FLORIDA FUNERAL LAWS Exam 2026/2027
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• An embalmer works in a place where owners unlicensed son signs at-need contracts if
owner is away. Embalmer is told to keep him mouth shut. What are potential actions? -
✓✓ Embalmer is guilty of concealing info. Son is guilty of unlicensed activity.
• "At-need solicitation" means -✓✓ any uninvited contact by a licensee or her or his
agent for the purpose of the sale of burial services or merchandise to the family or next
of kin of a person after her or his death has occurred
• Who holds the title to unclaimed bodies -✓✓ The County Commissioner
• Who files the Death Certificate of an unclaimed body -✓✓ The Direct Disposer /
Funeral Home NOT the sheriff or ME
• Family tells Direct Disposer they want to sell the body parts for profit. The Direct
Disposer keeps their mouth shut. What are they guilty of? -✓✓ Guilty of complicit selling
of body parts
• What is NOT a reason for tissue removal by the Medical Examiner -✓✓ Profit
• How often do you take the HIC course -✓✓ Biennially
• Name of a temporary license for an embalmer by examination? -✓✓ Provisional
License
• How long does the provisional license last -✓✓ 6 months
• Requirements for reactivating a delinquent (inactive) license? -✓✓ New application, all
fees, all CEUs, HIV course. (May or may not require board appearance)
• Who governs Mortuary Schools Curriculum? -✓✓ The Funeral Service Education
Board
• Which of the following are DD penalties? -✓✓ The one without the word "only". "Only"
is always too limiting in exams
• When a PN is to be refunded. What money is refunded? -✓✓ ONLY the amount paid
in. No extra (damages, no extra 10%, ext.)
• Where do you go to file a complaint against a cemetery -✓✓ The Department of
Financial Services
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• An embalmer works in a place where owners unlicensed son signs at-need contracts if
owner is away. Embalmer is told to keep him mouth shut. What are potential actions? -
✓✓ Embalmer is guilty of concealing info. Son is guilty of unlicensed activity.
• "At-need solicitation" means -✓✓ any uninvited contact by a licensee or her or his
agent for the purpose of the sale of burial services or merchandise to the family or next
of kin of a person after her or his death has occurred
• Who holds the title to unclaimed bodies -✓✓ The County Commissioner
• Who files the Death Certificate of an unclaimed body -✓✓ The Direct Disposer /
Funeral Home NOT the sheriff or ME
• Family tells Direct Disposer they want to sell the body parts for profit. The Direct
Disposer keeps their mouth shut. What are they guilty of? -✓✓ Guilty of complicit selling
of body parts
• What is NOT a reason for tissue removal by the Medical Examiner -✓✓ Profit
• How often do you take the HIC course -✓✓ Biennially
• Name of a temporary license for an embalmer by examination? -✓✓ Provisional
License
• How long does the provisional license last -✓✓ 6 months
• Requirements for reactivating a delinquent (inactive) license? -✓✓ New application, all
fees, all CEUs, HIV course. (May or may not require board appearance)
• Who governs Mortuary Schools Curriculum? -✓✓ The Funeral Service Education
Board
• Which of the following are DD penalties? -✓✓ The one without the word "only". "Only"
is always too limiting in exams
• When a PN is to be refunded. What money is refunded? -✓✓ ONLY the amount paid
in. No extra (damages, no extra 10%, ext.)
• Where do you go to file a complaint against a cemetery -✓✓ The Department of
Financial Services
