AAMI New York State Laws – Funeral Director Licensing and Regulations Exam Questions with Correct Answers

How many hours of continuing education must a funeral director take each biennium. - answer12 hours How many hours of continuing continuing education must be live classroom instruction? - answerAt least 50% Does a newly licensed funeral director have to take continuing education in his/her first biennium? - answerNo Of the continuing education credits, what are the only required or mandatory credit hours? - answerAt least 2 hours of credits must be applicable to New York State laws and regulations affecting funeral directing, embalming, embalming and preneed services. List the requirements of operating a funeral home? - answer1. If the owner is an individual or partnership, he must be a funeral director 2. If the owner is a corporation, the manager registered with the department must be a funeral director 3. The owner must biennially register with the department 4. The funeral firm's certificate of registration must be displayed conspicuously at the establishment for which it was issued 5. The firm must be under Page1 the management of a licensed funeral director who is registered with the department, who shall not serve as manager of any other funeral establishment 6. All funeral directing, undertaking and embalming shall take place under the supervision of a licensed funeral director, undertaker and embalmer respectively 7. The firm shall conform to the rules and regulations of the department 8. The license and registration shall not be assignable or transferrable If a funeral firm is sold or ownership transferred, who must notify the consumer who has the money in trust? - answerBoth the new owner and former owner, or the estate of the former owner, or both the persons currently and formerly having control over such monies. Can the use of names of unlicensed persons be used in advertising? - answerNo Can the use of names of unlicensed persons be used on signs? - answerNo When must death be registered in NY state? - answerWithin 72 hours of death or the finding of the body Who issues burial permits? - answerThe registrar of the district in which the death occurred List the duties of the funeral director in regard to the death certificate - answer1. Attain statistical facts and enter them on the certificate with the name and address of the informant 2. Promptly present the certificate with the doctor to certify the facts of death and supply medical info 3. List facts of date and place of disposition and removal over his signature with address 4. Before the disposition, file the death certificate with the registrar of the district in which the death occurred Who should the funeral director notify if a death occurs without medical attendance? - Page2 answerThe coroner having jurisdiction or the medical examiner In order for a body to be interred, cremated, placed in a crypt or shipped, what document must be issued? - answerA permit of burial, removal or other disposition Who does the funeral director give the burial permit to? - answerThe person in charge of the place of burial or other disposition When does the person in charge of the place of burial or other disposition have to return the burial permit? - answerWithin 7 days of the interment Where does the person in charge of the place of burial or other disposition return the burial permit to? - answerThe registrar What are the responsibilities of the person in charge of the cemetery or burial place? - answerThe person in charge shall keep a record of all bodies interred or otherwise disposed of on the premises under his or her charge, in each case stating the deceased's name, the place of death, date of burial or disposal, and the name and address of the funeral director or undertaker. These records shall be kept open to official inspection at all times. What kind of death certificate is issued in cases of fetal death? - answerA certificate of fetal death What is the descending priority of person who shall have the right to control the remains of a decedent? - answer1. Person designated in a written statement 2. Decedent's living spouse 2a. Decedent's living domestic partner 3. Any of the decedent's surviving children eighteen years of age or older 4. Either of the decedent's parents 5. Any of the decedent's surviving siblings over 18 6. An court appointed guardian 7. Any person over 18 who would be entitled to share in the estate with the closest person in Page3 relation having the highest priority 8. An appointed fiduciary of the decedent's estate 9. A close friend or relative who is familiar with the decedent's wishes when no one higher on the list is available 10. A chief fiscal officer of a county or public administrator appointed, or anyone else acting on the behalf of the decedent, provided that the person has executed a written statement What does the term cremated remains mean? - answerHuman remains after incineration in a crematory What type of statement must accompany a body to a crematory? - answerA statement from a physician, coroner or medical examiner certifying that such body does not contain a battery or a power cell After what period of time may a funeral director dispose of unclaimed cremated remains? - answer120 days after the date of cremation In what manner may a funeral director dispose of unclaimed cremated remains? - answerBy placement in a tomb, crypt, niche in a columbarium, burial in a cemetery, or scattering at sea or by otherwise disposing of such remains as provided by the rule of the department What is the one reason a family can object to an autopsy? - answerThat the autopsy is contrary to religious beliefs of the decedent What type of crime is body stealing? - answerA felony What type of crime is receiving a stolen body? - answerA misdemeanor What type of crime is opening a grave without proper permission? - answerA misdemeanor Who may execute or consent to an anatomical gift for himself? - answerAny individual of sound mind over the age of 18 years of age or more Who may consent to an anatomical gift for a