Texas State Mortuary Law Exam 2025

Two - -in order to supervise a provisional licensee, the sponsor mush have been licensed for a minimum of ____ years Three - -Texas Law requires the funeral service establishment document the efforts to obtain permission to embalm for a minimum of ____ hours One must be a provisional licensee for a minimum of ___ months and a maximum of ___ months - -12, 24 When does 'Funeral Directing' begin? - -First Call When does 'Funeral Directing' end? - -Entombment, inurnment, permanent transport out of state, or other final intermet services are complete When must the GPL/retail price list be handed to the prospective customer? - -must be physically presented before being shown merchandise When must the Consumer Information Brochure ('Facts about funerals') be given to the prospective customer? - -must be presented at the same time as the retail price list/GPL The TFSC can charge penalties ranging from ____ to ___ dollars - -$100-$5,000 Texas law ______ requires embalming - -never What must be given to any person upon request? - -a retail price list/GPL Funeral Director in Charge, FDIC - -is ultimately responsible for compliance with all mortuary, health and vital statistic laws When must a burial transit permit accompany a body? - -when being transported by a common carrier When is a burial transit permit NOT required? - -when being transported by a private carrier In accordance with the TFSC, how many caskets are required to be sold? - -you must have at least five adult caskets, two of which must be full size, and one of which must be your least expensive Your least expensive casket - -must be full size and on display; and displayed in the same manner as other caskets Commercial embalming establishments must - -designate and embalmer in charge MORTUARY MORTUARY commercial embalming establishments must not - -do business for the general public regardless of their use of a commercial embalming establishment, a funeral home must - -have a fully functional prep room with sufficient equipment and supplies for normal operation every funeral home must designate a - -Funeral director in charge a provisional cannot complete the funeral director apprenticeship at a - -commercial embalming establishment. must completed in a funeral home. Members of the TFSC shall serve ____________ terms - -staggered six year (sec 651.351, 353) In Texas, _____________ is not required to own a funeral establishment or cemetery - -a funeral director's license (sec 651.351, 353) Solicitation - -any direct or indirect contact a person near death or their family in attempt to influence their selection of a funeral service provider. This behavior is against the law. Their are ___ members of the TFSC - -seven (two dual licensed, one cemetery operator, four members of the general public) the TFSC meets - -once per quarter of every calendar year If you get a subpoena from the TFSC, - -you must appear for a hearing and bring any requested documents (sec 651.157) How often should a cemetery, crematory, funeral establishment, etc, shall be inspected by the TFSC at least __________ - -once every two years (sec 651.157) (sec 651.1571) For perpetual care cemeteries, inspection is not required unless _______ - -an interment has taken place in the past two years, or the commission has received a complaint (sec 651.1571) How many hours are required to complete a provisional license? - -There is no provision in the TAC concerning hours worked for a provisional license. This is not covered by the law. (sec 651.261) A license holder shall __________________ the holder's license in ______ place of business at which the license holder practices - -conspicuously display; each (sec 651.261) (sec 651.266) For continuing education, it is required to have __ hours to facilitate renewal every ___ years - -16; 2 (sec 651.266) MORTUARY MORTUARY (sec 651.266) For continuing education, it is required that you have 2 hours each of - vital stats, tx law, ethics (sec 651.266) for the remaining 8 hours of CEU credits, some can be gained by attending - -meetings at the TFSC (sec 651.266) (sec 651.306) Personal Supervision: for the purposes of this chapter, person supervision requires the ___________ of a funeral director at the specified time and place a funeral service is being provided - -physical presence (sec 651.266) (sec 651.401) If there is no reasonable probability that a representative of the funeral home will encounter a family member [or other person by whom the arrangements will be made] then the person doing the pick-up does not have to be a __________ - licensed funeral director or embalmer (sec 651.401) (sec 651.401) if an unlicensed person inadvertently encounters a family member of the deceased [or the person who will be making the arrangements], the unlicensed person shall restrict communication to - -1) identifying the unlicensed person's employer 2)arrange an appointment with a licensed person 3) make any legally required disclosures (sec 651.401) Note: provisionals MAY - -ask for permission to embalm, and MAY give out a GPL (sec 651.404) When funeral services are discussed, an agent of the funeral home must provide __________ with a brochure containing consumer information - -each prospective customer; 'Facts about Funerals' (sec 651.404) (sec 651.452) a person violates this chapter and may lose their license if they .... - Commit any misdemeanor related to funeral directing or embalming, commit any felony, are deemed by a court to be of unsound mind, or become unfit to practice due to substance abuse (sec 651.452) (sec 651.458) a person violates chapter if they make a distinction ... - -in providing funeral information to a customer regardless of any affiliation of the customer or whether the customer has a present need for services or merchandise (sec 651.458) (sec 651.508) If a person violates chapter ___ of the Health and Safety code, they also violate this chapter (___) - -716, (651) (sec 651.651) Cremation is defined as - -the irreversible process of reducing human remains to bone fragments through direct flame, extreme heat, and evaporation. The term may include pulverization, which is the process of reducing identifiable bone fragments after cremation and processing granulated particles by manual or mechanical means. MORTUARY MORTUARY Crematory license (sec 651.656) - -a person may not conduct a crematory business in this state unless the person who is the owner of the crematory holds a crematory establishment license issued by the commission. (sec 651.656) A person may not hold a crematory establishment license unless they ... - -hold a funeral establishment license or a commercial embalming establishment license. (sec 651.656) (sec 651.685) Annually, each crematory must file a report to the commission. This report must include: - -the number of cremations performed the previous year (sec 695.001) "Casket" means - -a container used to hold the remains of a deceased person. (sec 695.002) The commission shall ensure that a casket ... - -contains ID of the deceased person (sec 695.002) in-casket identification must include - -person's name, date of