Pennsylvania Funeral Directors
Jurisprudence Exam
The Funeral Director Law which regulates the licensure of persons and of corporations
engaged in the preparation and disposition of the bodies of deceased persons – answer
Act
The State Board of Funeral Directors of the Department of State of the Commonwealth -
answer Board
The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Department of State of the
Commonwealth - answer Bureau
The Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Department of State
of the Commonwealth - answer Commissioner
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 - answerFuneral entity
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 - answerFuneral establishment
Sixty minutes of actual instruction in an approved course of continuing education -
answerHour of continuing education
An individual who has met the educational requirements and passed the examinations
required by the act - answerLicensed funeral director
A license issued by the Board that authorizes a person licensed to practice funeral
directing in a reciprocal state to practice funeral directing in this Commonwealth in
accordance with section 9(c) of the act - answerLimited license
A licensed funeral director under or with whom a resident intern is registered and
operates - answerPreceptor
The property on which the funeral establishment is located which consists of a tract of
land not intersected by a public highway or thoroughfare - answerPremises
An 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 -
answerPrepaid burial account
A contract executed between a consumer and 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 - answerPrepaid burial contract (or
"preneed agreement")
The aggregate of all funeral service licensees and their duties and responsibilities in
connection with the funeral as funeral directors licensed under the act -
answerProfession
The District of Columbia or a state or territory of the United States of America whose
agency that is authorized to license persons to practice the profession of funeral director
in that jurisdiction has entered into an agreement with the Board under which persons
licensed in that jurisdiction may receive a limited license in this Commonwealth -
answerReciprocal state
A business corporation formed under 15 Pa.C.S. (relating to the Associations Code)
and authorized under the act - answerRestricted business corporation
A licensed funeral director employed on a full-time basis to supervise the professional
activities of a licensed estate, widow, business corporation, pre-1935 restricted
business corporation, professional corporation, or branch place of practice under any of
the foregoing, as defined in the act - answerSupervisor
21 or older
Of good moral character
Has satisfied the educational and training requirements of the act
Shall pass a combined oral, practical, and written examination (with limited exceptions)
Shall complete at least 3 hours of training in child abuse recognition and reporting -
answerGeneral requirements for licensure
Fee for initial registration for student trainee - answer$25
Fee for annual registration for student trainee - answer$25
Fee for initial registration for resident intern - answer$25
Fee for initial registration for preceptor or change - answer$25
Fee for initial license for funeral director - answer$25
Jurisprudence Exam
The Funeral Director Law which regulates the licensure of persons and of corporations
engaged in the preparation and disposition of the bodies of deceased persons – answer
Act
The State Board of Funeral Directors of the Department of State of the Commonwealth -
answer Board
The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Department of State of the
Commonwealth - answer Bureau
The Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Department of State
of the Commonwealth - answer Commissioner
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 - answerFuneral entity
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 - answerFuneral establishment
Sixty minutes of actual instruction in an approved course of continuing education -
answerHour of continuing education
An individual who has met the educational requirements and passed the examinations
required by the act - answerLicensed funeral director
A license issued by the Board that authorizes a person licensed to practice funeral
directing in a reciprocal state to practice funeral directing in this Commonwealth in
accordance with section 9(c) of the act - answerLimited license
A licensed funeral director under or with whom a resident intern is registered and
operates - answerPreceptor
The property on which the funeral establishment is located which consists of a tract of
land not intersected by a public highway or thoroughfare - answerPremises
An 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 -
answerPrepaid burial account
A contract executed between a consumer and 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 - answerPrepaid burial contract (or
"preneed agreement")
The aggregate of all funeral service licensees and their duties and responsibilities in
connection with the funeral as funeral directors licensed under the act -
answerProfession
The District of Columbia or a state or territory of the United States of America whose
agency that is authorized to license persons to practice the profession of funeral director
in that jurisdiction has entered into an agreement with the Board under which persons
licensed in that jurisdiction may receive a limited license in this Commonwealth -
answerReciprocal state
A business corporation formed under 15 Pa.C.S. (relating to the Associations Code)
and authorized under the act - answerRestricted business corporation
A licensed funeral director employed on a full-time basis to supervise the professional
activities of a licensed estate, widow, business corporation, pre-1935 restricted
business corporation, professional corporation, or branch place of practice under any of
the foregoing, as defined in the act - answerSupervisor
21 or older
Of good moral character
Has satisfied the educational and training requirements of the act
Shall pass a combined oral, practical, and written examination (with limited exceptions)
Shall complete at least 3 hours of training in child abuse recognition and reporting -
answerGeneral requirements for licensure
Fee for initial registration for student trainee - answer$25
Fee for annual registration for student trainee - answer$25
Fee for initial registration for resident intern - answer$25
Fee for initial registration for preceptor or change - answer$25
Fee for initial license for funeral director - answer$25
