Massachusetts Funeral Director Jurisprudence State Exam
1. What is the minimal size of a prep room?: 12 x 14
2. What is the minimal size of a funeral home chapel?: 300 sq ft
3. What type of flooring is required in a prep rm?: tile or cement
4. What are the minimum requirements in a prep rm: Flush rim sink, floor
drain, backflow preventer
5. Besides a FD and embalmer, who are allowed in the prep room?: Mort
student, immediate family, public official
6. How long is the cooling off period?: 10 day
7. If a goods and service are selected at pre-need and not available at death
what happens?: NOK can select the goods and services of fair market value
of equal or greater value.
8. The obligation to locate a trust beneficiary?: funeral establishment
9. How long is a funeral home responsible to hold onto cremains, before
action is taken: 10 months
10. If a type 3 funeral director does not own or owns less than 10%
ownership what happens to his license?: its reduced to a type 6
11. Can a funeral home charge extra for prepping a post or organ donation?:
No
12. Who is responsible for an apprentices actions in his line of duty?: type 3
sponsor
13. Who can be a majority owner of a funeral home?: the type 3 who hold
majority of shares
14. Who can complete a death certificate?: FD, M/E, B of H
1. What is the minimal size of a prep room?: 12 x 14
2. What is the minimal size of a funeral home chapel?: 300 sq ft
3. What type of flooring is required in a prep rm?: tile or cement
4. What are the minimum requirements in a prep rm: Flush rim sink, floor
drain, backflow preventer
5. Besides a FD and embalmer, who are allowed in the prep room?: Mort
student, immediate family, public official
6. How long is the cooling off period?: 10 day
7. If a goods and service are selected at pre-need and not available at death
what happens?: NOK can select the goods and services of fair market value
of equal or greater value.
8. The obligation to locate a trust beneficiary?: funeral establishment
9. How long is a funeral home responsible to hold onto cremains, before
action is taken: 10 months
10. If a type 3 funeral director does not own or owns less than 10%
ownership what happens to his license?: its reduced to a type 6
11. Can a funeral home charge extra for prepping a post or organ donation?:
No
12. Who is responsible for an apprentices actions in his line of duty?: type 3
sponsor
13. Who can be a majority owner of a funeral home?: the type 3 who hold
majority of shares
14. Who can complete a death certificate?: FD, M/E, B of H
