CALIFORNIA FUNERAL ALL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔7624 one director per establishment - ✔✔Not more than one person, partnership,
association, corporation, or other organization engaged in business as a funeral
establishment shall transact business in one specific funeral facility.
✔✔7628 application to change place of business - ✔✔Any person, partnership,
association, corporation, or other organization desiring to change the location of a
licensed funeral establishment shall apply therefor on forms furnished by the bureau
and shall include a fee fixed by this chapter.
The application shall be granted by the bureau upon the filing with the bureau of a
favorable report from an inspector concerning the physical status or plans and
specifications of the proposed
licensed funeral establishment to the effect that it conforms to the requirements of this
article.
✔✔7629 unfair competiton - ✔✔No funeral establishment shall be conducted or held
forth as being conducted or advertised as being conducted under any name which
might tend to mislead the public or which would be
sufficiently like the name of any other licensed funeral establishment so as to constitute
an unfair method of competition. Any funeral director desiring to change the name
appearing on
his license may do so by applying to the bureau and paying the fee fixed by this
chapter.
✔✔7630 assignment of license - ✔✔A funeral establishment's license may be assigned
upon payment of the fee fixed by this chapter and upon submission of an audit report
prepared and signed by an independent certified public accountant or public accountant
currently licensed in this state. The audit report shall include an unqualified opinion on
the accuracy of the trust fund balances and a report of compliance with the
provisions of this article and Article 9 (commencing with Section 7735). Any shortages
in the trust funds shall be funded. The assignee shall comply with all provisions
previously placed on the assignor.
✔✔7631 death of a licensee - ✔✔In case of the death of a licensed funeral director who
leaves a funeral establishment as part or all of the assets of his estate, the bureau may
issue a temporary license to his legal representative, unless the legal representative
has committed
acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480. A
temporary establishment license is valid for six months from the date of issue. However,
upon the petition of the estate's legal representative, the bureau, in its discretion, may
grant a reasonable extension to allow for the assets of the estate to be distributed as
circumstances warrant.
,✔✔7632 embalming - ✔✔A funeral director shall cause all human remains embalmed in
or at the direction of his funeral establishment to be embalmed by a licensed embalmer,
by an apprentice embalmer
under the supervision of his licensed supervising embalmer, or by a student in a
program accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education under the
supervision of a licensed
embalmer.
✔✔7633 death certificate fees - ✔✔No funeral director shall charge a fee for filing a
certificate of death or for providing copies thereof in excess of fees set by statute for
filing and providing certified copies of such certificates.
✔✔7634 removal of tissues - ✔✔Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensed
embalmer, at the request of a licensed physician, may remove tissue from human
remains for transplant, or therapeutic, or scientific purposes specified in, and pursuant
to, the provisions of
the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 7150) of Part 1
of Division 7 of the Health and Safety Code), if such embalmer has completed a course
in tissue removal for transplant, or therapeutic, or scientific purposes approved by the
Medical Board of California of the State of California.
✔✔7643 applicant's qualifications - ✔✔In order to qualify for a license as an embalmer,
the applicant shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(a) Be over 18 years of age.
(b) Not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under
Section 480.
(c) Have completed at least two years of apprenticeship under an embalmer licensed
and engaged in practice as an embalmer in this
state in a funeral establishment which shall have been approved for apprentices by the
bureau and while so apprenticed shall have assisted in embalming not fewer than 100
human remains;
provided, however, that a person who has been licensed and has practiced as an
embalmer for a minimum of three years within the seven years preceding his application
in any other state or country and whose license has never been suspended or revoked
for unethical conduct shall not be required to serve any apprenticeship in this state.
(d) Have graduated from a mortuary science program approved by the bureau and
accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, or its equivalent, as
determined by the bureau, and furnished official transcripts from that program or
equivalent.
✔✔7648 embalmers license nonassignable - ✔✔No embalmer's license is assignable,
and only the licensee may engage in the practice of embalming under the license.
✔✔7649 signature of licensee on certificate - ✔✔Except as provided in Section 102805
of the Health and Safety Code, whenever the name of any licensed embalmer is
, subscribed to any certificate, the purport of which is that he has performed any act
mentioned in the certificate, the licensed
embalmer shall actually sign his name thereto.
✔✔7665 requirements of apprenticeship - ✔✔All registered apprentice embalmers shall
comply with the following requirements during their period of apprenticeship:
(a) Shall file a report of apprenticeship as follows:
(1) On or before January 15 of each year covering the period of apprenticeship ending
as of December 31 preceding.
(2) Upon change of supervising embalmer or employer, or both.
(3) Upon completion of apprenticeship.
(4) Upon application for leave of absence for a period in excess of 15 days.
(5) Upon suspending apprenticeship to attend a mortuary science program.
(6) Upon application for reregistration after suspension or revocation of registration if a
complete report of previous registration has not been filed.
(b) The information contained in the report shall consist of a concise summary of the
work done by the apprentice during the period covered thereby, shall be verified by the
apprentice and certified to as correct by his supervising embalmer and
employer. Upon request of the bureau, each funeral director in whose establishment an
apprenticeship is being, or has been, served, and each embalmer under whose
instruction or supervision an apprenticeship is being or has been served, shall promptly
file with the bureau a report or such other information as may be requested relating to
the apprenticeship. Failure to comply with the request is cause for revocation by the
bureau of the approval granted to the funeral director or embalmer for the training of
apprentices and is also a cause for disciplinary action against the funeral director or
embalmer.
✔✔7666 term of aprenticeship - ✔✔(a) The term of apprenticeship shall be two years.
However, if an apprentice after having served his apprenticeship fails to pass the
examinations required for an embalmer's license, he may continue for one additional
term of apprenticeship, which shall be the maximum apprenticeship permitted and
provided further that an apprentice may, upon filing an application therefore, be
permitted to continue the apprenticeship for a period not to exceed six months, if
approved, for any of the following reasons:
(1) While awaiting the processing of applications submitted to the bureau.
(2) While awaiting notification of grades of examinations required under Section 7646.
(3) While awaiting the commencement of a class of a mortuary science program when
the apprentice intends to enroll in the program. Applications filed for an extension of
apprenticeship shall be
filed by the applicant with the bureau not fewer than 15 days prior to the date the
applicant requests the extension to commence.
(b) Terms of apprenticeship may be served before, after, or divided by the mortuary
science program at the option of the apprentice; provided, however, that the term of
apprenticeship must be completed, excluding time spent in active military service, within
six years from the date of original registration, or from the date an apprentice
successfully passes the examinations for an
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔7624 one director per establishment - ✔✔Not more than one person, partnership,
association, corporation, or other organization engaged in business as a funeral
establishment shall transact business in one specific funeral facility.
✔✔7628 application to change place of business - ✔✔Any person, partnership,
association, corporation, or other organization desiring to change the location of a
licensed funeral establishment shall apply therefor on forms furnished by the bureau
and shall include a fee fixed by this chapter.
The application shall be granted by the bureau upon the filing with the bureau of a
favorable report from an inspector concerning the physical status or plans and
specifications of the proposed
licensed funeral establishment to the effect that it conforms to the requirements of this
article.
✔✔7629 unfair competiton - ✔✔No funeral establishment shall be conducted or held
forth as being conducted or advertised as being conducted under any name which
might tend to mislead the public or which would be
sufficiently like the name of any other licensed funeral establishment so as to constitute
an unfair method of competition. Any funeral director desiring to change the name
appearing on
his license may do so by applying to the bureau and paying the fee fixed by this
chapter.
✔✔7630 assignment of license - ✔✔A funeral establishment's license may be assigned
upon payment of the fee fixed by this chapter and upon submission of an audit report
prepared and signed by an independent certified public accountant or public accountant
currently licensed in this state. The audit report shall include an unqualified opinion on
the accuracy of the trust fund balances and a report of compliance with the
provisions of this article and Article 9 (commencing with Section 7735). Any shortages
in the trust funds shall be funded. The assignee shall comply with all provisions
previously placed on the assignor.
✔✔7631 death of a licensee - ✔✔In case of the death of a licensed funeral director who
leaves a funeral establishment as part or all of the assets of his estate, the bureau may
issue a temporary license to his legal representative, unless the legal representative
has committed
acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480. A
temporary establishment license is valid for six months from the date of issue. However,
upon the petition of the estate's legal representative, the bureau, in its discretion, may
grant a reasonable extension to allow for the assets of the estate to be distributed as
circumstances warrant.
,✔✔7632 embalming - ✔✔A funeral director shall cause all human remains embalmed in
or at the direction of his funeral establishment to be embalmed by a licensed embalmer,
by an apprentice embalmer
under the supervision of his licensed supervising embalmer, or by a student in a
program accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education under the
supervision of a licensed
embalmer.
✔✔7633 death certificate fees - ✔✔No funeral director shall charge a fee for filing a
certificate of death or for providing copies thereof in excess of fees set by statute for
filing and providing certified copies of such certificates.
✔✔7634 removal of tissues - ✔✔Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensed
embalmer, at the request of a licensed physician, may remove tissue from human
remains for transplant, or therapeutic, or scientific purposes specified in, and pursuant
to, the provisions of
the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 7150) of Part 1
of Division 7 of the Health and Safety Code), if such embalmer has completed a course
in tissue removal for transplant, or therapeutic, or scientific purposes approved by the
Medical Board of California of the State of California.
✔✔7643 applicant's qualifications - ✔✔In order to qualify for a license as an embalmer,
the applicant shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(a) Be over 18 years of age.
(b) Not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under
Section 480.
(c) Have completed at least two years of apprenticeship under an embalmer licensed
and engaged in practice as an embalmer in this
state in a funeral establishment which shall have been approved for apprentices by the
bureau and while so apprenticed shall have assisted in embalming not fewer than 100
human remains;
provided, however, that a person who has been licensed and has practiced as an
embalmer for a minimum of three years within the seven years preceding his application
in any other state or country and whose license has never been suspended or revoked
for unethical conduct shall not be required to serve any apprenticeship in this state.
(d) Have graduated from a mortuary science program approved by the bureau and
accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, or its equivalent, as
determined by the bureau, and furnished official transcripts from that program or
equivalent.
✔✔7648 embalmers license nonassignable - ✔✔No embalmer's license is assignable,
and only the licensee may engage in the practice of embalming under the license.
✔✔7649 signature of licensee on certificate - ✔✔Except as provided in Section 102805
of the Health and Safety Code, whenever the name of any licensed embalmer is
, subscribed to any certificate, the purport of which is that he has performed any act
mentioned in the certificate, the licensed
embalmer shall actually sign his name thereto.
✔✔7665 requirements of apprenticeship - ✔✔All registered apprentice embalmers shall
comply with the following requirements during their period of apprenticeship:
(a) Shall file a report of apprenticeship as follows:
(1) On or before January 15 of each year covering the period of apprenticeship ending
as of December 31 preceding.
(2) Upon change of supervising embalmer or employer, or both.
(3) Upon completion of apprenticeship.
(4) Upon application for leave of absence for a period in excess of 15 days.
(5) Upon suspending apprenticeship to attend a mortuary science program.
(6) Upon application for reregistration after suspension or revocation of registration if a
complete report of previous registration has not been filed.
(b) The information contained in the report shall consist of a concise summary of the
work done by the apprentice during the period covered thereby, shall be verified by the
apprentice and certified to as correct by his supervising embalmer and
employer. Upon request of the bureau, each funeral director in whose establishment an
apprenticeship is being, or has been, served, and each embalmer under whose
instruction or supervision an apprenticeship is being or has been served, shall promptly
file with the bureau a report or such other information as may be requested relating to
the apprenticeship. Failure to comply with the request is cause for revocation by the
bureau of the approval granted to the funeral director or embalmer for the training of
apprentices and is also a cause for disciplinary action against the funeral director or
embalmer.
✔✔7666 term of aprenticeship - ✔✔(a) The term of apprenticeship shall be two years.
However, if an apprentice after having served his apprenticeship fails to pass the
examinations required for an embalmer's license, he may continue for one additional
term of apprenticeship, which shall be the maximum apprenticeship permitted and
provided further that an apprentice may, upon filing an application therefore, be
permitted to continue the apprenticeship for a period not to exceed six months, if
approved, for any of the following reasons:
(1) While awaiting the processing of applications submitted to the bureau.
(2) While awaiting notification of grades of examinations required under Section 7646.
(3) While awaiting the commencement of a class of a mortuary science program when
the apprentice intends to enroll in the program. Applications filed for an extension of
apprenticeship shall be
filed by the applicant with the bureau not fewer than 15 days prior to the date the
applicant requests the extension to commence.
(b) Terms of apprenticeship may be served before, after, or divided by the mortuary
science program at the option of the apprentice; provided, however, that the term of
apprenticeship must be completed, excluding time spent in active military service, within
six years from the date of original registration, or from the date an apprentice
successfully passes the examinations for an
