Establishments

Funeral Establishment License

Applications should be submitted at least 30 days prior to opening, change of ownership, change of funeral director in charge, name change or location change.

Applications can be obtained through the Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts website or call the Topeka office. The application must include a report of all prefinanced funeral agreements (trusts, insurance...). When you are buying an already established business, it is necessary to list all agreements being transferred to the new license. First time (new) businesses’ applications should read "NONE" as it is illegal to sell any such agreements until licensure has been granted.

Biennial renewal of each license requires that all prefinanced funeral agreements (funded via trusts and insurance) be submitted at time of renewal.

Each funeral establishment license will be issued to a licensed Kansas funeral director who will have personal supervision and charge of the funeral establishment. A roster of all employees will be submitted initially and when renewing licensure biennially.

All licensees must notify the board if their funeral establishment is sold or discontinued or if their connection with the funeral establishment is terminated.

Each funeral establishment must maintain a preparation room as defined by law. Funeral establishments are subject to unannounced inspections at least twice annually.

The full biennial renewal cost is $775.00. Initial licenses are prorated at $32.29 per month--based on an established renewal schedule pertaining to the name of the funeral establishment.

Branch Funeral Establishment License

Requirements and fees are identical to funeral establishments, except that it is not necessary to physically employ a funeral director in charge on site or to maintain a preparation room.

In order to be eligible for licensure as a branch establishment, ownership must be identical to the ownership of the funeral establishment which owns the branch.

The funeral director responsible for the personal supervision of the funeral establishment also will be responsible for the supervision of all branches of that funeral establishment – unless a different funeral director is designated when applying for licensure. Branch funeral establishment licenses will be issued to a licensed Kansas funeral director who will have personal supervision and charge of the branch funeral establishment.

The full biennial renewal cost is $775.00. Initial licenses are prorated at $32.29 per month--based on an established renewal schedule pertaining to the name of the branch funeral establishment.

Branch funeral establishments are subject to unannounced inspections at least twice annually.

Crematory License

Applications must be submitted at least 30 days prior to opening, change of ownership, name change, change of crematory operator in charge, or location change.

Applications can be obtained through the board’s Topeka office or from the web site.

Each crematory must list the crematory operator who will be in charge of the crematory. The crematory operator in charge of the crematory must hold a Kansas funeral director’s or embalmer’s license unless the crematory only receives dead human bodies for cremation through licensed funeral establishments or branch funeral establishments.

Crematory operators in charge of a crematory must notify the board if their crematory is sold or discontinued or if their connection with the crematory is terminated.

Each crematory operator in charge must maintain their crematory as defined by law. Crematories are subject to unannounced inspections at least twice annually.

Initial licensure fees must be submitted prior to the inspection of a new crematory. Initial licenses are prorated at $32.29 per month for stand alone crematories and $17.70 per month for crematories located at a funeral home. The full biennial renewal cost is $775.00 for stand alone crematories and $425.00 for crematories located at a funeral home.