Pennsylvania Funeral Directors
Jurisprudence Exam 2
Act - answer The Funeral Director Law which regulates the licensure of persons and of
corporations engaged in the preparation and disposition of the bodies of deceased
persons
Board - answer The State Board of Funeral Directors of the Department of State of the
Commonwealth
Bureau - answer The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the
Department of State of the Commonwealth
Commissioner - answer The 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
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 (or "preneed agreement") - answerA contract executed between
a consumer and 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 for licensure - answer21 or older
Of good moral character
Has satisfied the educational and training requirements of the act
Shall pass a combined oral, practical, and written examination (with limited exceptions)
Shall complete at least 3 hours of training in child abuse recognition and reporting
$25 - answerFee for initial registration for student trainee
$25 - answerFee for annual registration for student trainee
$25 - answerFee for initial registration for resident intern
$25 - answerFee for initial registration for preceptor or change
$25 - answerFee for initial license for funeral director
$150 - answerFee for initial license for restricted business corporation, professional
corporation, partnership, or shared funeral establishment
Jurisprudence Exam 2
Act - answer The Funeral Director Law which regulates the licensure of persons and of
corporations engaged in the preparation and disposition of the bodies of deceased
persons
Board - answer The State Board of Funeral Directors of the Department of State of the
Commonwealth
Bureau - answer The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the
Department of State of the Commonwealth
Commissioner - answer The 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
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 (or "preneed agreement") - answerA contract executed between
a consumer and 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 for licensure - answer21 or older
Of good moral character
Has satisfied the educational and training requirements of the act
Shall pass a combined oral, practical, and written examination (with limited exceptions)
Shall complete at least 3 hours of training in child abuse recognition and reporting
$25 - answerFee for initial registration for student trainee
$25 - answerFee for annual registration for student trainee
$25 - answerFee for initial registration for resident intern
$25 - answerFee for initial registration for preceptor or change
$25 - answerFee for initial license for funeral director
$150 - answerFee for initial license for restricted business corporation, professional
corporation, partnership, or shared funeral establishment
