Montana Board of Funeral Service

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  • You can go directly to the License Lookup System. This site is a primary source for verification of licensed individual’s credentials. The Montana Department of Labor & Industry, business Standards Division, presents Licensee Lookup information as a service to the public.  The Division relies on information provided by licensees to be true and correct, as required by statute.  It is an act of unprofessional conduct for a licensee knowingly to provide erroneous information to the Division.  The Department of Labor & Industry makes no warranty or guarantee concerning the accuracy or reliability of the content of this website. Assessing the accuracy and reliability of information obtained from this website is solely the responsibility of the user. If you have questions regarding information found within this Licensee Lookup website, please contact the specific licensing board directly. Please note that some disciplinary actions against licensees may not appear immediately on the website. Appeals, effective dates of orders and other administrative processes may delay posting on the website. Please contact the specific licensing board directly if you require discipline information that occurred prior to July 1, 1996.
  • What funeral service professions and related business are licensed in the state of Montana?
    Morticians, mortician interns, crematory operators, crematory technicians, mortuaries, mortuary branch facilities, crematories, and private, for-profit cemeteries (see excepted cemeteries in 37-19-803, MCA)

  • Mortician, crematory operator, crematory technician, mortuary, mortuary branch, and crematory licenses expire on July 1.

    Cemetery licenses expire on a five year period beginning on July 1, 2000 (ARM 24.147.505). This means all current cemetery licenses will expire on July 1, 2020. If a new license is issued prior to the renewal period in 2020, it will also expire on July 1, 2020.

  • Click here to Apply OnlineYou may also click on the "License Information" dropdown on this website for more information.
  • Log into yourOnline Account and follow the instructions for printing a copy of your license.

  • You will have up to two years to renew your license before it terminates. However, you will need to pay the renewal fee(s), late fee(s), and meet continuing education requirements. Anyone practicing after a license has expired is considered to be practicing without a license.

    Licenses not renewed within two years automatically terminate. If your license has terminated it cannot be reactivated and you must apply for a new license under current licensing requirements.

  • Yes.  Morticians need twelve hours of continuing education in a two year period.
  • Click to viewFAQs regarding the Department of Labor and Industry administrative suspension process adopted by the board.
  • Licensure requirements can be found under the "License Information" dropdown on this website.
  • See the Complaint Process Brochure for a description of the complaint process. You may also go to the complaints tab on the menu bar for more information. To download a copy of theComplaint Form.
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