FUNERAL DIRECTOR LICENSE UPDATED
PRACTICE SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Department (PA law)
Answer: Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
●● Act (PA funeral law)
Answer: The Funeral Director Law (63 P.S. §§ 479.1-479.20) regulating
funeral directing practice
●● Bureau
Answer: Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs
●● Commissioner
Answer: Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs
●● Student trainee
Answer: Person enrolled in mortuary school approved by American
Board of Funeral Service Education
●● Preceptor
, Answer: Licensed funeral director supervising a resident intern
●● Didactic studies
Answer: Lecture-based classroom instruction
●● Advertisement definition
Answer: Any public communication including newspapers, calendars,
signs, or media promoting funeral services
●● Full-time supervisor
Answer: Licensed funeral director supervising one establishment
without outside work that interferes
●● Minimum age funeral director PA
Answer: 21 years old
●● Education requirement PA
Answer: 2 years (60 credits) college + mortuary school + 1 year
internship
●● Resident internship length
Answer: 12 months minimum, 40 hours per week
PRACTICE SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Department (PA law)
Answer: Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
●● Act (PA funeral law)
Answer: The Funeral Director Law (63 P.S. §§ 479.1-479.20) regulating
funeral directing practice
●● Bureau
Answer: Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs
●● Commissioner
Answer: Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs
●● Student trainee
Answer: Person enrolled in mortuary school approved by American
Board of Funeral Service Education
●● Preceptor
, Answer: Licensed funeral director supervising a resident intern
●● Didactic studies
Answer: Lecture-based classroom instruction
●● Advertisement definition
Answer: Any public communication including newspapers, calendars,
signs, or media promoting funeral services
●● Full-time supervisor
Answer: Licensed funeral director supervising one establishment
without outside work that interferes
●● Minimum age funeral director PA
Answer: 21 years old
●● Education requirement PA
Answer: 2 years (60 credits) college + mortuary school + 1 year
internship
●● Resident internship length
Answer: 12 months minimum, 40 hours per week