Missouri Funeral Directors Law Exam
Questions & Correct Answers/ Graded A+
Preneed Provider Requirements
🗸🗸: -File application on Board form
-Authorized and registered to do business in Missouri
-Name and address of custodian of records
-Name and address of each seller
-File consent authorizing investigation
-If a corporation, each officer, director, manager, controlling shareholder is eligible for licensure as
an individual
License Renewal
🗸🗸: -Renew Bi-annually prior to June 1 for Funeral Directors & Embalmers, October 31 for Agents
-Renewal accompanied by fee
-No grace period
-Can be reinstated for up to 2 years without retaking test, but void after 2 years
-Display license in each office and record with local registrar
-Re-register within 10 days of moving to a different district
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,Denial or Discipline of License
🗸🗸: -Impairment by drugs or alcohol
-Guilty of offense relating to duties of directing or embalming, controlled substance, fraud, violence,
dishonesty
-Being adjudged insane or incompetent
-Pre-signing a death certificate on a body not embalmed by or under the direction of the licensee
Make Up of State Board
🗸🗸: -10 members, 9 licensed, 1 public
-1 member from each of the Missouri Congressional Districts
-Members serve for 5 years
-Must submit audited financial statements
-Licensed members in active practice for 5 years
-US Citizen
-Missouri resident for 1 year
-Qualified Voter
-Of good moral character
-No more than 5 members from any 1 political party
-Public member must not have any involvement in the funeral industry
-Public member not to participate in discussions of technical questions
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,-All members take an oath
Board Meetings
🗸🗸: -At least 2 meetings per year
-3 members constitutes a quorum
-Elect officers: Chairman, Vice-chairman, Secretary
-Officers serve 1 year, April-March
-All board members may participate in voting
-Members shall be reimbursed expenses and a fee, not to exceed $50.00 a day in compensation
Licensing Requirements for Establishments
🗸🗸: -Under supervision of a licensed funeral director
-All embalming performed by a licensed embalmer
-Must comply with state, county, and city zoning
-Must pay a fee and renew license before renewal date, January 1
-No license can be issued to a corporation whose owner has had his license revoked in the last 3
years
-Board must approve or deny license within 30 days
Establishment must have all embalming performed by licensed embalmer
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, 🗸🗸: If establishment has embalming facilities, they must be sanitary and comply with Department
of Health standards and have a register book in the prep room or embalming room.
60 days
🗸🗸: Seller to pay provider trust within_______?
5% Origination Fee/15 days
🗸🗸: Seller may request trustee to distribute to seller an amount of up to the firts 5% of the total
amount of any preneed contract after 5% is in trust, called a ______? Trustee shall make payment
within______?
Record-keeping for Embalmers, Written Authorization
🗸🗸: -Name and signature of person who is authorizing embalming
-Relationship of that person to the deceased
-Name and title of person taking authorization
Record-keeping for Embalmers, Verbal Permission
🗸🗸: -Name of person authorizing if different than person communicating authoriation
-Name of person communicating authorization
-Relationship of the person to the deceased
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Questions & Correct Answers/ Graded A+
Preneed Provider Requirements
🗸🗸: -File application on Board form
-Authorized and registered to do business in Missouri
-Name and address of custodian of records
-Name and address of each seller
-File consent authorizing investigation
-If a corporation, each officer, director, manager, controlling shareholder is eligible for licensure as
an individual
License Renewal
🗸🗸: -Renew Bi-annually prior to June 1 for Funeral Directors & Embalmers, October 31 for Agents
-Renewal accompanied by fee
-No grace period
-Can be reinstated for up to 2 years without retaking test, but void after 2 years
-Display license in each office and record with local registrar
-Re-register within 10 days of moving to a different district
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,Denial or Discipline of License
🗸🗸: -Impairment by drugs or alcohol
-Guilty of offense relating to duties of directing or embalming, controlled substance, fraud, violence,
dishonesty
-Being adjudged insane or incompetent
-Pre-signing a death certificate on a body not embalmed by or under the direction of the licensee
Make Up of State Board
🗸🗸: -10 members, 9 licensed, 1 public
-1 member from each of the Missouri Congressional Districts
-Members serve for 5 years
-Must submit audited financial statements
-Licensed members in active practice for 5 years
-US Citizen
-Missouri resident for 1 year
-Qualified Voter
-Of good moral character
-No more than 5 members from any 1 political party
-Public member must not have any involvement in the funeral industry
-Public member not to participate in discussions of technical questions
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,-All members take an oath
Board Meetings
🗸🗸: -At least 2 meetings per year
-3 members constitutes a quorum
-Elect officers: Chairman, Vice-chairman, Secretary
-Officers serve 1 year, April-March
-All board members may participate in voting
-Members shall be reimbursed expenses and a fee, not to exceed $50.00 a day in compensation
Licensing Requirements for Establishments
🗸🗸: -Under supervision of a licensed funeral director
-All embalming performed by a licensed embalmer
-Must comply with state, county, and city zoning
-Must pay a fee and renew license before renewal date, January 1
-No license can be issued to a corporation whose owner has had his license revoked in the last 3
years
-Board must approve or deny license within 30 days
Establishment must have all embalming performed by licensed embalmer
3
, 🗸🗸: If establishment has embalming facilities, they must be sanitary and comply with Department
of Health standards and have a register book in the prep room or embalming room.
60 days
🗸🗸: Seller to pay provider trust within_______?
5% Origination Fee/15 days
🗸🗸: Seller may request trustee to distribute to seller an amount of up to the firts 5% of the total
amount of any preneed contract after 5% is in trust, called a ______? Trustee shall make payment
within______?
Record-keeping for Embalmers, Written Authorization
🗸🗸: -Name and signature of person who is authorizing embalming
-Relationship of that person to the deceased
-Name and title of person taking authorization
Record-keeping for Embalmers, Verbal Permission
🗸🗸: -Name of person authorizing if different than person communicating authoriation
-Name of person communicating authorization
-Relationship of the person to the deceased
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