Continuing Education Requirements for Licensees
All active license holders must complete 16 hours of continuing education prior to a license being renewed. Active licensees who are 65 years of age or 75% disabled are required to obtain 10 hours of continuing education. Inactive retired or disabled licensees are not required to take any continuing education.
Licensees who have just exited the provisional program with an expiration date of less than 12 months are not required to obtain any CE to renew the license. Licensees who have just exited the provisional program with an expiration date more than 12 months must obtain the 6 mandatory hours to renew the license. Failure by any licensee to comply with the continuing education requirements will result in the rejection of a renewal application.
The following are mandatory continuing education subjects during each renewal period: Ethics – 2 credit hours; Texas Mortuary Law Updates - 2 credit hours; and Vital Statistics Requirements and Regulations – 2 credit hours.
2014 Approved Continuing Education Providers
In addition to taking an approved Continuing Education Course, a Licensee can earn Continuing Education Hours through the following methods:
1. Earn 4 hours of Continuing Education for attending a regularly scheduled Commission meeting, providing the licensee signs in and out and is present during the entirety of the meeting.
2. Earn 5 hours of Continuing Education for supervising provisional licensees, regardless of the number of provisional licensees supervised.
Application for Continuing Education Credit for Provisional Licensee Supervision
3. Earn 5 hours of Continuing Education for presenting/instructing a continuing education program, regardless of how many times the program was presented.
Starting in September 2014, the Commission began a random audit of continuing education credits. Each month 10 percent of individual licensees receive a letter with the renewal notice stating that he/she must submit his/her certificates to the Commission prior to renewal.
Continuting Education Providers
In order to offer continuing education for funeral service providers in Texas, Continuting Education Providers must pay to the Commission an annual fee of $250.
Continuting Education Providers must submit a separate Application for Continuing Education Approval for each course to be offered along with a $50 course fee. The application should specify the course objectives, course content and teaching methods used and the application must indicate the number of credit hours requested and how the course time was determined. Providers must include a copy of the course certificate, evaluation and instructor qualifications and also must include copies of all handouts, workbooks, videos, PowerPoint presentations, etc.used in the course.
It is the responsibility of each Continuing Education Provider to ensure that all courses meet Commission criteria for continuing education in accordance with Texas Administrative Code 203.30. The Commission may evaluate, audit or monitor any course provided. The provider shall provide a mechanism for evaluation of the program by the participants, to be completed on-site or at the time the program concludes. A copy of the evaluation will be provided to the Commission following the presentation of each course.
Upon approval, the Commission will issue a Provider number and course numbers to the Continuing Education Provider.
All Continuing Education Provider numbers and Course numbers expire December 31st of each year, regardless of when granted. All Provider and Course fees are payable in full regardless of when the application is received.
Continuing Education Provider and Course Application