Additional Resources for Funeral & Cemetery Service

• Statutes & Rules

  The State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service and the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency are prohibited from providing legal advice on issues contained in the laws and regulations. For legal advice, please consult an attorney.

  STATUTES AND RULES COMPILATION

  IC 25-15
  Chapter 1.   Repealed
  Chapter 2.   Definitions                                            
  Chapter 3.   Repealed                                            
  Chapter 4.   Minimum Qualifications; Reciprocity                              
  Chapter 5.   Examination                                           
  Chapter 6.   Expiration of Licenses; Renewal of Licenses; Continuing Education            
  Chapter 7.   Transfer and Assignment of License; Name Changes; Ownership Changes        
  Chapter 8.   Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations                    
  Chapter 9.   State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration  
  Chapter 10.    Courtesy Card    
  Non-Code Provisions Under Public Law 61-2008

  IC 30-2
  Chapter 9.   Prepaid Funeral Plans and Funeral Trust Funds Established Before 1982         
  Chapter 10.  Funeral Trust Funds                                      
  Chapter 13.  Payment of Funeral, Burial Services, or Merchandise in Advance of Need

  IC 23-14
  Chapter 31.  Cremation                                            
  Chapter 32.  Curfews                                             
  Chapter 33.  Application and Definitions of Cemetery Law                         
  Chapter 34.  Mandatory Recording of Survey and Plat                           
  Chapter 35.  Requirements Applying to Cemetery Plats                          
  Chapter 36.  Commencement of the Sale of Burial Rights                         
  Chapter 37.  Unlawful Inducements in the Sale of Burial Rights                      
  Chapter 38.  Construction of Mausoleums and Vaults                           
  Chapter 39.  Burial Rights in Multi-Space Plots                               
  Chapter 40.  Joint Burial Rights in Multi-Space Plots                            
  Chapter 41.  Family Burial Lots                                        
  Chapter 42.  Burial Rights by Designation, Bequest, or Descent, and Rights of Co-Owners       
  Chapter 43.  Assessments to Improve Cemetery Roads                          
  Chapter 44.  Prohibition on Road and Utility Construction in Cemeteries                 
  Chapter 45.  Construction of Railroads on Cemetery Property Prohibited                 
  Chapter 46.  Cemetery Rules and Regulations and Exclusive Rights                   
  Chapter 47.  Use, Sale, and Installation of Monuments and Other Commodities             
  Chapter 48.  Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund                                
  Chapter 48.5 Consumer Protection Fund for Cemetery Maintenance                   
  Chapter 49.  Cemetery Escrow or Trust Accounts                              
  Chapter 50.  The Nature of Cemetery Funds                                
  Chapter 51.  The Investment and Use of Cemetery Funds                         
  Chapter 52.  Conditions Applying to the Sale of a Cemetery                        
  Chapter 53.  Bequests for Care                                       
  Chapter 54.  Disposition of Dead Human Bodies                              
  Chapter 55.  Authorization for Interment, Entombment, or Inurnment                   
  Chapter 56.  Record Keeping                                         
  Chapter 57.  Disinterment, Disentombment, and Disinurnment                       
  Chapter 58.  Abandonment and Reburial                                  
  Chapter 58.5.  Disposition of Abandoned Burial Spaces                           
  Chapter 59.  Potential Liability of Cemetery Owner                             
  Chapter 60.  Legalization of Defectively Formed Cemetery Associations and Corporations       
  Chapter 61.  Conflicts of Interest by Cemetery Employees                         
  Chapter 62.  Conveyance of County Cemeteries to Private Corporations                 
  Chapter 63.  Conveyance of Township Cemeteries to Private Corporations                
  Chapter 64.  Conveyance of Cemetery Association Land to Townships                  
  Chapter 65.  City and Town Cemeteries                                  
  Chapter 66.  Care of Cemeteries by Third Class Cities and Towns                    
  Chapter 67.  Care of Cemeteries by Counties                                
  Chapter 68.  Care of Cemeteries by Townships                               
  Chapter 69.  Establishment of Public Cemeteries by Townships                      
  Chapter 70.  Trusts for Cemetery Associations                               
  Chapter 71.  Union Chapel Cemetery Association                            
  Chapter 72.  Annexation of Unincorporated Cemetery                          
  Chapter 73.  Grave Markers of Deceased Soldiers                            
  Chapter 74.  Cemetery Fences and Upkeep                                 
  Chapter 75.  Eminent Domain Acquisition of Cemetery Land                       
  Chapter 76.  Application of Corporation Laws to Cemetery Associations                 
  Chapter 77.   Vaults Used to Encase Human Remains

  IC 29-2 (FUNERAL PLANNING DECLARATION)
  Chapter 19.  Funeral Planning Declaration

  IC 25-1
  Chapter 1.   Evidence of License Applicant's Payment of Personal Property Taxes Required      
  Chapter 1.1.  Effect of Criminal Convictions on Licensed or Registered Persons             
  Chapter 1.2  Effect of Delinquency in Child Support Payments on Licensed or Registered Persons   
  Chapter 2.   Renewal of Licenses Granted by State Agencies. Notice of Expiration           
  Chapter 3.   Civil Immunity of Regulatory Agencies                            
  Chapter 4.   Continuing Education                                      
  Chapter 6.   Professional Licensing Agency                                
  Chapter 7.   Investigation and Prosecution of Complaints Concerning Regulated Occupations     
  Chapter 8.   Occupational and Professional Licensure, Registration, and Certification Fees       
  Chapter 11.  Professional Licensing Standards of Practice                         
  Chapter 12.  Renewal of Licenses Held by Individuals in Military Service                 
  Chapter 14.  Meetings                                            
  Chapter 16  Jobs Creation Committee                                                                  
  Chapter 17     Licensure of Individuals with Military Training; Licensure of Military Spouses           
  Non-Code Provision Under Public Law 206-2005                       
  Non-Code Provision Under Public Law 134-2012

  ADMINISTRATIVE RULES  -  832 IAC
  Title 832, Article 1 – General Provisions (Repealed)

  Title 832, Article 2 – General Provisions

  Rule 1.     Definitions; Fees; Reports                                   
  Rule 2.     Licensee Obligations

  Title 832, Article 3 – Education, Examination and Licensure

  Rule 1.     Schools                                             
  Rule 2.     Internships and Examinations                                 
  Rule 3.     Licensure

  Title 832, Article 4 – Continuing Education, License Restoration and Renewal

  Rule 1.     Continuing Education                                      
  Rule 2.     License Restoration and Renewal; Reentry into Practice

  Title 832, Article 5 – Licensure and Operation of Funeral Homes

  Rule 1.     Licensure; Construction; Equipment                              
  Rule 2.     General Operations

  Title 832, Article 6 – Funeral Trust Funds

  Rule 1.     Trust Fund Agreements; Contract Provisions

  Title 832, Article 7 – Preneed Funeral Burial Services or Merchandise Contracts

  Rule 1.     Definitions                                            
  Rule 2.     Contract Provisions

  Title 832, Article 8 – Consumer Protection Funds

  Rule 1.     Preneed Consumer Protection Fund                               
  Rule 2.     Consumer Protection Fund for Cemetery Maintenance

• January 21, 2015 Rule Amendments

  January 21, 2015 Rule Amendments Document

• 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.
• Scope of Practice Rulings

  Licensed practitioners that have a specific question or questions about the scope of practice of their licensed profession may request a "practice ruling" from the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (PLA) and the Indiana State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service (the Board). The PLA and the Board may provide a formal determination/interpretation based on the practitioner's factual situations/circumstances. Licensed practitioners may submit a "Request for Practice Ruling" through the web-based form provided on the PLA's "Request for Practice Ruling" web page. Additional information and instructions for submitting a "Request for Practice Ruling " are provided on the web page.

  All requests will be reviewed by the PLA's legal team, and PLA's legal team will draft a ruling for the Board's consideration and potential adoption. All rulings adopted by the Board will be posted to the Indiana Register as well as the comprehensive list provided on the the PLA's "Request for Practice Ruling" web page.