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- Indiana Apostille Process Guide for Funeral Homes and Coroners' Offices - This guide explains how to request an apostille from the Indiana Secretary of State for documents related to the international transit of human remains. An apostille is required to authenticate public documents (such as death certificates) for use in countries that are part of the Hague Apostille Convention. (https://www.in.gov/sos/business/apostilleauthentication/#Funeral_homes_and_burial_transit_paperwork )
- The State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service has reviewed the balance of the Preneed Consumer Protection Fund and the Consumer Protection Fund for Cemetery Maintenance and determined that payment will NOT be required March 1, 2026.
- Statutes & Rules
Indiana Statutes
Title 23 Article 14 Chapter 31 - Cremation
Title 25 Article 1 - Professions and Occupations
Title 25 Article 15 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Title 29 Article 2 Chapter 19 - Funeral Planning Declaration
Title 30 Article 2 Chapter 9 - Prepaid Funeral Plans and Funeral Trust Funds Established Before 1982
Indiana Administrative Rules
- January 21, 2015 Rule Amendments
- Continuing Education Information
1) Acceptable continuing education subjects:
- (A) Business administration.
- (B) Religion.
- (C) Natural sciences.
- (D) Management services-systems, cost, budget, merger and acquisition, data processing, etc.
- (E) Preneed services.
- (F) Restorative art/embalming.
- (G) Funeral service counseling.
- (H) Funeral service merchandising.
- (I) Funeral customs.
- (J) Communicable diseases including transmission, sterilization techniques, and risk education methods in the practice of professional services.
2) Of the minimum ten hours of instruction each funeral director and embalmer must complete within each two year period, at least four hours must be in one or more of the following areas:
- (A) Preneed burial services or merchandise under IC 30-2-13.
- (B) The practice of funeral service under IC 25-15-2-22.
- (C) The cremation act under IC 23-14-31.
- (D) The cemetery act under IC 23-14.
3) There is a limit of five of the required ten hours that may be obtained from distance learning methods.
4) Licensees may not count IOSHA and OSHA required courses towards the funeral director or embalmer continuing education renewal requirement.
You may locate or verify approved continuing education providers on our website at https://mylicense.in.gov/everification/Search.aspx?facility=Y You may view all of the continuing education providers by leaving the name field blank in your search.
Continuing Education Providers reviewed and approved by the Board can be located in the Continuing Education Provider Search.
- Filing Death Certificates
The Indiana Department of Health implemented phase II of the DRIVE (Database for Registering Indiana’s Vital Events) vital records system in 2021. DRIVE now includes the fetal death and terminated pregnancy (ITOP) modules.
To access the birth and death registration system you will need to register for an Access Indiana account at https://www.in.gov/access/. Once you have a registered Access Indiana account, you can register your DRIVE account. To register, click on the DRIVE icon/tile posted within Access Indiana to submit an e-request to link your active Genesis/DRIVE user profile to your Access Indiana account. This is a two-step process.
If you have not already done so, register now to access DRIVE.
For more information, helpful guides, and training options, go to https://www.in.gov/health/vital-records/database-registration-of-indianas-vital-events-drive/.
Indiana Code section 16-37-1-3.1 codified these required changes.
Violations
- Sec 13 (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who recklessly violates or fails to comply with this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor.
- (b) Each day a violation constitutes a separate offense.