New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 36 - STATE BOARD OF MORTUARY SCIENCE
Subchapter 3 - EXAMINATIONS AND CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS
Section 13:36-3.1 - Qualifications for licensure

1. A completed application form which shall contain the name and address of the candidate and the name and address of the candidate's employer;

2. An official transcript or diploma which shows that before entering a school of mortuary science, the candidate completed a four-year course of study in an approved public or private high school or the equivalent thereof;

3. Evidence that the candidate has completed a minimum of two years of academic instruction in a college or university approved by the Commission on Higher Education and one year of academic instruction in a school of mortuary science approved by the American Board of Funeral Service Education or has completed a minimum of three years of academic instruction in a college or university approved by the Commission on Higher Education and one year of academic instruction in a school of mortuary science approved by the American Board of Funeral Service Education;

4. A certificate from a preceptor in this State, which shows that the candidate has served a one-year or two-year period of practical training as an intern under the preceptor, pursuant to the provisions of 45:7-49(a)(2) and the requirements of N.J.A.C. 13:36-2;

5. Evidence of having achieved a passing score on the National Board Examination;

6. Evidence of having achieved a passing score on the Board's Mortuary Jurisprudence examination pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:36-3.2;

7. Evidence of having achieved a passing score on the practical examination administered by the Board pursuant to 13:36-3.7; and

8. An application fee pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:36-1.6.