TEXAS STATE MORTUARY LAW KEY
CONCEPTS AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ True.
Answer: All charges on a Itemization of Funeral Service &
Merchandise Selected are going to be listed under either Funeral
Home Charges or Cash Advance Charges.
◉ True.
Answer: When a funeral firm is owned and operated by an
individual, the individual must be a licensed and registered NYS
funeral director.
◉ True.
Answer: A funeral director duly registered as inactive with the NYS
Bureau of Funeral Directing is exempt from mandatory continuing
education requirements as long as their status remains inactive.
◉ True.
Answer: The body of a person that has died in NYS may not be
removed from the state unless a permit has been issued for such
removal by a local registrar in NYS.
,◉ True.
Answer: A funeral firm may not operate or conduct a funeral
business on real property owned, leased, or under the control of a
cemetery.
◉ True.
Answer: Soliciting or attempting to solicit funeral business using
door-to-door or telephone solicitation methods, unless specifically
requested by a potential customer, is prohibited in NYS.
◉ True.
Answer: The biennial registration of licensed funeral directors,
embalmers, and undertakers shall be renewable July 1st of each
even year.
◉ True.
Answer: Registered residents may only preform their duties within
the state of NY.
◉ True.
Answer: The Dept. of Health may direct a registered resident to
appear for an oral interview to determine their qualifications to be
licensed.
,◉ False.
Answer: TRUE STATEMENT: Accurate information from price lists
(general, casket, or outer burial*) must be available over the
telephone if a customer calls and asks for such information. Is the
following statement TRUE or FALSE: Only a licensed and registered
funeral director may give out such information over the telephone?
◉ True.
Answer: While the term "funeral home" is used all across NYS, it is
not an official, legal term used in the law to define or describe
funeral directing activities or requirements.
◉ True.
Answer: A person who causes the death of another, and at the time
was the subject of an order of protection protecting the decedent,
does not have the automatic right to control the disposition of the
remains of the decedent.
◉ 3-4-1-2.
Answer: What is the order of the priority right to control the
disposition of human remains of the following, from highest to
lowest?
1. Decedent's surviving parents
2. Decedent's surviving siblings aged 18+
, 3. Decedent's domestic partner
4. Any of the decedent's surviving children aged 18+
◉ 1, 2, and 4 only.
Answer: For the name of a person to be on a funeral establishment
business card, which of the following must apply?
1. They must be a living person
2. The person must be duly licensed as a funeral director
3. They must be a manager
4. The person must be duly registered as a funeral director
◉ Funeral establishment.
Answer: A single physical location, address or premises devoted to
or used for the care and preparation of a body of a deceased person
for disposition and for mourning or funeral ceremonial purposes is
the definition of a:
◉ 1, 2, and 4 only.
Answer: The registration renewal application for a funeral
establishment must include which of the following notifications, if
they occurred during the previous biennium period?
CONCEPTS AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ True.
Answer: All charges on a Itemization of Funeral Service &
Merchandise Selected are going to be listed under either Funeral
Home Charges or Cash Advance Charges.
◉ True.
Answer: When a funeral firm is owned and operated by an
individual, the individual must be a licensed and registered NYS
funeral director.
◉ True.
Answer: A funeral director duly registered as inactive with the NYS
Bureau of Funeral Directing is exempt from mandatory continuing
education requirements as long as their status remains inactive.
◉ True.
Answer: The body of a person that has died in NYS may not be
removed from the state unless a permit has been issued for such
removal by a local registrar in NYS.
,◉ True.
Answer: A funeral firm may not operate or conduct a funeral
business on real property owned, leased, or under the control of a
cemetery.
◉ True.
Answer: Soliciting or attempting to solicit funeral business using
door-to-door or telephone solicitation methods, unless specifically
requested by a potential customer, is prohibited in NYS.
◉ True.
Answer: The biennial registration of licensed funeral directors,
embalmers, and undertakers shall be renewable July 1st of each
even year.
◉ True.
Answer: Registered residents may only preform their duties within
the state of NY.
◉ True.
Answer: The Dept. of Health may direct a registered resident to
appear for an oral interview to determine their qualifications to be
licensed.
,◉ False.
Answer: TRUE STATEMENT: Accurate information from price lists
(general, casket, or outer burial*) must be available over the
telephone if a customer calls and asks for such information. Is the
following statement TRUE or FALSE: Only a licensed and registered
funeral director may give out such information over the telephone?
◉ True.
Answer: While the term "funeral home" is used all across NYS, it is
not an official, legal term used in the law to define or describe
funeral directing activities or requirements.
◉ True.
Answer: A person who causes the death of another, and at the time
was the subject of an order of protection protecting the decedent,
does not have the automatic right to control the disposition of the
remains of the decedent.
◉ 3-4-1-2.
Answer: What is the order of the priority right to control the
disposition of human remains of the following, from highest to
lowest?
1. Decedent's surviving parents
2. Decedent's surviving siblings aged 18+
, 3. Decedent's domestic partner
4. Any of the decedent's surviving children aged 18+
◉ 1, 2, and 4 only.
Answer: For the name of a person to be on a funeral establishment
business card, which of the following must apply?
1. They must be a living person
2. The person must be duly licensed as a funeral director
3. They must be a manager
4. The person must be duly registered as a funeral director
◉ Funeral establishment.
Answer: A single physical location, address or premises devoted to
or used for the care and preparation of a body of a deceased person
for disposition and for mourning or funeral ceremonial purposes is
the definition of a:
◉ 1, 2, and 4 only.
Answer: The registration renewal application for a funeral
establishment must include which of the following notifications, if
they occurred during the previous biennium period?
