Using the CEU Grant Form

Organizations or educational providers who are interested in requesting pre-approval of their educational events should complete the Uniform Continuing Education Application Process Form (CEU Grant Form). To download the CEU Grant Form, click here. Please mail the completed form to the Academy or fax it to 614/899-6206.

There is an annual fee of $250 charged to the provider to evaluate CEU programs which is renewed on September 1 of each year. In addition, home study programs must be submitted electronically for review by our Subject Matter Experts. There is an additional one-time charge of $50 per home study program evaluated.

This form was prepared by the National Funeral Directors Association to assist in the continuing education application process. The form is divided into two parts:

Page 1 - basic information required for your continuing education program

Page 2 - additional information that some state licensing board require

NOTE: This form is accepted by the Academy and by state licensing boards that require continuing education for funeral service professionals exception for New Mexico, Texas and Maryland. CEU Grant Application to the Academy are for approval for Academy members. Please contact the appropriate state licensing board for additional information regarding their continuing education criteria.

Program Evaluation Guidelines

The Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice uses a set of specific guidelines in the evaluation of programs, either on-site or home study, for the award of Continuing Education Units (CEU) of credit, as follows:

Each CEU is equal to 10 hours of accreditable activity, as such, 1.0 CEU equals 10 hours. Each hour is evaluated as 50 minutes of activity plus a 10 minute break; i.e., 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon program will receive .3 CEU's with up to 30 minutes allowed for breaks.

For CEU credit, a program must fall within one of the following four categories of funeral service related content areas approved by the American Board of Funeral Service Education:

Public Health and Technical Sciences including embalming, restorative art, etc.
Business Management including computer applications, marketing, personnel management, accounting, etc.
Social Science including communication skills, both written and oral, sociological factors, counseling, grief psychology, etc.
Legal, Ethical, Regulatory including OSHA, FTC, ethical issues, legal interpretations, etc.

The program must be sponsored by a provider for which continuing education programming is part of the overall provider mission.

Program speakers must possess professional credentials appropriate to the subjects covered in the program.

The program must contain demonstrable educational content, as evaluated by the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice.

Credits are not allowed for such activities as social occasions, meals, receptions, sporting tournaments, etc. If a portion of this type event contains educational content, that portion only will receive CEU credit. (i.e., banquet with an educational speaker would provide credit for the time of the speech only). It is the responsibility of the program provider to alert the Academy office to the length of the educational content for which credit is sought.

Requests for approval of home study programs must be accompanied by two copies of the actual curriculum content, including an estimate of time required for completion, as well as evaluation procedures designed to ensure student comprehension of the program.