PA State Funeral Board.
Jurisprudence Exam
Act - answer The Funeral Director Law (63 P. S. § § 479.1—479.20) which regulates
the licensure of persons and of corporations engaged in the preparation and disposition
of the bodies of deceased persons.
Board - answerThe State Board of Funeral Directors of the Department of State of the
Commonwealth
Bureau - answerThe Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Department
of State of the Commonwealth
commissioner - answerThe Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs of
the Department of State of the Commonwealth.
Funeral entity - answerA restricted business corporation, professional corporation, pre-
1935 corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, widow, widower or estate authorized
by the Board to practice the profession of funeral director.
Funeral establishment - answerA place or premise approved by the Board wherein a
licensed funeral director conducts the professional practice of funeral directing,
including the preparation, care and funeral services for the human dead.
Hour of continuing education - answerSixty minutes of actual instruction in an approved
course of continuing education.
Licensed funeral director - answerAn individual who has met the educational
requirements and passed the examinations required by the act.
Limited license - answerA license issued by the Board that authorizes a person licensed
to practice funeral directing in a reciprocal state to practice funeral directing in this
Commonwealth in accordance with section 9(c) of the act (63 P. S. § 479.9(c)).
Preceptor - answerA licensed funeral director under or with whom a resident intern is
registered and operates.
Premises - answerThe property on which the funeral establishment is located which
consists of a tract of land not intersected by a public highway or thoroughfare.
Prepaid burial account - answerAn account in which moneys are deposited by the
funeral director during the lifetime of an individual in accordance with a contract
,executed between the parties for funeral merchandise and services to be performed
and delivered at a future time.
Prepaid burial contract - answerA contract executed between a consumer and a
licensed funeral director which provides that the funeral director will provide funeral
merchandise and render services to the consumer upon the consumer's death or the
death of another designated individual and for which the consumer pays to the funeral
director moneys at the time of the contract or at a time prior to the rendition of these
services.
Profession - answerThe aggregate of all funeral service licensees and their duties and
responsibilities in connection with the funeral as funeral directors licensed under the act.
Reciprocal state - answerThe District of Columbia or a state or territory of the United
States of America whose agency that is authorized to license persons to practice the
profession of funeral director in that jurisdiction has entered into an agreement with the
Board under which persons licensed in that jurisdiction may receive a limited license in
this Commonwealth.
Restricted business corporation - answerA business corporation formed under 15
Pa.C.S. (relating to the Associations Code) and authorized under the act.
Supervisor - answerA licensed funeral director employed on a full-time basis to
supervise the professional activities of a licensed estate, widow, business corporation
pre-1935 restricted business corporation, professional corporation or branch place of
practice under any of the foregoing, as defined in the act.
General requirements of Licensure - answerlicensed by the Board & Commissioner, 21
years old, good moral character, satisfactory educational & training requirements, pass
oral/practical/written examination, 3 hours of child abuse training
A limited exception will be the granting of a restricted license to - answerestates,
widow's or widower's of deceased funeral directors
Initial registration for student trainee - answer$25
Annual registration for student trainee - answer$15
Initial registration for resident intern - answer$25
Initial registration for preceptor or change - answer$25
Initial license for funeral director - answer$25
Initial license for restricted business corporation, professional corporation, partnership
or shared funeral establishment - answer$150
, Initial license for estate or widow, sole proprietorship or branch office - answer$125
Initial registration for supervisor - answer$25
Change director or name on existing license without reinspection - answer$35
Address change with inspection - answer$125
Reinspection after failure - answer$85
Certification - answer$25
Verification of licensure or registration - answer$15
Biennial renewal - answer$400
Application for limited license - answer$35
Biennial renewal of limited license - answer$35
Application for continuing education course - answer$100
Application for continuing education provider - answer$100
Renewal of registration of continuing education provider - answer$50
Qualification of a student trainee - answerHigh School Graduate or at least 2 years of
college credits in liberal arts, file a declaration of the applicant's intent to procure funeral
service licensing and shall submit an application for a student trainee registration card
renewable annually.
How many hours of credits qualify for 2 years of college? - answer60 credit hours
A Student Trainee - answershall be accepted for matriculation at a mortuary college or a
university or college specializing in mortuary subjects which has been approved by the
American Board of Funeral Service Education, Inc., and the Board
College requirements of a student trainee - answer2 years or 60 credits, the applicant
shall submit a transcript for evaluation by the Director of Credentials Evaluation of the
Department of Education prior to being registered as a student trainee at an approved
mortuary school with a 1-year course in mortuary science approved by the American
Board of Funeral Service Education.
Coordinated course of study - answerapplicant shall be permitted to present evidence
that the applicant has been accepted for matriculation at a college or university, with an
Jurisprudence Exam
Act - answer The Funeral Director Law (63 P. S. § § 479.1—479.20) which regulates
the licensure of persons and of corporations engaged in the preparation and disposition
of the bodies of deceased persons.
Board - answerThe State Board of Funeral Directors of the Department of State of the
Commonwealth
Bureau - answerThe Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Department
of State of the Commonwealth
commissioner - answerThe Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs of
the Department of State of the Commonwealth.
Funeral entity - answerA restricted business corporation, professional corporation, pre-
1935 corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, widow, widower or estate authorized
by the Board to practice the profession of funeral director.
Funeral establishment - answerA place or premise approved by the Board wherein a
licensed funeral director conducts the professional practice of funeral directing,
including the preparation, care and funeral services for the human dead.
Hour of continuing education - answerSixty minutes of actual instruction in an approved
course of continuing education.
Licensed funeral director - answerAn individual who has met the educational
requirements and passed the examinations required by the act.
Limited license - answerA license issued by the Board that authorizes a person licensed
to practice funeral directing in a reciprocal state to practice funeral directing in this
Commonwealth in accordance with section 9(c) of the act (63 P. S. § 479.9(c)).
Preceptor - answerA licensed funeral director under or with whom a resident intern is
registered and operates.
Premises - answerThe property on which the funeral establishment is located which
consists of a tract of land not intersected by a public highway or thoroughfare.
Prepaid burial account - answerAn account in which moneys are deposited by the
funeral director during the lifetime of an individual in accordance with a contract
,executed between the parties for funeral merchandise and services to be performed
and delivered at a future time.
Prepaid burial contract - answerA contract executed between a consumer and a
licensed funeral director which provides that the funeral director will provide funeral
merchandise and render services to the consumer upon the consumer's death or the
death of another designated individual and for which the consumer pays to the funeral
director moneys at the time of the contract or at a time prior to the rendition of these
services.
Profession - answerThe aggregate of all funeral service licensees and their duties and
responsibilities in connection with the funeral as funeral directors licensed under the act.
Reciprocal state - answerThe District of Columbia or a state or territory of the United
States of America whose agency that is authorized to license persons to practice the
profession of funeral director in that jurisdiction has entered into an agreement with the
Board under which persons licensed in that jurisdiction may receive a limited license in
this Commonwealth.
Restricted business corporation - answerA business corporation formed under 15
Pa.C.S. (relating to the Associations Code) and authorized under the act.
Supervisor - answerA licensed funeral director employed on a full-time basis to
supervise the professional activities of a licensed estate, widow, business corporation
pre-1935 restricted business corporation, professional corporation or branch place of
practice under any of the foregoing, as defined in the act.
General requirements of Licensure - answerlicensed by the Board & Commissioner, 21
years old, good moral character, satisfactory educational & training requirements, pass
oral/practical/written examination, 3 hours of child abuse training
A limited exception will be the granting of a restricted license to - answerestates,
widow's or widower's of deceased funeral directors
Initial registration for student trainee - answer$25
Annual registration for student trainee - answer$15
Initial registration for resident intern - answer$25
Initial registration for preceptor or change - answer$25
Initial license for funeral director - answer$25
Initial license for restricted business corporation, professional corporation, partnership
or shared funeral establishment - answer$150
, Initial license for estate or widow, sole proprietorship or branch office - answer$125
Initial registration for supervisor - answer$25
Change director or name on existing license without reinspection - answer$35
Address change with inspection - answer$125
Reinspection after failure - answer$85
Certification - answer$25
Verification of licensure or registration - answer$15
Biennial renewal - answer$400
Application for limited license - answer$35
Biennial renewal of limited license - answer$35
Application for continuing education course - answer$100
Application for continuing education provider - answer$100
Renewal of registration of continuing education provider - answer$50
Qualification of a student trainee - answerHigh School Graduate or at least 2 years of
college credits in liberal arts, file a declaration of the applicant's intent to procure funeral
service licensing and shall submit an application for a student trainee registration card
renewable annually.
How many hours of credits qualify for 2 years of college? - answer60 credit hours
A Student Trainee - answershall be accepted for matriculation at a mortuary college or a
university or college specializing in mortuary subjects which has been approved by the
American Board of Funeral Service Education, Inc., and the Board
College requirements of a student trainee - answer2 years or 60 credits, the applicant
shall submit a transcript for evaluation by the Director of Credentials Evaluation of the
Department of Education prior to being registered as a student trainee at an approved
mortuary school with a 1-year course in mortuary science approved by the American
Board of Funeral Service Education.
Coordinated course of study - answerapplicant shall be permitted to present evidence
that the applicant has been accepted for matriculation at a college or university, with an
