Submit the Board’s application and fee, appropriate proof of legal presence, and documents directly from their issuing sources; complete documentation within one year after the Board receives the application.
Apprenticeship
Complete a Wyoming-supervised apprenticeship of at least twelve and no more than thirty-six months (extension for good cause), two thousand working hours, twenty-five embalmed bodies and twenty-five arranged funeral services; submit the signed Apprentice Report.
Board review
The Board may review an application through an Application Review Committee and issue a license with conditions or restrictions under Chapter 12; case-specific conditions are applicant conditions.
Criminal history
No criminal convictions impacting ability to engage in funeral service practice; the Board may waive this provision based on individual circumstances.
Education
An associate or higher degree in funeral service practice or mortuary science from an ABFSE-accredited or equivalent program, or an accredited mortuary science diploma plus five years of funeral service practice in another jurisdiction.
Jurisprudence score
The oral jurisprudence passing score is at least 75%, earned within the most recent twenty-four months; a special Board examination meeting is available with an additional fee.
Official records
Submit official mortuary or embalming school transcripts, an official Conference examination score report, and verification from every jurisdiction in which a funeral service license was held.
Prior license
Previously held a Wyoming practitioner license that was not renewed within thirty days after expiration; must meet new-applicant requirements.
References
One actively licensed funeral service practitioner in good standing and two non-funeral-service business or professional references; signed within six months, excluding relatives. The current Board form specifically asks for a Wyoming practitioner reference.
Experienced reciprocity without further apprenticeship
Age
The applicant must have reached the age of majority.
Alternative prior state exam
W.S. 33-16-522(a)(ii)(M) accepts the national board examination or a state board examination. An examination belonging to another state remains a condition; an applicant relying on it may satisfy this alternative without passing the national examinations.
Application
Submit the Board’s application and fee, appropriate proof of legal presence, and documents directly from their issuing sources; complete documentation within one year after the Board receives the application.
Apprenticeship exemption
W.S. 33-16-522(a)(ii) permits issuance without further apprenticeship. The lower-ranked Board rule Chapter 2 Section 3(e) nevertheless requests: (e) A completed Apprentice Report, signed by the supervising funeral service practitioner, attesting completion of assisting in the embalming of at least twenty-five (25) dead human bodies and having assisted in arranging and conducting at least twenty-five (25) funeral or memorial services in no less than one (1) year and no more than three (3) years;
Board review
The Board may review an application through an Application Review Committee and issue a license with conditions or restrictions under Chapter 12; case-specific conditions are applicant conditions.
Citizenship
Be a United States citizen or permanent resident.
Criminal history
No criminal convictions impacting ability to engage in funeral service practice; the Board may waive this provision based on individual circumstances.
Education
An associate or higher degree in funeral service practice or mortuary science from an ABFSE-accredited or equivalent program, or an accredited mortuary science diploma plus five years of funeral service practice in another jurisdiction.
Experience
Either an active funeral service licensee actually engaged in practice for at least three years, or at least five years of practice in a jurisdiction without formal funeral service licensing and the education required by W.S. 33-16-517(a)(iii)(A) or (B). The current home-license requirement also applies.
Home license
Hold a current funeral service practitioner, mortician, undertaker, or similar license in the state of residence, from a jurisdiction with similar educational requirements.
Intent
Intend to practice in Wyoming and file the documents and fees the Board requires.
Jurisprudence score
The oral jurisprudence passing score is at least 75%, earned within the most recent twenty-four months; a special Board examination meeting is available with an additional fee.
Official records
Submit official mortuary or embalming school transcripts, an official Conference examination score report, and verification from every jurisdiction in which a funeral service license was held.
Professional standing
No funeral-service-related license revocation or suspension, no current disciplinary action, and no funeral-service felony or misdemeanor (subject to a Board waiver).
References
One actively licensed funeral service practitioner in good standing and two non-funeral-service business or professional references; signed within six months, excluding relatives. The current Board form specifically asks for a Wyoming practitioner reference.
Reciprocity satisfying all ordinary licensure requirements
Age
The applicant must have reached the age of majority.
Application
Submit the Board’s application and fee, appropriate proof of legal presence, and documents directly from their issuing sources; complete documentation within one year after the Board receives the application.
Apprenticeship
Complete a Wyoming-supervised apprenticeship of at least twelve and no more than thirty-six months (extension for good cause), two thousand working hours, twenty-five embalmed bodies and twenty-five arranged funeral services; submit the signed Apprentice Report.
Board review
The Board may review an application through an Application Review Committee and issue a license with conditions or restrictions under Chapter 12; case-specific conditions are applicant conditions.
Criminal history
No criminal convictions impacting ability to engage in funeral service practice; the Board may waive this provision based on individual circumstances.
Education
An associate or higher degree in funeral service practice or mortuary science from an ABFSE-accredited or equivalent program, or an accredited mortuary science diploma plus five years of funeral service practice in another jurisdiction.
Jurisprudence score
The oral jurisprudence passing score is at least 75%, earned within the most recent twenty-four months; a special Board examination meeting is available with an additional fee.
Official records
Submit official mortuary or embalming school transcripts, an official Conference examination score report, and verification from every jurisdiction in which a funeral service license was held.
Reciprocity
Out-of-state resident from a jurisdiction with equal or like educational requirements; meet all requirements of the Act and pass the Wyoming-law examination under W.S. 33-16-522(a)(i).
References
One actively licensed funeral service practitioner in good standing and two non-funeral-service business or professional references; signed within six months, excluding relatives. The current Board form specifically asks for a Wyoming practitioner reference.

National Board Exam Arts

Provider
The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards (The Conference); computer-based exam administered by Pearson at Pearson Professional Centers
Format
Computer-based multiple-choice examination, administered, paid for, scheduled and scored separately from the NBE-Sciences section; a basic calculator is built into the exam software
Exam questions
170 multiple-choice questions: 150 scored and 20 non-scored pretest questions
Time limit
170 minutes for the exam (the appointment also includes a 3-minute non-disclosure agreement, a 3-minute release-of-results screen and a 7-minute tutorial)
Passing score
Scaled score of 75 (pass/fail)
Exam fee
$285 per section
Examination outline
  • I. Funeral Arranging and Directing (51 of 150 scored items; 34% of the NBE-Arts blueprint) (34%)
  • II. Funeral Service Marketing/Merchandising (21 of 150 scored items; 14% of the NBE-Arts blueprint) (14%)
  • III. Funeral Service Counseling (19 of 150 scored items; 13% of the NBE-Arts blueprint) (13%)
  • IV. Legal and Regulatory Compliance (35 of 150 scored items; 23% of the NBE-Arts blueprint) (23%)
  • V. Cemetery/Crematory/Other Dispositions (24 of 150 scored items; 16% of the NBE-Arts blueprint) (16%)
Examination sources

National Board Exam Sciences

Provider
The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards (The Conference); computer-based exam administered by Pearson at Pearson Professional Centers
Format
Computer-based multiple-choice examination, administered, paid for, scheduled and scored separately from the NBE-Arts section; a basic calculator is built into the exam software
Exam questions
170 multiple-choice questions: 150 scored and 20 non-scored pretest questions
Time limit
170 minutes for the exam (the appointment also includes a 3-minute non-disclosure agreement, a 3-minute release-of-results screen and a 7-minute tutorial)
Passing score
Scaled score of 75 (pass/fail)
Exam fee
$285 per section
Examination outline
  • I. Embalming (62 of 150 scored items; 41% of the NBE-Sciences blueprint) (41%)
  • II. Restorative Art (34 of 150 scored items; 23% of the NBE-Sciences blueprint) (23%)
  • III. Other Preparation of the Deceased (28 of 150 scored items; 19% of the NBE-Sciences blueprint) (19%)
  • IV. Funeral Service Sciences (26 of 150 scored items; 17% of the NBE-Sciences blueprint) (17%)
Examination sources

Wyoming Funeral Service Practitioner Oral Jurisprudence Examination

Provider
Wyoming State Board of Funeral Service Practitioners
Format
Oral examination administered at a Board meeting
Passing score
75%
Examination outline
  • Funeral Service Practitioners Act
  • Board of Funeral Service Practitioners Chapter 1: General Authority
  • Board of Funeral Service Practitioners Chapter 2: Funeral Service Practitioner
  • Board of Funeral Service Practitioners Chapter 3: Apprentice Funeral Service Practitioner
  • Board of Funeral Service Practitioners Chapter 4: Practice of Professional Funeral Service
  • Board of Funeral Service Practitioners Chapter 5: Funeral Establishment
  • Board of Funeral Service Practitioners Chapter 6: Crematory or Chemical Disposition Facility
  • Board of Funeral Service Practitioners Chapter 7: Rental or Leased Caskets
  • Board of Funeral Service Practitioners Chapter 9: Renewal
  • Board of Funeral Service Practitioners Chapter 12: Practice and Procedures for Applications
  • Board of Funeral Service Practitioners Chapter 13: Practice and Procedures for Discipline Matters
  • Wyoming Statutes Title 2 Chapter 17 — Burial Arrangements
  • Wyoming Statutes Title 35 Chapter 1 — Public Health and Safety
  • Wyoming Statutes Title 40 Chapter 12 — Consumer Protection
  • Wyoming Statutes Title 40 Chapter 14 — Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code
Examination sources