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The Department of Funeral Service Education Bachelor of Science Degree -
Funeral Service the University of Central
Oklahoma is accredited by the American Board
of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE) 3414 Ashland Avenue, Suite G, St.
Joseph, Missouri 64506.
Phone: 816-233-3747, FAX 816-233-3793, Cell 816-341-2573.
Web www.abfse.org
Email: exdir@abfse.org
The American Board of Funeral Service
Education, the national accreditation agency for all schools of mortuary
education, has implemented a new criterion for all graduates. As of
January 2004, all graduating seniors must take the National Board
Examination as a requirement for the B.S. in Funeral Service.
The annual passage rate of first-time takers on the National Board
Examination (NBE) for the most recent three-year period
for this institution and all ABFSE
accredited funeral service
education programs is posted on the ABFSE web site (www.abfse.org).
At least forty (40) credit hours of work applied toward all bachelor degrees must be from
upper division (3000/4000) courses. This is to include at least fifteen (15) upper
division
hours in the major.
Employment as a funeral director/embalmer is dependent upon completion of
the Degree Program (or Funeral Service Certificate Program) in Funeral
Service, attaining a passing score on the National Board Examination, and
filing the appropriate licensure application with the state. The
examination and the licensing process result in additional expenses to the
student and are determined by the appropriate agencies. The expenses
are not affiliated with the UCO Funeral Service Department are expenses of
all graduates seeking licensure. For more information regarding Oklahoma
licensure requirements, please visit the
Oklahoma Funeral Board.
In accordance with the The American Board of Funeral Service Education,
(ABFSE) accreditation standards, each
student will be required to take the National Board Examination prior to
graduation. The expense of the Exam is the responsibility of the
student. For current Exam cost contact The
International
Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards at
www.cfseb.org.
The annual passage rate of first time takers
on the National Board Examination (NBE) for the most recent three year
period for this institution and all ABFSE accredited funeral service
education programs is posted on the ABFSE web site
(www.abfse.org)
Qualifications for Licensing Individuals (Oklahoma Funeral
Board)
Section 235:10-3-1.
To be licensed in Oklahoma as a funeral director, embalmer, or both, an
individual must meet the following
minimum requirements:
(1) The individual must be twenty (20) years of age.
(2) The individual must be of good moral character.
(3) The individual must not have any felony
convictions.
(4) The individual must not have had any misdemeanor
convictions related to funeral service or pertaining to
the custody, care
or disposal of dead human remains, or unfair trade practices, or fraud.
(5) The individual must be a legal resident of
Oklahoma, and a citizen of the United States, or a permanent
resident of the
United States.
(6) The individual shall have completed the following
educational requirements:
(A) The individual is a
graduate of a program of mortuary science accredited by the American Board
of Funeral Service Education.
(B) The individual shall
have completed a total of sixty (60) college semester hours
of credit
at an accredited institution of higher education.
(i) Such institution must be accredited by a regional accrediting agency and
recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education as a valid and legal accrediting agency.
(ii) When the institution so accredited extends credit in quarter hours,
each quarter hour shall
equal 2/3rds of one semester hour.
(iii) Courses applied to completing the accredited mortuary science program
in excess of the
minimum requirements for an accredited program by the American Board of
Funeral Service
Education may be applied to the (60) total semester hours of college,
provided such credits
are earned at a regionally accredited institution.
(7) Individuals who have
earned a bachelor degree in funeral service from a regionally accredited
institution and American Board of Funeral Service Education accredited
mortuary program shall have
been deemed to have met the educational requirements set for in sections (A)
and (B).
(8) The individual shall
have successfully passed the National Board Examination of the International
Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards with an average grade of
seventy five percent
(75%) or better on the Arts section for applicants for a funeral director
license, and applicants for
a embalmers license shall have earned an average of seventy five percent
(75%) or better on the
Science section.
(9) The individual shall
have successfully passed the Oklahoma Law examination with a grade of
seventy
five percent (75%) or better. The Oklahoma Law examination shall cover the
Oklahoma Funeral
Services Licensing Act and the Prepaid Funeral Benefits Act, and the Rules
of the Board. The
Oklahoma law written examination shall not be administered until the
applicant has completed all
educational requirements and other examination requirements with proof of
such completion on file
in the Board office. Rejection of an application to take the written
examination for failure
to complete educational requirements, or failure to file proper proof of
completion of educational
requirements is not appealable to the Board.
(10) The applicant must
have paid any and all fees due and payable prior to licensing.
(11) The individual must
have served and completed an embalmer and/or funeral director
apprenticeship(s) in the State of Oklahoma or has completed an
apprenticeship the Board
determines to be substantially equivalent to that required by Oklahoma.
(12) Once all
requirements set forth above have been met, the individual may apply for a
license as
a funeral director, embalmer, or both.
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