PCS

Safety, Transportation & Consumer Services

California statewide coverage directory

Personal, Cemetery and Funeral Services: qualification, exams, and education

Written-exam preparation, health and safety, consumer protection, preneed rules, ethics, and professional development.

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Regulated credentials

Who this California guide covers

Licenses and credentials

  • - Barber
  • - Cosmetologist
  • - Esthetician
  • - Manicurist
  • - Funeral Director
  • - Embalmer
  • - Cemetery Manager and Salesperson

What 101PD may provide

  • - Written licensing-exam preparation
  • - Health, safety, and establishment law
  • - Cemetery, funeral, preneed, and consumer-protection education

Provider qualification route

How 101PD can become authorized

Exam prep may be independent. Qualifying education must use the exact approved school or provider path for that profession.

Non-substitution boundary

What online training cannot replace

Online prep cannot replace school curriculum, practical instruction, apprenticeship, mortuary education, or experience.

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Exam prep

California Barber and Cosmetology Written Exam Prep

$0 / Free

Independent preparation only; it does not create exam eligibility or replace the regulator's application process.

Not yet enrollable

Exam prep

California Funeral Director and Embalmer Exam Prep

$0 / Free

Independent preparation only; it does not create exam eligibility or replace the regulator's application process.

Not yet enrollable

Professional development

Salon and Preneed Compliance Updates

$0 / Free

Training-only until a credit route is documented.

Not yet enrollable

Official sources

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The regulator controls eligibility, fees, applications, examinations, and credit. These are the sources used for this page.

Research review date: July 22, 2026. Next review due October 22, 2026. Recheck required before activation.