North Carolina
Board of Funeral Service
July - September 2021 Ensuring the Safety, Health & Welfare ofNC Citizens Through Professional Funeral Service
Online Portal Opens November 1st
License Renewal for 2022 Set To Begin
All individual licenses, establishment and business permits, and
permits for removal and transportation will expire on
December 31, 2021. In accordance with NC General Statutes,
licenses and permits must be renewed prior to that date to
assure that they are current for 2022.
Failure to renew a license or permit by February 1, 2022, means
that the license or permit has been forfeited. Licenses and
permits may be reinstated but doing so requires payment of
late fees and possible civil penalties.
In 2020, the Board amended an administrative rule to enable
the notification to licensees about renewals by electronic
means rather than a reliance on flat mail. Electronic
notification by email to all licensees and permit holders created
an opportunity for the Board to transition to digital renewals by
using a dedicated online portal through the Board website at
www.ncbfs.org.
Last year, nearly 94% of all licensees and permit holders
completed renewals online which was a significant increase
over prior years. For those without Internet access or the
means to renew online,
the Board makes a
tillable PDF renewal
application available on
the website. Licensees
and permit holders can
complete this
application, download
it, and mail it to the Board. The Board discourages this method
unless absolutely necessary because mail delivery through the
U.S. Postal Service is inconsistent and not as dependable as in
the past. Online renewal is fast and reliable. And it enables
payment through the online renewal form which is a protected
and reliable method for assuring that the renewal fee reaches
the Board on a timely basis.
Other important changes beginning in 2020 now make it easier
than ever for licensees to accrue continuing education credits.
Please see the information below for more details.
Board Renews Waiver for Online Continuing Education Credit
At its September 8, 2021, meeting, the NC Board of Funeral Service approved a general waiver of the rule regarding online
Continuing Education credits. Under this waiver, licensees may accrue up to 10 hours of online credit from April 1, 2021,
through December 31, 2021. Five [5] hours of online credit may be applied to the 2022 license renewal cycle and up to
five [5] hours credit may be rolled over to the 2023 renewal cycle.
Those licensees who were awarded online CE credit from January 1, 2021, through March 31, 2021, were allowed under a
previous waiver to accrue up to 10 hours of online credit. As with the current waiver, those licensees with 10 hours of
online credit awarded during this time period may apply five [5] hours to the 2022 renewal cycle and roll over the
remaining 5 hours to the 2023 renewal cycle.
Beginning January 1, 2022, and continuing through March 31, 2022, licensees may accrue up to 10 hours of online CE
credit. The Board may consider whether or not to continue the waiver for online credit hours after March 31, 2022, by
approving a new waiver.
