Death Certificate Filings

PURPOSE: This rule outlines the requirements of Missouri licensed embalmers and funeral directors filing death certificates. (1) Each licensed embalmer who embalms a dead human body shall be listed on the death certificate to include name and license number. Each statement shall be attested to its accuracy as determined by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to section 193.145, RSMo. If the body was not embalmed, the fact that the body was not embalmed shall be stated on the death certificate prior to the filing of the death certificate by the licensed funeral director. (2) Each authentication of a licensed embalmer and licensed funeral director on a death certificate must correspond with the licensee’s authentication as approved and licensed by the board. AUTHORITY: sections 193.145 and 194.119, RSMo Supp. 2025, and section 333.111, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed March 9, 2020, effective Sept. 30, 2020. Amended: Filed Dec. 30, 2025, effective June 30, 2026. *Original authority: 193.145, RSMo 1984, amended 1989, 1997, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2020, 2023, 2025; 194.119, RSMo 2003, amended 2008, 2010, 2015, 2023; and 333.111, RSMo 1965, amended 1981, 1993, 1995.