FLORIDA FUNERAL LAW EXAM FINAL
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Funeral directors over the age of ____ do not need to complete the
continuing education requirement, provided they are not the funeral
director in charge of an establishment. Answer: 75
⩥ A Funeral establishment must be at a specific address and the interior
must have at least_______contiguous square feet. Answer: 1250
⩥ When a visitation is in progress at a visitation chapel, the funeral
director must be:. Answer: Physically present in the chapel
⩥ A visitation chapel must be:. Answer: At least 500 sq feet and not
more than 700 sq feet in size.
⩥ A funeral establishment may not be collocated with another funeral
establishment or with a direct disposal establishment unless:. Answer:
They were collocated prior to October 1, 1993.
⩥ Is it legal for your funeral home to give an honorarium to a nurse at a
hospital if, after a death occurs, she/he asks the family to use your
,funeral establishment? Why or why not?. Answer: No, this could be at-
need solicitation, which is illegal.
⩥ A certain funeral home has 2 funeral establishments. What is the
minimum number of Funeral Directors this firm could employ?. Answer:
At least one funeral director in each establishment
⩥ Who may obtain the vital statistical information needed to complete a
death certificate at a funeral establishment?. Answer: A licensed funeral
director
⩥ May a direct disposer who is working at a funeral establishment
arrange for a direct cremation at that firm?. Answer: No - direct
disposers may not make such arrangements
⩥ May a pre-need sales agent who is registered under a funeral
establishment arrange a funeral service on an at-need basis for the firm?.
Answer: No, only a licensed funeral director may arrange services on an
at-need basis.
⩥ In fetal death cases, a funeral director or direct disposer may carry out
final disposition without a permit, provided that:. Answer: The legally
authorized person gives permission
, ⩥ A funeral director must be present for each disinterment, unless:.
Answer: The reinterment is to be made in the same cemetery
⩥ To carry out a disinterment, the funeral director must get permission
from:. Answer: The next of kin or a court order
⩥ If a body is moved from a temporary facility to be buried or
entombed, is this considered disinterment?. Answer: No
⩥ If a central embalming facility is located within a funeral
establishment, does it need to acquire a central embalming facility
license?. Answer: No - the Centralized Embalming Facility license is for
those prep rooms that are independent of a funeral establishment.
⩥ Bodies may not be stored for over 24 hours unless:. Answer: They are
embalmed or stored in refrigeration under 40 degrees
⩥ When transporting or storing human remains, the body must be:.
Answer: Completely covered at all times
⩥ If a crime is suspected, a body can not be moved or embalmed
without permission of the:. Answer: Medical Examiner
⩥ Direct disposers may only perform the following functions:. Answer: -
Make removals and refrigerate dead body
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Funeral directors over the age of ____ do not need to complete the
continuing education requirement, provided they are not the funeral
director in charge of an establishment. Answer: 75
⩥ A Funeral establishment must be at a specific address and the interior
must have at least_______contiguous square feet. Answer: 1250
⩥ When a visitation is in progress at a visitation chapel, the funeral
director must be:. Answer: Physically present in the chapel
⩥ A visitation chapel must be:. Answer: At least 500 sq feet and not
more than 700 sq feet in size.
⩥ A funeral establishment may not be collocated with another funeral
establishment or with a direct disposal establishment unless:. Answer:
They were collocated prior to October 1, 1993.
⩥ Is it legal for your funeral home to give an honorarium to a nurse at a
hospital if, after a death occurs, she/he asks the family to use your
,funeral establishment? Why or why not?. Answer: No, this could be at-
need solicitation, which is illegal.
⩥ A certain funeral home has 2 funeral establishments. What is the
minimum number of Funeral Directors this firm could employ?. Answer:
At least one funeral director in each establishment
⩥ Who may obtain the vital statistical information needed to complete a
death certificate at a funeral establishment?. Answer: A licensed funeral
director
⩥ May a direct disposer who is working at a funeral establishment
arrange for a direct cremation at that firm?. Answer: No - direct
disposers may not make such arrangements
⩥ May a pre-need sales agent who is registered under a funeral
establishment arrange a funeral service on an at-need basis for the firm?.
Answer: No, only a licensed funeral director may arrange services on an
at-need basis.
⩥ In fetal death cases, a funeral director or direct disposer may carry out
final disposition without a permit, provided that:. Answer: The legally
authorized person gives permission
, ⩥ A funeral director must be present for each disinterment, unless:.
Answer: The reinterment is to be made in the same cemetery
⩥ To carry out a disinterment, the funeral director must get permission
from:. Answer: The next of kin or a court order
⩥ If a body is moved from a temporary facility to be buried or
entombed, is this considered disinterment?. Answer: No
⩥ If a central embalming facility is located within a funeral
establishment, does it need to acquire a central embalming facility
license?. Answer: No - the Centralized Embalming Facility license is for
those prep rooms that are independent of a funeral establishment.
⩥ Bodies may not be stored for over 24 hours unless:. Answer: They are
embalmed or stored in refrigeration under 40 degrees
⩥ When transporting or storing human remains, the body must be:.
Answer: Completely covered at all times
⩥ If a crime is suspected, a body can not be moved or embalmed
without permission of the:. Answer: Medical Examiner
⩥ Direct disposers may only perform the following functions:. Answer: -
Make removals and refrigerate dead body
