NEVADA FUNERAL ARRANGER
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Embalmers must _____?.
Answer: 18+ years
Good moral standing
High school graduate with 60 semester units
Complete 12 months of mortuary science with 1+ year apprentice
experience
Embalmed 50+ bodies as an apprentice
Present two witnesses of to-be embalmer's good character to the
Board
Pass the Board exam and pay necessary fees
◉ What are the rules for neglect and false certification of a physician
on a death certificate?.
Answer: $250 fine for neglecting or refusing to give funeral agent the
medical death certificate (if present at tie of death)
$250 fine for knowingly making a false death certificate
It is illegal for anyone to sign an uncompleted death certificate
, ◉ Contents of a Burial Permit are ____?.
Answer: 1. a statement by the local health officer and their signature
of approval
2. permission to inter, remove, or otherwise dispose of the deceased
3. Name, Age, Sex, SOC, Cause of death, Place dead will be interred,
inurned or buried, and Other information requested (NASSOC-PO)
◉ How long do you have to get a permit for removal, or burial?.
Answer: 72 hours to be issued a permit after death, before further
disposing of a body
If person who certifies death consents, a body may be moved from
the place of death to another location for their final disposition
◉ The required disclosures of the GPL are ____?.
Answer: 1. Consumer right to choose services
2. Embalming
3. Alternative containers for cremation
4. Basic Fees and services
5. Casket Price List
6. Outer Burial Container Price List
◉ What must the Casket Price List contain?.
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Embalmers must _____?.
Answer: 18+ years
Good moral standing
High school graduate with 60 semester units
Complete 12 months of mortuary science with 1+ year apprentice
experience
Embalmed 50+ bodies as an apprentice
Present two witnesses of to-be embalmer's good character to the
Board
Pass the Board exam and pay necessary fees
◉ What are the rules for neglect and false certification of a physician
on a death certificate?.
Answer: $250 fine for neglecting or refusing to give funeral agent the
medical death certificate (if present at tie of death)
$250 fine for knowingly making a false death certificate
It is illegal for anyone to sign an uncompleted death certificate
, ◉ Contents of a Burial Permit are ____?.
Answer: 1. a statement by the local health officer and their signature
of approval
2. permission to inter, remove, or otherwise dispose of the deceased
3. Name, Age, Sex, SOC, Cause of death, Place dead will be interred,
inurned or buried, and Other information requested (NASSOC-PO)
◉ How long do you have to get a permit for removal, or burial?.
Answer: 72 hours to be issued a permit after death, before further
disposing of a body
If person who certifies death consents, a body may be moved from
the place of death to another location for their final disposition
◉ The required disclosures of the GPL are ____?.
Answer: 1. Consumer right to choose services
2. Embalming
3. Alternative containers for cremation
4. Basic Fees and services
5. Casket Price List
6. Outer Burial Container Price List
◉ What must the Casket Price List contain?.
