Welcome
to the home page of the
Kansas
State Board of Mortuary Arts
In honor of Independence Day, our office will be
closed on Friday, July 3, 2009. Happy Fourth of July!
We'll reopen on Monday, July 6, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.
NOTE: Some of the
information on our web site is in pdf/Adobe Acrobat Reader format. If
you
do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader
already installed on your computer, please visit their site to download
it.
 Our Purpose, Our Goal
Facts about Funerals (informational brochure)
Pre-Planning
Your Funeral Arrangements
(informational brochure)
Memorial Planning Guide NOTE: This is a pdf document.
If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat Reader
already installed on your computer, please visit their site to download
it.
License Renewal
Dates UPDATED
6-6-2009
Continuing Education UPDATED
6-29-2009
Complaint
Information
Education
Services/
License
Requirements/Applications
Job Search UPDATED
6-25-2009
KPERS Death Benefit
Information
The Board
Rulebook
(Includes laws effective as of 7-1-2008)
Closed
Funeral Home Record Search
Roster
of Kansas Funeral Homes and Crematories with Refrigeration Units
Board
Actions Actions taken
against licensees or applicants for licensure since
1/1/2003.
For information pertaining to Licensees In the
Military Service, please click here.
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What's
New:
- Renew your license ONLINE
- Legislation Information from the 2009-2010
Kansas Legislative Session affecting funeral service and the
KSBMA including recent fee sweeps from the agency's fee fund to
the state's general fund. Also included are bills passed during
the
2008 Legislative Session.
- Agency
Newsletter For the
latest news. UPDATED
6-26-2009
- Assistant
Funeral Directors: The filing
deadline for the AFD examination of Wednesday, August 5, 2009
is Wednesday, July 15, 2009.
- Consumer
Corner Information for
Kansas consumers concerning the funeral industry.
- The filing deadline for the upcoming
Board Meeting of July 9,
2009 was June 15, 2009.
All applications, fees and documentation must have been
filed with the KSBMA office by no later than June 15th,
2009 in order to be placed on the agenda for the July 9,
2009
meeting. The
agenda for the July 9, 2009 Meeting. UPDATED
6-26-2009
- SRS's Funeral Assistance Program's
amended regulation effective 1/1/2008: KAR 30-4-98
Please note that the
maximum benefit for qualified applicants decreases from $680 to $545
effective July 1, 2009. UPDATED
6-26-2009
- Information regarding
the rehabilitation
of Memorial
Service/Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Companies/National Prearranged
Funeral Services which includes Legal
Documents relating to the
rehabilitation. Additional information can be found on the
web site of the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), including a Resouce Page
and news/press releases of August
13, 2008 and July 22,
2008.
- Current
State Inspection Report
- FY 2008 Year
End State Inspection Report
- To view two generic
forms dealing with KAR 63-7-2
and Crematory Recordkeeping,
please click here
- Information on the Willed
Body Program at the University of Kansas Medical Center regarding Bequeathing
A Body
- Contact information
for the KHPA/Estate
Recovery Unit can be found on the KSBMA Agency
Newsletter portion of this
web page. To
read an interesting article dealing with disposition of dead human
remains, please select here
- Licensee
Question of the Month
UPDATED
6-14-2009
- Change
of Address Form (for
licensees)
- Legal
Next-of-Kin (K.S.A. 65-1734)
- Kansas
Dead Body Law A
helpful article written by Brian Vazquez regarding Unclaimed Bodies
- K.S.A.
17-1305 regarding
Private Burying Grounds; Control by county clerk; Actions for Damages
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