NYS FUNERAL LAW EXAM QUESTIONS + VERIFIED ANSWERS |
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PASS (2026/2027)
1. After 1984, what must all funeral establishments be or have?
ANSWER : A prep room, a chapel, and they must subscribe to
municipality laws.
2. What is the composition of the Funeral Directing Advisory
Board?
ANSWER : 3 members from a consumer interest group, 6 licensed funeral
directors, and 1 cemetery person.
3. What is the maximum time allowed to register a death?
ANSWER : 72 hours.
4. Do you have to be a licensed funeral director and does your
business have to be a licensed funeral home to be covered by
the Funeral Rule?
ANSWER : No. Cemeteries, crematories, and other businesses can also be
"funeral providers" if they market both funeral goods and services.
5. When should the General Price List (GPL) be offered?
ANSWER : When you begin to discuss any of the following: 1. The type of
funeral or disposition that you can arrange; 2. The specific goods and
services that you offer; or 3. The prices of your goods and services.
6. What year did the Funeral Rule go into effect?
ANSWER : 1984.
7. What must you do when you request authorization to embalm?
ANSWER : Disclose that embalming is not required by law (except in
special cases, if relevant) and refrain from further discussion about prices
or the selection of funeral goods or services while you remove the
deceased.
, 8. What are the required disclosures on the GPL?
ANSWER : 1. Consumers right of selection; 2. Embalming; 3. Alternative
Containers; 4. Basic service fee; 5. Casket Price List; 6. Outer Burial
Container Price List.
9. Who is required to inform the NYS Bureau of Funeral Directing
upon the sale or transfer of a funeral home?
ANSWER : Both the new owner and the former owner must notify the
Bureau in writing within 30 days.
10. What article of the NYS Public Health Law is solely
concerned with the business and practice of funeral directing?
ANSWER : Article 34 of NYS Public Health Law.
11. What three laws comprise most of the NYS funeral
directing laws?
ANSWER : 1) Article 34 NYS Public Health Law, 2) NYS Sanitary Codes,
and 3) NYS Vital Statistics Laws.
12. What does the phrase "As registered with department of
health" signify for funeral paperwork?
ANSWER : All paperwork from the funeral should have the exact same
format of information (name, address, and phone number) as registered.
13. How must price ranges of merchandise be listed?
ANSWER : From least expensive to most expensive.
14. How must prices for "Additional Services and
Merchandise" be presented?
ANSWER : They must have a price listed in both the "from" and "to"
columns.
15. What should be entered in the column if an item is not
available or not chosen?
ANSWER : N/A.
16. If there is only one set price for a service (such as
hairdressing), what is entered?
ANSWER : The same number is placed in both columns.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PASS (2026/2027)
1. After 1984, what must all funeral establishments be or have?
ANSWER : A prep room, a chapel, and they must subscribe to
municipality laws.
2. What is the composition of the Funeral Directing Advisory
Board?
ANSWER : 3 members from a consumer interest group, 6 licensed funeral
directors, and 1 cemetery person.
3. What is the maximum time allowed to register a death?
ANSWER : 72 hours.
4. Do you have to be a licensed funeral director and does your
business have to be a licensed funeral home to be covered by
the Funeral Rule?
ANSWER : No. Cemeteries, crematories, and other businesses can also be
"funeral providers" if they market both funeral goods and services.
5. When should the General Price List (GPL) be offered?
ANSWER : When you begin to discuss any of the following: 1. The type of
funeral or disposition that you can arrange; 2. The specific goods and
services that you offer; or 3. The prices of your goods and services.
6. What year did the Funeral Rule go into effect?
ANSWER : 1984.
7. What must you do when you request authorization to embalm?
ANSWER : Disclose that embalming is not required by law (except in
special cases, if relevant) and refrain from further discussion about prices
or the selection of funeral goods or services while you remove the
deceased.
, 8. What are the required disclosures on the GPL?
ANSWER : 1. Consumers right of selection; 2. Embalming; 3. Alternative
Containers; 4. Basic service fee; 5. Casket Price List; 6. Outer Burial
Container Price List.
9. Who is required to inform the NYS Bureau of Funeral Directing
upon the sale or transfer of a funeral home?
ANSWER : Both the new owner and the former owner must notify the
Bureau in writing within 30 days.
10. What article of the NYS Public Health Law is solely
concerned with the business and practice of funeral directing?
ANSWER : Article 34 of NYS Public Health Law.
11. What three laws comprise most of the NYS funeral
directing laws?
ANSWER : 1) Article 34 NYS Public Health Law, 2) NYS Sanitary Codes,
and 3) NYS Vital Statistics Laws.
12. What does the phrase "As registered with department of
health" signify for funeral paperwork?
ANSWER : All paperwork from the funeral should have the exact same
format of information (name, address, and phone number) as registered.
13. How must price ranges of merchandise be listed?
ANSWER : From least expensive to most expensive.
14. How must prices for "Additional Services and
Merchandise" be presented?
ANSWER : They must have a price listed in both the "from" and "to"
columns.
15. What should be entered in the column if an item is not
available or not chosen?
ANSWER : N/A.
16. If there is only one set price for a service (such as
hairdressing), what is entered?
ANSWER : The same number is placed in both columns.
