CALIFORNIA FUNERAL EXAM EVALUATION 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔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 or her 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 or
her estate, the bureau may issue a temporary license to his or her
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 or her funeral establishment to be
embalmed by a licensed embalmer, by an apprentice embalmer
under the supervision of his or her 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.
✔✔7641 unlicensed practice students and instructors - ✔✔It is unlawful for any person
to embalm a body, or engage in,
or hold himself or herself out as engaged in practice as an
embalmer, unless he or she is licensed by the bureau. However,
this section shall have no effect on students and instructors of
embalming in mortuary science programs approved by the bureau.
✔✔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 or her 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 emblmers 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 or she
has performed any act mentioned in the certificate, the licensed
embalmer shall actually sign his or her 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 or her 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 or her apprenticeship fails
to pass the examinations required for an embalmer's license, he or
she 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,
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔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 or her 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 or
her estate, the bureau may issue a temporary license to his or her
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 or her funeral establishment to be
embalmed by a licensed embalmer, by an apprentice embalmer
under the supervision of his or her 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.
✔✔7641 unlicensed practice students and instructors - ✔✔It is unlawful for any person
to embalm a body, or engage in,
or hold himself or herself out as engaged in practice as an
embalmer, unless he or she is licensed by the bureau. However,
this section shall have no effect on students and instructors of
embalming in mortuary science programs approved by the bureau.
✔✔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 or her 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 emblmers 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 or she
has performed any act mentioned in the certificate, the licensed
embalmer shall actually sign his or her 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 or her 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 or her apprenticeship fails
to pass the examinations required for an embalmer's license, he or
she 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,
