Welcome to the Funeral and Mortuary Science Services Homepage
The Colorado Office of Funeral and Mortuary Science Services (Program) regulates funeral homes and crematories in the State of Colorado. Program activities include registration of funeral homes and crematories, investigation of complaints, and enforcement of disciplinary actions against those who violate the Mortuary Science Code and the Office of Funeral and Mortuary Science Services Rules. The Program's mission is to maintain the profession's integrity and protect its consumers. Several changes to the program are being considered by the Colorado General Assembly through House Bill 24-1335.
Several changes to the program were recently made by the Colorado General Assembly through House Bill 24-1335. This bill was signed into law on May 24, 2024.
Senate Bill 24-173, which was signed into law on May 24, 2024, mandates regulation of Mortuary Science Practitioners, Funeral Directors, Embalmers, Cremationists, and Natural Reductionists by January 1, 2027.
For more information on these changes, as well as additional information about the death care industry, please see our Consumer Guide to Death Care in Colorado.
Rules to become effective January 15, 2025 can be found here.
Program Information
- Public Notices
There are currently no Public Notices
- Legislative Updates
- 2024 New Legislation
- HB 24-1004: Ex-Offenders Practice in Regulated Occupations
- For Information on 2024 legislative changes, see the Consumer Guide to Death Care in Colorado
- HB 24-1097: Military Family Occupational Credentialing
- HB 24-1342: Test Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities
- HB 24-1335: Sunset Continue Mortuary Science
Code Regulation - SB 24-129: Non Profit Information Sharing
- SB 24-141: Out of State Telehealth Providers
- SB 24-173: Regulate Mortuary Science Professionals
- 2023 New Legislation
- 2024 New Legislation
- Program Information
Jacquline Arcelin, Program Director
Office of Funeral Home and Mortuary Science Services
1560 Broadway, Suite 1350
Denver, CO 80202Phone: 303-894-7800 | Fax: 303-894-2310 | Email: dora_funeralhomesandcrematories@state.co.us
- Reports and Statistics
- 2023 Funeral Home and Crematory Sunset Review