Oregon FSP Exam Questions And Answers
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Who assigns the identifying metal disc number? - Answer✔State registrar's office
Once human remains are received, where must the metal disc be attached? - Answer✔Casket,
other receptacle, or the remains if there is no receptacle
If human remains are going to be cremated, where must the metal disc be attached? -
Answer✔Head end of receptacle or remains if no receptacle is used
Does the metal disc have to accompany the human remains into the cremation chamber? -
Answer✔No
If human remains are going to be buried or entombed, where must the metal disc be attached?
- Answer✔Head end of casket, receptacle, or remains if no receptacle is used
What documents must include the metal disc number? - Answer✔Certificate of death & final
disposition permit
Who is required to make sure that documents include the metal disc number? -
Answer✔Responsible funeral service practitioner (or someone acting as FSP)
Who is responsible for making sure the metal disc is properly secured & that the metal disc
number matches the final disposition permit when human remains are brought to a cemetery?
- Answer✔Cemetery authority
Who is responsible for making sure the metal disc is properly secured & that the metal disc
number matches the final disposition permit when human remains are brought to a crematory?
- Answer✔Crematory authority
After the cremation process, where must the metal disc be placed? - Answer✔On or in the
container
What document needs to be signed & who needs to sign it before a cemetery or crematory can
accept human remains? - Answer✔Final disposition permit; Cemetery authority or Crematory
authority
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If human remains are delivered to a crematory, cemetery or alternative disposition facility and
the metal disc number & permit number do not match, who must retain responsibility for the
proper care and storage of the human remains? - Answer✔FSP (or person acting as FSP)
If a discrepancy in tag numbers cannot be resolved prior to the scheduled service. who is
responsible for notifying the person with the right to control disposition that the disposition is
postponed? - Answer✔FSP (or person acting as FSP)
Is there any situation when a cemetery or crematory can accept human remains and bury or
cremate without a metal disc? If so, when? - Answer✔Yes; if the death occurred in a state other
than Oregon
Within what timeframe must an FSP (or person acting as FSP) submit the report of decedent's
death, and to whom? - Answer✔Within 5 days after death; county registrar of county where
death occurred or Center for Health Statistics
Who is required to obtain the personal data from decedent's next of kin? - Answer✔FSP (or
person acting as FSP)
If NOK is not available, who should provide personal data? - Answer✔Best qualified person or
source available
Are human remains ever required to be embalmed? If so, when? - Answer✔Yes; certain
transportation of persons who have died of or with communicable diseases; public viewing for
persons dead from any communicable diseases
What type of permission must be received before human remains can be embalmed? Who is
authorized to give permission? - Answer✔Written or oral permission; Person who has the right
to control disposition
If permission for embalming is given verbally, what information must be included in the
documentation? - Answer✔Name and number of authorizing agent, relationship to the
deceased, date and time oral permission was obtained & printed name and signature of the
licensee or facility representative acquiring oral authorization
How must oral permission for embalming be confirmed? - Answer✔On a written, signed
embalming authorization form
If human remains do not undergo final disposition within 10 days after a funeral establishment
takes possession, what must happen? - Answer✔Licensee responsible for the human remains
must notify the OCMB
If human remains are not embalmed, how should they be covered? - Answer✔wrapped in a
sheet or plastic
If human remains will be held longer than 24 hours, what should happen to them? -
Answer✔Either embalmed or refrigerated at 36F or less until final disposition
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