NYS FUNERAL LAW PART 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ALL ANSWERS CORRECT 2025 SOLUTION GUARANTEED GRADE A+

NYS FUNERAL LAW PART 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ALL ANSWERS CORRECT 2025 SOLUTION GUARANTEED GRADE A+ The name of a registered resident may be on the letterhead of a funeral establishment False All changes on an itemization of funeral services and merchandise selected are going to be listed under either funeral homes charges or cash advances True When a funeral firm is owned and operated by an individual, the individual must be a licensed and registered NYS funeral director True 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 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 A funeral firm may not operate or conduct a funeral business on real property owned, leased or under the control of a cemetery True 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 The biennial registration of licensed funeral directors, embalmers and undertakers shall be renewable July 1st of each even year True Registered residents may only perform their duties with the state of NY True The DOH may direct a registered resident to appear for an oral interview to determine the qualifications to be licensed True TRUE STATEMENT: Accurate information from price lists (general, casket, or outer interment receptacle) must be available over the telephone if a customer calls and asks for such information. IS the following statement True or False: ONLY a liscensed and registered funeral director may give out such information over the telephone? False 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 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. True What is the order of priority right to control the disposition of human remains of the following, from highest to lowest 1. Domestic partner 2. Any of decedents surviving children age 18 or more 3. Decedents surviving parents 4. Decedents surviving siblings age 18 or more For the name of a person to be on a funeral establishment business card, they must be Living person, duly licensed and duly registered 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 purpose is the definition of a Funeral establishment The registration renewal application for a funeral establishment must include the following notification if they occurred during the previous biennium period 1. sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the funeral firm assets 2. Sale or transfer of the controlling interest of the firm 3. Death of any manager or funeral director in the previous two years 4. Termination of the business entity After 25 years of continuous service as a funeral director in this state, how many CEU'S must that director accumulate to have their registration renewed at the end of every biennium period. 12 Which is the proper, legal titles in NYS used to identify those individuals engaged in the practice of funeral directing 1. Undertaker 2. Embalmer 3. Funeral director The use of a rental casket for viewing hours at a Funeral in NYS is Not prohibited by regulation Funeral directors must complete a minimum of _____ contact hours of continuing education in each registration biennium to be eligible for registration renewal at the conclusion of the current biennium period 12 Which of the following titles (if used in NYS) authorizes the holder to be present and personally supervise and arrange for the removal or transfer of a dead human body from the place where death occurs with no other license or registered funeral service professional in attendance? 1. Funeral director 2. Registered Resident A funeral firm must conspicuously and legibly display the actual retail price on each casket, outer interment entombment receptacle they display, with the actual retain price printed in _____ inch or larger numbers One Half When would a funeral establishments biennium registration start? July 1 2021 Which arteries does the DOH require as a "test for death" prior to embalming Pulsation has cesed in the radial or other arteries Monies in a irrevocable pre need account in excess of what is needed to pay for services and merchandise at the time of the death must be paid to the County For the purpose of having the priority right to control a final disposition, "person" is defined as a natural person ____ years of age or older 18 A funeral director has only one of three surviving siblings in the funeral home to make arrangement following the death of their sister. He is the youngest of surviving siblings. According to the priority right to control statue, which of following is legally accurate information for the funeral director in deciding whether or not to proceed with the arrangements? Proceed, all 3 siblings have an equal priority right, and only one is needed to make arrangement Which of the following apply to Cash Advance charges on an itemization of Funeral services and Merchandise 1. May be estimated 2. The funeral firm may not make a profit on these items A fetal death must be registered within ____hours of the time of the fetus was delivered 72 The initial registration fee for a funeral establishment is $400 There are exceptions in the law that automatically remove individual persons from a priority list to control a final disposition. Which of the following are exceptions that would trigger the automatic removal of certain persons 1. Unwilling to serve 2. Not reasonably available 3. Not competent to serve Clergy honoraria is what type of charge on a NYS itemization statement Cash advance In cremation cases, the person contracting funeral services must sign a "customers designation of intentions" stating that any cremated remains not claimed within _____days from the date of cremation may be disposed of by the funeral firm 120 Any container or enclosure which is placed in the grace around the casket to prevent the collapse of the grave and or to protect the casket, including bit not limited to receptacles commonly known as burial vaults, grace boxes or grave liners, is the definition for Outer interment receptacle The transit permit issued by a local registrar to ship a dead body by common carrier from NY to FL MUST Be attached to the box or container containing the body and accompany the remains to the destination Cash advance charges on an itemized statement Can be estimates A burial permit must be delivered to the person in charge of the place of bural or other disposition before interring or otherwise disposing of the body. If there is no person in charge, the _________is responsible for carrying out the duties of the absent person in charge Funeral director When a person dies on a common carrier, the registration district in which the death certificate must be filed is the district in which the decedent is Removed from the common carrier How many "packages" must be offered for a Direct Burial listing on a GPL 2 Funeral establishments must have a minimum of ______square feet of floor space dedicated to a preparation room 120 Funeral directors have _____to deposit funds they have received in payment for a prefunded preneed account 10 business days Which items, when selected from a GPL, prohibits charging an arrangement fee in addition to the charge for the item Direct cremation A casket price list must contain the _______name Supplier Copies of price list must be retained for a period of 4 years from the date they were Last distributed to customers Which of the following pieces of information concerning the decedent must be included on the itemization of Funeral Services and Merchandise Selected given to every customer at the conclusion of arrangements Date of Death Place of death A funeral firm guarantees it funeral home charges. The customer pre funds the total expenses (funeral $4000 and cash advance $1000). The account earns $500 interest. How much of the interest can the funeral firm use on the cash advance charges? $100.00 Upon the request of any person with funds on deposit for a preneed, the funeral firm must provide a statement identifying the location of the account and interest earned within ____ day 30 The maximum rate of interest that may be charged to a customer on unpaid balances for providing funeral services and merchandise is _____per year 16% The state fee for issuing a burial transit permit is $20 who pays the fee Funeral Firm with no chargeback to the family When a funeral firm is owned and operated by a partnership, at lease one, but not all the partners, must be a licensed and registered NYS Funeral director FALSE A funeral firm may not operate or conduct a funeral business on land adjacent to any real property dedicated, owned or leased or under the control of a cemetery FALSE The biennial registration of funeral firms shall be renewable July 1 of each odd year TRUE At the bottom of the priority list for the right to control the final disposition of a deceased person is Chief fiscal officer of the county TRUE Every funeral establishment must have an arrangement office to be used exclusively for making funeral arrangements and other related business matters, but there is no mandatory square footage or floor space required in the statue True The term "mortician" is not one of the legal titles used in NYS to identify those individuals engaging in the practice of funeral directing True The itemization of prices on a itemization of funeral services and merchandise selected document must be limited to the statements, language, titles, and the numerical order specified in the law True A legally adopted child has the same rights as a biological child when it comes to the priority right to control final disposition list True The DOH Bureau of FD may randomly audit a funeral director to ensure compliance with the requirements to obtain mandatory continuing education on a biennium basis True Before removing the body of a deceased person from the place of death a funeral director must apply tests for determining whether life is extinct True Any person receiving the body of a deceased person at a place of burial, cremation, or other final disposition must provide a receipt for the body to the funeral director, undertaker, or registered resident making such delivery True A funeral establishment in NY is a single, physical location used to provide funeral related services, within a funeral firm is a business entity that operates one or more funeral establishments True Charging additional fees for topical disinfection when embalming was selected by the customer is prohibited NYS True The ________is responsible for filing the certificate of fetal death and thereby registering a fetal death with the NYS Commissioner of Health Attending Physician The written instrument used to appoint an agent to control the disposition of remains requires The person making the appointment must sign the instrument before two witnesses The biennial registration renewal fee for a funeral establishment is _____ $300 The care, disposal, transportation, burial or cremation by any means other than embalming of the body of the deceased person is the definition of Funeral directing Which of the following must be conspicuously displayed in every funeral establishment CONTINUED..