Renew your embalming or funeral director license

How to renew your embalming or funeral directing license.

Board of Registration in Embalming and Funeral Directing

The Details

What you need

All licenses renew annually. The Registered Embalmer Apprentice License and the Registered Funeral Homes Assistant License expire on October 20th, all other licenses expire on October 31st. Licenses are eligible to be renewed 90-days before their expiration date.

For more detailed instructions on how to create an account, link your license, and renew it, visit the DOL eLIPSE How-to-Guidespage.

Fees

All fees are non-refundable.

The late renewal fee is charged in addition to renewal fee if your renewal is received beyond your license expiration date.

Name Fee Unit
Licensed funeral director - 2 $97 each
Type 3 funeral director application fee $155 each
Type 6 funeral director & embalmer - 6 $155 each
Apprentice embalmer $31 each
Registered funeral home assistant - FA $31 each
Late renewal fee $57 each

How to renew

The move to our new licensing system, eLIPSE, has begun for this board.

All licensing functions for this board are now disabled in ePLACE. The new eLIPSE system is expected to be available on Monday,  March 30th. 

Contact

Address
Division of Occupational Licensure
One Federal Street, Suite 600, Boston, MA 02110-2012
Fax
Fax: 617-701-8652

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