Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers / Burial Services
Our offices are now located in the Davy Crockett Tower.
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Notification Options Are Now Available!
You can now get notifications from your licensing board or commission related to the following:
New or Amended Statutes - New or Updated Rules
Changes to Fees - Rulemaking Hearings related to Fees
Significant Changes Impacting Your License - Changes to Policies
- New - Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs - Unclaimed Veteran Remains - Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
- Notice of Rulemaking Hearing - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers - November 14, 2012
- Recently enacted laws regarding the funeral and cemetery industries
- Funeral Directors Handbook for Vital Records Registration from the Tennessee Department of Health
- Chancery Court affirms Board's Decision in State vs. Bartlett Funeral Home, Inc., and Alfred Thomas Tacker
- Attorney General Opinion 12-06 (Issued Jan. 13, 2012): The State of Tennessee's prohibition against the discounting of prearranged funeral contracts is a permissible exercise of state authority.
- The Tennessee Department of Health implemented a new version of the Certificate of Death [PH-1659 (Rev. 10/2011)] that must be used for all deaths occurring on or after Jan. 1, 2012.
- RENEWAL INFO: Due to the extremely large volume of renewals at the present time, it is strongly suggested that licensees use the on-line renewal process at this link: http://apps.tn.gov/cirens/
- Revocation of a Gleason Funeral Director, Embalmer, and Preneed Sales Agent licenses
- Memorandum to Funeral Establishments - Preneed Report Forms for Establishments and Trustees
- Memorandum to Cemetery Companies - Annual Report Forms for Cemeteries and Trustees
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Contact Info
Mailing Address:
Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers / Burial Services Sections
Davy Crockett Tower
500 James Robertson Pkwy.
Nashville, TN 37243-1144
Contact Information:
Phone: 615-741-5062
Fax: 615-532-1903
Cashier's Office:
Davy Crockett Tower - 11th Floor
500 James Robertson Pkwy.
Rules and Laws
- Laws:
- Rules:
- Funeral
- Preneed
- Cemetery
- 'New' Rules (Rules which may be changing)
- Advisory Bulletins:
- Preneed Sellers [pdf]
- Cemetery Legislative Change [pdf]
- Allowable Cemetery Installation Rates and Minimum Procurement Deposit Amounts [pdf]
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Mission
The Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers licenses and regulates funeral directors, embalmers and funeral establishments.
The Burial Services/Cemetery division administers legislative acts that require the establishment of a trust for the protection of those who buy cemetery and funeral property and services.
It is the mission of these offices to protect the public health, safety and welfare by ensuring compliance with the statutes and rules governing the funeral industry, preneed funeral contract sales and cemeteries.
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