OHIO LAWS AND REGULATIONS EXAM
FUNERAL DIRECTING EXAM SCRIPT 2026
◉ Funeral Business. Answer: Means a sole proprietorship,
partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other
business entity that is engaged in funeral directing for profit or for
free from one or more funeral homes licensed under this chapter.
◉ Funeral Directing. Answer: means the business or profession of
directing or supervising funerals for profit, the arrangement or sale
of funeral services, the filling out or execution of a funeral service
contract, the business or profession of preparing dead human bodies
for burial by means other than embalming, the disposition of dead
human bodies, the provision or maintenance of a place for the
preparation, the care, or disposition of dead human bodies, the use
in connection with a business of the term "funeral director,"
"undertaker," "mortician," or any other term from which can be
implied the business of funeral directing, or the holding out to the
public that one is a funeral director or a disposer of dead human
bodies.
◉ Funeral Home. Answer: means a fixed place for the care,
preparation for burial, or disposition of dead human bodies or the
conducting of funerals. Each business location is a funeral home,
regardless of common ownership or management.
,◉ Embalmer. Answer: means a person who engages, in whole or in
part, in embalming and who is licensed under this chapter.
◉ Funeral Director. Answer: means a person who engages, in whole
or in part, in funeral directing and who is licensed under this
chapter.
◉ Supervision. Answer: means the operation of all phases of the
business of funeral directing or embalming under the specific
direction of a licensed funeral director or licensed embalmer.
◉ Direct Supervision. Answer: means the physical presence of a
licensed funeral director or licensed embalmer while the specific
functions of the funeral or embalming are being carried out.
◉ Embalming Facility. Answer: means a fixed location, separate from
the funeral home, that is licensed under this chapter whose only
function is the embalming and preparation of dead human bodies.
◉ Crematory Facility. Answer: means the physical location at which
a cremation chamber is located and the cremation process takes
place.
◉ Crematory. Answer: means the building or portion of a building
that houses the holding facility and the cremation chamber.
, ◉ Cremation. Answer: means the technical process of using heat and
flame to reduce human or animal remains to bone fragments or
ashes or any combination thereof. Includes processing and may
include the pulverization of bone fragments.
◉ Cremation Chamber. Answer: means the enclosed space within
which cremation takes place.
◉ Cremated Remains. Answer: means all human or animal remains
recovered after the completion of the cremation process, which may
include the residue of any foreign matter such as casket material,
dental work, or eyeglasses that were cremated with the human or
animal remains.
◉ Lapsed License. Answer: means a license issued under this
chapter that has become invalid because of the failure of the licensee
to renew the license within the time limits prescribed under this
chapter.
◉ Operator of a crematory facility. Answer: means the sole
proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
or other business entity responsible for the overall operation of a
crematory facility.
FUNERAL DIRECTING EXAM SCRIPT 2026
◉ Funeral Business. Answer: Means a sole proprietorship,
partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other
business entity that is engaged in funeral directing for profit or for
free from one or more funeral homes licensed under this chapter.
◉ Funeral Directing. Answer: means the business or profession of
directing or supervising funerals for profit, the arrangement or sale
of funeral services, the filling out or execution of a funeral service
contract, the business or profession of preparing dead human bodies
for burial by means other than embalming, the disposition of dead
human bodies, the provision or maintenance of a place for the
preparation, the care, or disposition of dead human bodies, the use
in connection with a business of the term "funeral director,"
"undertaker," "mortician," or any other term from which can be
implied the business of funeral directing, or the holding out to the
public that one is a funeral director or a disposer of dead human
bodies.
◉ Funeral Home. Answer: means a fixed place for the care,
preparation for burial, or disposition of dead human bodies or the
conducting of funerals. Each business location is a funeral home,
regardless of common ownership or management.
,◉ Embalmer. Answer: means a person who engages, in whole or in
part, in embalming and who is licensed under this chapter.
◉ Funeral Director. Answer: means a person who engages, in whole
or in part, in funeral directing and who is licensed under this
chapter.
◉ Supervision. Answer: means the operation of all phases of the
business of funeral directing or embalming under the specific
direction of a licensed funeral director or licensed embalmer.
◉ Direct Supervision. Answer: means the physical presence of a
licensed funeral director or licensed embalmer while the specific
functions of the funeral or embalming are being carried out.
◉ Embalming Facility. Answer: means a fixed location, separate from
the funeral home, that is licensed under this chapter whose only
function is the embalming and preparation of dead human bodies.
◉ Crematory Facility. Answer: means the physical location at which
a cremation chamber is located and the cremation process takes
place.
◉ Crematory. Answer: means the building or portion of a building
that houses the holding facility and the cremation chamber.
, ◉ Cremation. Answer: means the technical process of using heat and
flame to reduce human or animal remains to bone fragments or
ashes or any combination thereof. Includes processing and may
include the pulverization of bone fragments.
◉ Cremation Chamber. Answer: means the enclosed space within
which cremation takes place.
◉ Cremated Remains. Answer: means all human or animal remains
recovered after the completion of the cremation process, which may
include the residue of any foreign matter such as casket material,
dental work, or eyeglasses that were cremated with the human or
animal remains.
◉ Lapsed License. Answer: means a license issued under this
chapter that has become invalid because of the failure of the licensee
to renew the license within the time limits prescribed under this
chapter.
◉ Operator of a crematory facility. Answer: means the sole
proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
or other business entity responsible for the overall operation of a
crematory facility.
