Texas Funeral Director Funeral CE Courses

16 hours total

• Ethics: 2 CE hours
• Vital Statistics: 2 CE hours
• TX Mortuary Law: 2 CE hours

Every two years beginning on the first day of the licensee's birth month

Courses cannot be repeated more than once in a 2 year license term.

The "in-person" requirement for Continuing Education has been waived until further notice. Licensees are still required to obtain 16 hours.

Licensees may carryover up to 10 CE hours to their next renewal period if written request is sent to the board at least 30 days prior to renewal. Ethics, Law and Vital Statistics courses are not allowed to be carried over to the next renewal cycle.

A license may be renewed beginning 60 days prior to its expiration if the licensee has paid the renewal fee and met the continuing education requirements. Funeral professionals are required to report course credit hours earned to the Funeral Commission as part of the license renewal process.

Renew online

Renewals will be required to be submitted online through an online renewal account. Paper renewal applications will no longer be accepted. For more information please visit Online Renewal Instructions.

• WebCE courses are online approved self-study courses with non-monitored open-book final exams. Students should read through the course material then complete the exam.
• Passing score: 70%
• If the final exam is not passed on the first attempt, students have an unlimited number of retakes.

12 months from the original date of purchase

WebCE does not report course completions to the Texas Funeral Service Commission.

Online PDF certificates of completion are available to print immediately after the final exam is passed. Licensees should keep all certificates a minimum of 2 years for state auditing purposes.

• All funeral professionals holding a valid funeral director or embalmer license in the state of Texas are required to meet the Texas continuing education requirements.
• Funeral professionals licensed in Texas who are NOT PRACTICING in the state and hold an INACTIVE secondary status must only obtain 2 hours in Ethics, 2 hours in Texas Mortuary Law and 2 hours in Vital Statistics.

• An individual whose renewal date is 12 months or less following initial licensure is exempt from Texas CE requirement.
• The Executive Director may authorize full or partial hardship exemptions based on personal or family circumstances and may require documentation of such circumstances. The hardship request must be submitted in writing at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the license. Hardship exemptions will not be granted for consecutive licensing periods.
• Licensees aged 65 older will be placed in Retired, Active status and are exempt from CE.
• Licensees with a disability of 75% or greater will be placed in a Disabled, Active or Disabled, Inactive status and are exempt from CE.