NYS Funeral Law Exam Study
Guide: GRADED A+. Questions
and Verified Answers. Latest
2026 Update
Test for death before embalming, removal, cremation or burial? - Ans✔✔-
Pulsation has ceased in radial or carotid artery
Order of priority on disposition - Ans✔✔-1 Agent
2. Spouse or domestic partner
3. Children over 18
4. Parents
5. Siblings
What must be displayed conspicuously in every funeral home? - Ans✔✔-
Establishment registration and manager license
Rental caskets are prohibited from use during a viewing/wake in NYS - Ans✔✔-
False
A person is defined as a natural person after the age of - Ans✔✔-18 years old
,Registration renewal application for a funeral establishment must include -
Ans✔✔--sale or transfer of all funeral firm assets
-sale or transfer of the controlling interest of the firm
-termination of the business entity
What doesn't apply to establishments registered prior to 5/1/1974 - Ans✔✔-
Requirement of a prep room
At the very bottom of the priority list for right of disposition is a chief fiscal
officer of a county - Ans✔✔-true
Funeral Homes are prohibited by law from making any profit - Ans✔✔-
Common carrier charges
Which of the titles authorizes the holder to make funeral arrangements? -
Ans✔✔-Funeral Director
What is not required by law? - Ans✔✔--Embalming
-Casket for direct cremation
-Vault not required unless the cemetery says so
-Purchasing goods
Max rate of interest that may be charged on unpaid balances per year -
Ans✔✔-16%
, (non profit cemeteries) Cemeteries to make interments available through the
year 6 days a week excluding legal holidays - Ans✔✔-The Winter Law
Documents which have been obtained for or supplies by the customer must be
given to the customer within - Ans✔✔-One week of the funeral
When buying in a cemetery and no one is in charge, the FD must - Ans✔✔--sign
the permit
-write across it "no person in charge"
-file the permit (in the location of the cemetery)
Funeral establishment must have a minimum of ___ sq feet dedicated to a
chapel or reposing room - Ans✔✔-300
Display of signs - Ans✔✔-Lettering infront of Funeral Home must be a
minimum of 1.5 inches.
Casket Showroom lettering minimum .5 inch. Conspicuously displayed.
3rd party administration fees for interest and bearing prefunded accounts may
not exceed ___of one percent - Ans✔✔-75 hundredths
Exceptions that remove an individual person from a priority list to control final
disposition - Ans✔✔--Unwilling to serve
-Not reasonable available
-Not competent
Guide: GRADED A+. Questions
and Verified Answers. Latest
2026 Update
Test for death before embalming, removal, cremation or burial? - Ans✔✔-
Pulsation has ceased in radial or carotid artery
Order of priority on disposition - Ans✔✔-1 Agent
2. Spouse or domestic partner
3. Children over 18
4. Parents
5. Siblings
What must be displayed conspicuously in every funeral home? - Ans✔✔-
Establishment registration and manager license
Rental caskets are prohibited from use during a viewing/wake in NYS - Ans✔✔-
False
A person is defined as a natural person after the age of - Ans✔✔-18 years old
,Registration renewal application for a funeral establishment must include -
Ans✔✔--sale or transfer of all funeral firm assets
-sale or transfer of the controlling interest of the firm
-termination of the business entity
What doesn't apply to establishments registered prior to 5/1/1974 - Ans✔✔-
Requirement of a prep room
At the very bottom of the priority list for right of disposition is a chief fiscal
officer of a county - Ans✔✔-true
Funeral Homes are prohibited by law from making any profit - Ans✔✔-
Common carrier charges
Which of the titles authorizes the holder to make funeral arrangements? -
Ans✔✔-Funeral Director
What is not required by law? - Ans✔✔--Embalming
-Casket for direct cremation
-Vault not required unless the cemetery says so
-Purchasing goods
Max rate of interest that may be charged on unpaid balances per year -
Ans✔✔-16%
, (non profit cemeteries) Cemeteries to make interments available through the
year 6 days a week excluding legal holidays - Ans✔✔-The Winter Law
Documents which have been obtained for or supplies by the customer must be
given to the customer within - Ans✔✔-One week of the funeral
When buying in a cemetery and no one is in charge, the FD must - Ans✔✔--sign
the permit
-write across it "no person in charge"
-file the permit (in the location of the cemetery)
Funeral establishment must have a minimum of ___ sq feet dedicated to a
chapel or reposing room - Ans✔✔-300
Display of signs - Ans✔✔-Lettering infront of Funeral Home must be a
minimum of 1.5 inches.
Casket Showroom lettering minimum .5 inch. Conspicuously displayed.
3rd party administration fees for interest and bearing prefunded accounts may
not exceed ___of one percent - Ans✔✔-75 hundredths
Exceptions that remove an individual person from a priority list to control final
disposition - Ans✔✔--Unwilling to serve
-Not reasonable available
-Not competent
