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funeral director |\
A person engaged in or conducting any of the following:
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Preparing or directing the transportation or disposition of human
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remains. Maintaining an establishment for the preparation,
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transportation, or disposition of human remains. Using the words |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
"Funeral Director", "Mortician", "Undertaker" or other title
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implying he/she is engaged as a funeral director.
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Section 7600 Cemetery and Funeral Act
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Section 1 Business and Professions Code
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Funeral Establishment |\
A business in a building that must: Have a specific address or
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location. Activities that take place at that location must be
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incident, convenient, or related to the care and preparation of
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remains, funerals or disposition of human remains and must have
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an embalming or storage room. The embalming/storage rooms
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may be at a different location from where the business activities
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take place and under certain conditions an establishment may
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share another establishments embalming/ and or storage room if
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under common ownership, or there is a contract between them,
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and in close geographic proximity.
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Section 7600 Cemetery and Funeral Act
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Section 1 Business and Professions Code
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,Criteria for being a funeral director
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18 years of age or older, Have an AA degree, or equivalent or
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higher. Not have committed any acts or been convicted of crimes
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pursuant to section 480 of the business and professions code
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(Crimes or acts . related to death care activities). Pass the
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Funeral Directors Examination given by the cemetery and funeral
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bureau.
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RESTRICTIONS: Must be employed by a licensed funeral |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
establishment to engage in activities of a funeral director. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Section 7600 Cemetery and Funeral Act
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Section 1 Business and Professions Code
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Funeral Directors Test |\ |\
Before an individual is granted a funeral directors license, he or
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she shall successfully pass an examination upon the following
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subjects:
(a) Signs of Death (HSC 7180)
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(b) Manner of death may be determined (HSC 7182)
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(c) The laws governing the preparation, burial and disposition of
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human remains, and the shipment of bodies dying from
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infectious or contagious diseases. |\ |\ |\
(d) Local health and sanitary ordinances and regulations relating
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to funeral directing and embalming.
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,Funeral Establishment advertising |\ |\
No Funeral establishment may use a name style that is: Similar
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to the competitors, so as to constitute an unfair method of
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competition, or that might tend to mislead the public. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Assignment
Name for the sale of a funeral establishment.
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Selling a Funeral Establishment by Assignment
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Licenses are assigned only after an audit of the preneed trust
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funds and any shortages have been funded. License may be
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assigned upon receipt of a signed declaration showing the status
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of the trust and a bond equal to 150% of the corpus (balance) of
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the trust, with approval from the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau.
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False or misleading information may be subject to a fine of up to
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$5,000.00
Embalming in a funeral establishment |\ |\ |\ |\
Can only be done by:|\ |\ |\ |\
-California licensed embalmers |\ |\
-Registered apprentices under the supervision of their supervising |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
embalmer or
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-Students enrolled in an accredited program of mortuary science
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under supervision of a licensed embalmer.
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, Removal of Tissue |\ |\
a licensed embalmer may remove tissue pursuant to the uniform
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Anatomical Gift Act, at the request of a licensed physician if the
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embalmer has completed a course in tissue removal approved by
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the California Medical board.
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Arrangement Counselors |\
Anyone who consults with the family or representatives of the
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family of a deceased person for the purpose of arranging for
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preparation and disposition of a body must receive, every 3 |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
years, documented training of all federal and state laws, rules
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and regulations dealing with:
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-Vital Statistics |\
-The Coroner |\
-Anatomical Gifts |\
-Laws relating to the duties of a funeral director
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A Funeral establishment must keep a record of funeral
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arrangers....
-Outline of the training |\ |\ |\
-When and where they were trained
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-Record of demonstrated knowledge (THE TEST)
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