Florida Funeral Law Exam Updated Actual
Exam Question and Answer (2026/2027) |
100% Verified Answers
• 48 Hours -✓✓ How long must a body be retained before being donated to
medical science?
• Each Embalmers Instructor -✓✓ Who's signature is required on the Embalmers
quarterly report, when given instruction by different teaching embalmers?
• 10 Days -✓✓ Employees must take the Communicable disease course within how
many days of employment?
• The County Commissioner -✓✓ Who is responsible for the identification of a
deceased and notifying relatives of the death?
• The Direct Disposer -✓✓ Who is responsible for filling out the DC when death is
under the jurisdiction of the ME?
• State -✓✓ The department of Health enforces the laws of the _____?
• 10 Days Prior to moving -✓✓ When must a funeral establishment notify the state
regulatory agency, when they are moving?
• At all times -✓✓ When is a direct disposer establishment subject to inspection?
• $5,000.00 -✓✓ What is the maximum fine presented for a violation of revocation
or suspension of a preneed license?
• 2 years -✓✓ The photo on a license must be no older than how many years?
• Yes -✓✓ When acting as a direct disposer, can the Licensed Funeral Director
make a removal of human remains from the place of death?
• As soon as possible -✓✓ When must a deceased be taken to the disposition
agency/final disposition entity after death?
, • An Auto Clave -✓✓ When inspecting a prep room, inspectors would not find
this...
• loco parentis -✓✓ term used for "in place of a parent."
• Within 5 days -✓✓ If the place of death is unknown, it shall be registered in the
district in which the dead body was found within how many days?
• The funeral director -✓✓ Who must file the certificate of death?
• 1. An autopsy is pending
2. Toxicology, laboratory or other reports have not been completed
3. The identity of the dead is unknown -✓✓ Under what circumstances would the
local registrar grant an extension of time for a death certificate to be filed?
• 72 Hours -✓✓ How much time does the Medical Examiner have to sign a DC?
• 1. Preparation of the DC
2. Filing with the local register
3. Disposing of remains once they have been released by the ME -✓✓ When you
have a medical examiners case, what are the responsibilities of the funeral director,
as it pertains to the DC?
• A death of a resident of that state is presumed dead, but the body has not been
found. -✓✓ What is "presumptive death"
• The Governor -✓✓ Who appoints a district medical examiner?
• 3 years -✓✓ How long is a district medical examiner in office?
• The board of county commissioners in the respective districts -✓✓ Who
establishes the salary and fees for a district medical examiner?
• The board of county commissioners -✓✓ The district medical examiner submits
an annual budget to who?
Exam Question and Answer (2026/2027) |
100% Verified Answers
• 48 Hours -✓✓ How long must a body be retained before being donated to
medical science?
• Each Embalmers Instructor -✓✓ Who's signature is required on the Embalmers
quarterly report, when given instruction by different teaching embalmers?
• 10 Days -✓✓ Employees must take the Communicable disease course within how
many days of employment?
• The County Commissioner -✓✓ Who is responsible for the identification of a
deceased and notifying relatives of the death?
• The Direct Disposer -✓✓ Who is responsible for filling out the DC when death is
under the jurisdiction of the ME?
• State -✓✓ The department of Health enforces the laws of the _____?
• 10 Days Prior to moving -✓✓ When must a funeral establishment notify the state
regulatory agency, when they are moving?
• At all times -✓✓ When is a direct disposer establishment subject to inspection?
• $5,000.00 -✓✓ What is the maximum fine presented for a violation of revocation
or suspension of a preneed license?
• 2 years -✓✓ The photo on a license must be no older than how many years?
• Yes -✓✓ When acting as a direct disposer, can the Licensed Funeral Director
make a removal of human remains from the place of death?
• As soon as possible -✓✓ When must a deceased be taken to the disposition
agency/final disposition entity after death?
, • An Auto Clave -✓✓ When inspecting a prep room, inspectors would not find
this...
• loco parentis -✓✓ term used for "in place of a parent."
• Within 5 days -✓✓ If the place of death is unknown, it shall be registered in the
district in which the dead body was found within how many days?
• The funeral director -✓✓ Who must file the certificate of death?
• 1. An autopsy is pending
2. Toxicology, laboratory or other reports have not been completed
3. The identity of the dead is unknown -✓✓ Under what circumstances would the
local registrar grant an extension of time for a death certificate to be filed?
• 72 Hours -✓✓ How much time does the Medical Examiner have to sign a DC?
• 1. Preparation of the DC
2. Filing with the local register
3. Disposing of remains once they have been released by the ME -✓✓ When you
have a medical examiners case, what are the responsibilities of the funeral director,
as it pertains to the DC?
• A death of a resident of that state is presumed dead, but the body has not been
found. -✓✓ What is "presumptive death"
• The Governor -✓✓ Who appoints a district medical examiner?
• 3 years -✓✓ How long is a district medical examiner in office?
• The board of county commissioners in the respective districts -✓✓ Who
establishes the salary and fees for a district medical examiner?
• The board of county commissioners -✓✓ The district medical examiner submits
an annual budget to who?
