MASSACHUSETTS FUNERAL DIRECTOR
JURISPRUDENCE STATE EXAM SCRIPT 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ How many hours must an apprentice embalmer being employed for
weekly? Answer: 30 hours (15 can be on call)
⩥ How many embalmings must an apprentice be supervised for?
Answer: their first 25
⩥ Does an Apprentice Embalmer need OSHA training? Answer: Yes, 30
days prior to applying for registration yearly
⩥ How old do you need to be to become a Funeral Home Assistant
Answer: 18 years
⩥ Who is responsible for the Funeral Home Assistant? Answer: Their
Type 3 sponsor
⩥ How many funeral homes may employ a single Funeral Home
Assistant? Answer: just 1
,⩥ What will suffice the educational component of a Funeral Home
Assistant? Answer: One of the following options
1) Mortuary Sciences Degree
2) Board approved training in General Public Health, Ergonomics, and
Funeral Law and Ethics
3) Board approved funeral related experience
⩥ Does a funeral home assistant need to complete OSHA training?
Answer: Yes, within 30 days prior to applying for the registration
⩥ Who is responsible for the Funeral Home Assistant? Answer: The type
3 to whom the FHA is registered
⩥ How many cases must an Apprentice Embalmer perform before
applying for Type 3 or 6 license? Answer: 50
⩥ How many Apprentice Embalmers can a funeral which does 100 cases
per year employ? Answer: 2 (1 for every 50 cases annually)
⩥ If an Apprentice Embalmer is no longer employed by a funeral home,
how long do they have to find new employment as a Apprentice
Embalmer before their registration expires? Answer: 30 days
, ⩥ How many removals need to be supervised before an Apprentice
Embalmer and/or Funeral Home Assistant can perform removals on their
own? Answer: 20
⩥ How long does a Funeral Home Assistant have to find a new job
before re-registering with the board? Answer: New registration is needed
for every new job as a Funeral Home Assistant. Funeral Home Assistant
registration becomes null upon termination from a Licensed Funeral
Establishment
⩥ Can a funeral home assistant help with embalming? Answer: no
⩥ Can a funeral home assistant help arrange pre-need arrangements?
Answer: no
⩥ What is the minimum age to become a Type 6 funeral director?
Answer: 18
⩥ how many embalming cases and pre-need arrangements must an
apprentice take part in before applying to be a type 6 director? Answer:
50 embalming cases, 25 pre-need arrangements
⩥ True/False, a Type 6 applicant must have a degree in mortuary
sciences Answer: true
JURISPRUDENCE STATE EXAM SCRIPT 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ How many hours must an apprentice embalmer being employed for
weekly? Answer: 30 hours (15 can be on call)
⩥ How many embalmings must an apprentice be supervised for?
Answer: their first 25
⩥ Does an Apprentice Embalmer need OSHA training? Answer: Yes, 30
days prior to applying for registration yearly
⩥ How old do you need to be to become a Funeral Home Assistant
Answer: 18 years
⩥ Who is responsible for the Funeral Home Assistant? Answer: Their
Type 3 sponsor
⩥ How many funeral homes may employ a single Funeral Home
Assistant? Answer: just 1
,⩥ What will suffice the educational component of a Funeral Home
Assistant? Answer: One of the following options
1) Mortuary Sciences Degree
2) Board approved training in General Public Health, Ergonomics, and
Funeral Law and Ethics
3) Board approved funeral related experience
⩥ Does a funeral home assistant need to complete OSHA training?
Answer: Yes, within 30 days prior to applying for the registration
⩥ Who is responsible for the Funeral Home Assistant? Answer: The type
3 to whom the FHA is registered
⩥ How many cases must an Apprentice Embalmer perform before
applying for Type 3 or 6 license? Answer: 50
⩥ How many Apprentice Embalmers can a funeral which does 100 cases
per year employ? Answer: 2 (1 for every 50 cases annually)
⩥ If an Apprentice Embalmer is no longer employed by a funeral home,
how long do they have to find new employment as a Apprentice
Embalmer before their registration expires? Answer: 30 days
, ⩥ How many removals need to be supervised before an Apprentice
Embalmer and/or Funeral Home Assistant can perform removals on their
own? Answer: 20
⩥ How long does a Funeral Home Assistant have to find a new job
before re-registering with the board? Answer: New registration is needed
for every new job as a Funeral Home Assistant. Funeral Home Assistant
registration becomes null upon termination from a Licensed Funeral
Establishment
⩥ Can a funeral home assistant help with embalming? Answer: no
⩥ Can a funeral home assistant help arrange pre-need arrangements?
Answer: no
⩥ What is the minimum age to become a Type 6 funeral director?
Answer: 18
⩥ how many embalming cases and pre-need arrangements must an
apprentice take part in before applying to be a type 6 director? Answer:
50 embalming cases, 25 pre-need arrangements
⩥ True/False, a Type 6 applicant must have a degree in mortuary
sciences Answer: true
