Pennsylvania Funeral Director State
Board Exam (Law)
Act - answer The funeral director law which regulates the licensure of persons and of
corporations engaged in the preparation and disposition of the bodies of deceased
person.
Funeral entity - answer A restricted business corporation, professional corporation, pre-
1935 corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, widow, widower or estate authorized
by the Board to practice the profession of funeral director.
Funeral Establishment - answer A place or premise approved by the Board wherein a
licensed funeral director conducts the professional practice of funeral directing,
including the preparation, care and funeral services for the human dead.
60 Minutes - answerHow many minutes/hours required for continuing education?
Limited License - answerA license issued by the Board that authorizes a person
licensed to practice funeral directing in a different state to practice funeral directing in
this commonwealth.
Preceptor - answerA licensed funeral director under or with whom a resident intern is
registered and operates
Premises - answerThe property on which the funeral establishment is located which
consists of a tract of land NOT intersected by a public highway or thoroughfare.
Prepaid Burial Account - answerAn account in which moneys are deposited by the
funeral director during the lifetime of an individual in accordance with a contract
executed between the parties for funeral merchandise and services to be performed
and delivered at a future time.
Prepaid Burial Contract - answerA contract executed between a consumer and a
licensed funeral director which provides that the funeral director will provide funeral
merchandise and render services to the consumer upon the consumer's death or the
death of another designated individual and for which the consumer pays to the funeral
director moneys at the time of the contract or at a time prior to the rendition of these
services.
Profession - answerThe aggregate of all funeral service licensees and their duties and
responsibilities in connection with the funeral as funeral directors licensed under the act.
Board Exam (Law)
Act - answer The funeral director law which regulates the licensure of persons and of
corporations engaged in the preparation and disposition of the bodies of deceased
person.
Funeral entity - answer A restricted business corporation, professional corporation, pre-
1935 corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, widow, widower or estate authorized
by the Board to practice the profession of funeral director.
Funeral Establishment - answer A place or premise approved by the Board wherein a
licensed funeral director conducts the professional practice of funeral directing,
including the preparation, care and funeral services for the human dead.
60 Minutes - answerHow many minutes/hours required for continuing education?
Limited License - answerA license issued by the Board that authorizes a person
licensed to practice funeral directing in a different state to practice funeral directing in
this commonwealth.
Preceptor - answerA licensed funeral director under or with whom a resident intern is
registered and operates
Premises - answerThe property on which the funeral establishment is located which
consists of a tract of land NOT intersected by a public highway or thoroughfare.
Prepaid Burial Account - answerAn account in which moneys are deposited by the
funeral director during the lifetime of an individual in accordance with a contract
executed between the parties for funeral merchandise and services to be performed
and delivered at a future time.
Prepaid Burial Contract - answerA contract executed between a consumer and a
licensed funeral director which provides that the funeral director will provide funeral
merchandise and render services to the consumer upon the consumer's death or the
death of another designated individual and for which the consumer pays to the funeral
director moneys at the time of the contract or at a time prior to the rendition of these
services.
Profession - answerThe aggregate of all funeral service licensees and their duties and
responsibilities in connection with the funeral as funeral directors licensed under the act.
