Florida Funeral Laws-SPC FSE2080
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Alternative Container - CORRECT ANSWER-Unfinished wood box or other nonmetal
receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, that is designed
for the encasement of human remains and that is made of fiberboard, pressed wood,
composition materials, or like material
At-Need Solicitation - CORRECT ANSWER-Any uninvited contact by a licensee or his
or her agent for the purpose of the sale of burial services or merchandise to the family
or next of kin of a person after his or her death has occurred
Below ground crypts - CORRECT ANSWER-Interment space in preplaced chambers,
either side by side or multiple depth covered by earth and sod and known also as "lawn
crypts," "westminsters." or "turf-top crypts"
Funeral goods/burial merchandise - CORRECT ANSWER-Any personal property
offered or sold by any person for use in connection with the final disposition,
memorialization, interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains or cremated
remains
Burial right - CORRECT ANSWER-THe term which means the right to use a grave
space, mausoleum, columbarium, ossuary, or scattering garden for the interment,
entombment, inurnment, or other disposition of human remains or cremated remains
Funeral Service - CORRECT ANSWER-Any service offered or provided in connection
with the final disposition, memorialization, interment, entombment, or inurnment of
human remains or cremated remains
,Care and maintenance - CORRECT ANSWER-Perpetual process of keeping a
cemetery and its lots, graves, grounds, landscaping, roads, paths, etc in a well-cared-for
and dignified condtion
Casket - CORRECT ANSWER-A rigid container that is designed for the encasement of
human remains and that is usually constructed of wood or metal, ornamented, and lined
with fabric
Cemetery - CORRECT ANSWER-A place dedicated to and used or intended to be used
for the permanent interment of human remains or cremated remains
Cemetery Company - CORRECT ANSWER-Any legal entity that owns or controls
cemetery lands or property
Centralized embalming facility - CORRECT ANSWER-A facility in which embalming
takes place that operates independently of a funeral establishment licensee and that
offers embalming services to funeral directors for a fee
Bank of below ground crypts - CORRECT ANSWER-Any construction unit of below
ground crypts that is acceptable to the Department of Financial Services and that a
cemetery uses to initiate its below ground crypt program or to add to existing below
ground crypt structures
Cinerator - CORRECT ANSWER-A facility where dead human bodies are subjected to
cremation
Closed container - CORRECT ANSWER-Any container in which cremated remains can
be placed and closed in a manner so as to prevent leakage or spillage of the remains
Columbarium - CORRECT ANSWER-A structure of building that is substantially
exposed above the ground and that is intended to be used for the inurnment of
cremated remains
Common business enterprise - CORRECT ANSWER-A group of two or more business
entities that share common ownership in excess of 50 percent
Cremated remains - CORRECT ANSWER-All the remains of the human body recovered
after the completing of the cremation process, including processing or pulverization that
leaves only bone fragments reduced to unidentifiable dimensions and may include the
residue of any foreign matter, including the residue of any foreign matter, including
casket material, bridgework, or eyeglasses that were cremated with the human remains
Cremation - CORRECT ANSWER-Any mechanical or thermal process whereby a dead
human body is reduced to ashes and bone fragments. Also includes any other
mechanical or thermal process whereby human remains are pulverized, burned,
recremated, or otherwise further reduced in size or quantity
, Cremation chamber - CORRECT ANSWER-Enclosed space within which the cremation
process takes place. Anything covered by these procedures shall be used exclusively
for the cremation of human remains
Cremation container - CORRECT ANSWER-The casket or alternative in which the
human remains are transported to and placed in the cremation chamber for a cremation
Cremation interment container - CORRECT ANSWER-A rigid outer container, that,
subject to a cemetery's rules and regulations, is composed of concrete, steel, fiberglass,
or some similar material in which an urn is placed prior to being interred in the ground
and that is designed to support the earth above the urn
Board of funeral, cemetery, and consumer services - CORRECT ANSWER-What
Florida department oversees the Funeral Services issues
Direct disposal establishment - CORRECT ANSWER-A facility licensed under chapter
382 where a direct disposer practices direct disposition
Licensee - CORRECT ANSWER-Any person licensed under chapter 382 to practice
direct disposition in Florida
Disinterment - CORRECT ANSWER-The removal of a dead body from earth interment
or aboveground interment
Embalmier - CORRECT ANSWER-Any person licensed under chapter 382 to practice
embalming in Florida
Final Disposition - CORRECT ANSWER-The final disposition of a dead human body by
earth interment, above ground interment, cremation, burial at sea, or delivery to a
medical institution for lawful dissection if the medical institution assumes responsibility
for disposal
Funeral Service - CORRECT ANSWER-The observances, services, or ceremonies held
to commemorate the life of a specific deceased human being at which time the remains
are present
Funeral director - CORRECT ANSWER-Any person licensed under chapter 382 to
practice funeral directing in Florida
Funeral Home - CORRECT ANSWER-A facility licensed under chapter 382 where a
funeral director or embalmer practices funeral directing or embalming
Grave space - CORRECT ANSWER-A space of ground in a cemetery intended to be
used for the interment in the ground of human remains
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Alternative Container - CORRECT ANSWER-Unfinished wood box or other nonmetal
receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, that is designed
for the encasement of human remains and that is made of fiberboard, pressed wood,
composition materials, or like material
At-Need Solicitation - CORRECT ANSWER-Any uninvited contact by a licensee or his
or her agent for the purpose of the sale of burial services or merchandise to the family
or next of kin of a person after his or her death has occurred
Below ground crypts - CORRECT ANSWER-Interment space in preplaced chambers,
either side by side or multiple depth covered by earth and sod and known also as "lawn
crypts," "westminsters." or "turf-top crypts"
Funeral goods/burial merchandise - CORRECT ANSWER-Any personal property
offered or sold by any person for use in connection with the final disposition,
memorialization, interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains or cremated
remains
Burial right - CORRECT ANSWER-THe term which means the right to use a grave
space, mausoleum, columbarium, ossuary, or scattering garden for the interment,
entombment, inurnment, or other disposition of human remains or cremated remains
Funeral Service - CORRECT ANSWER-Any service offered or provided in connection
with the final disposition, memorialization, interment, entombment, or inurnment of
human remains or cremated remains
,Care and maintenance - CORRECT ANSWER-Perpetual process of keeping a
cemetery and its lots, graves, grounds, landscaping, roads, paths, etc in a well-cared-for
and dignified condtion
Casket - CORRECT ANSWER-A rigid container that is designed for the encasement of
human remains and that is usually constructed of wood or metal, ornamented, and lined
with fabric
Cemetery - CORRECT ANSWER-A place dedicated to and used or intended to be used
for the permanent interment of human remains or cremated remains
Cemetery Company - CORRECT ANSWER-Any legal entity that owns or controls
cemetery lands or property
Centralized embalming facility - CORRECT ANSWER-A facility in which embalming
takes place that operates independently of a funeral establishment licensee and that
offers embalming services to funeral directors for a fee
Bank of below ground crypts - CORRECT ANSWER-Any construction unit of below
ground crypts that is acceptable to the Department of Financial Services and that a
cemetery uses to initiate its below ground crypt program or to add to existing below
ground crypt structures
Cinerator - CORRECT ANSWER-A facility where dead human bodies are subjected to
cremation
Closed container - CORRECT ANSWER-Any container in which cremated remains can
be placed and closed in a manner so as to prevent leakage or spillage of the remains
Columbarium - CORRECT ANSWER-A structure of building that is substantially
exposed above the ground and that is intended to be used for the inurnment of
cremated remains
Common business enterprise - CORRECT ANSWER-A group of two or more business
entities that share common ownership in excess of 50 percent
Cremated remains - CORRECT ANSWER-All the remains of the human body recovered
after the completing of the cremation process, including processing or pulverization that
leaves only bone fragments reduced to unidentifiable dimensions and may include the
residue of any foreign matter, including the residue of any foreign matter, including
casket material, bridgework, or eyeglasses that were cremated with the human remains
Cremation - CORRECT ANSWER-Any mechanical or thermal process whereby a dead
human body is reduced to ashes and bone fragments. Also includes any other
mechanical or thermal process whereby human remains are pulverized, burned,
recremated, or otherwise further reduced in size or quantity
, Cremation chamber - CORRECT ANSWER-Enclosed space within which the cremation
process takes place. Anything covered by these procedures shall be used exclusively
for the cremation of human remains
Cremation container - CORRECT ANSWER-The casket or alternative in which the
human remains are transported to and placed in the cremation chamber for a cremation
Cremation interment container - CORRECT ANSWER-A rigid outer container, that,
subject to a cemetery's rules and regulations, is composed of concrete, steel, fiberglass,
or some similar material in which an urn is placed prior to being interred in the ground
and that is designed to support the earth above the urn
Board of funeral, cemetery, and consumer services - CORRECT ANSWER-What
Florida department oversees the Funeral Services issues
Direct disposal establishment - CORRECT ANSWER-A facility licensed under chapter
382 where a direct disposer practices direct disposition
Licensee - CORRECT ANSWER-Any person licensed under chapter 382 to practice
direct disposition in Florida
Disinterment - CORRECT ANSWER-The removal of a dead body from earth interment
or aboveground interment
Embalmier - CORRECT ANSWER-Any person licensed under chapter 382 to practice
embalming in Florida
Final Disposition - CORRECT ANSWER-The final disposition of a dead human body by
earth interment, above ground interment, cremation, burial at sea, or delivery to a
medical institution for lawful dissection if the medical institution assumes responsibility
for disposal
Funeral Service - CORRECT ANSWER-The observances, services, or ceremonies held
to commemorate the life of a specific deceased human being at which time the remains
are present
Funeral director - CORRECT ANSWER-Any person licensed under chapter 382 to
practice funeral directing in Florida
Funeral Home - CORRECT ANSWER-A facility licensed under chapter 382 where a
funeral director or embalmer practices funeral directing or embalming
Grave space - CORRECT ANSWER-A space of ground in a cemetery intended to be
used for the interment in the ground of human remains
