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THE ARIZONA STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS: for the Laws of Arizona regarding the funeral industry, requirements for license in the State of Arizona. Rules, procedures, and actions of the Board. List of the members of the Board.

The American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE) serves as the national academic accreditation agency for college and university programs in Funeral Service and Mortuary Science Education. ABFSE is the sole accrediting agency recognized by the US Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation in this field.

The Federal Trade Commission offical rules and regulations governing the funeral industry.

THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF FUNERAL SERVICE EXAMINATION BOARDS, INC.: Registration and fee payments may be made on this site as well as rescheduling a test date. A pratice disk may also be purchased at this site.

The offical website for the United States Department of Labor. This site has the information regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Act regulating safety in the work place environment as well as the standards of safe operation in the embalming room.

THE NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S ASSOCIATION: This site is excellent for keeping up with current events within the industry. You may register as a member on-line. Members have professional seminars available to them on a wide range of relivant subjects.

SELECTED INDEPENDENT FUNERAL HOMES: is an organization of independently owned funeral establishments that seeks to maintain the highest professional and ethical standards. Membership is by inventation only, and usually there is only one per municipality.

ORDER OF THE GOLDEN RULE: an organization of funeral home establishments which adhere to the "Golden Rule" of Business ethics. A good resource for the latest issues within the funeral industry.

A directory of names, addresses, and phone numbers of every funeral home in the United States and Canada known to Nomis.