Florida Funeral Law Exam Questions with
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Readily combustible, able to be completely closed, leak & spill resistant, rigid enough to
be handled with ease, provide protection for crematory operator - ANSWER-5 standards
which a cremation container must meet
Decedent prior to death, person named by decedent, spouse, children, parents,
siblings, grandchild, grandparent, next degree of kinship - ANSWER-List the priority by
which persons may be the legally authorized person to decide disposition
All 5 - ANSWER-If a decedent had 5 children and no surviving spouse, how many of the
children are required by law to sign a cremation authorization form?
Anyone in the funeral business - ANSWER-To whom may a refrigeration facility offer its
services?
Funeral establishments & direct disposers - ANSWER-To whom may a removal service
offer its services?
10 - ANSWER-How many members are on the Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and
Consumer Services?
2 funeral directors, 1 funeral director with a crematory & preneed license, 2
cemeterians, 1 monument maker, health officer, 3 consumers (one at least 60 years of
age and one licensed cpa) - ANSWER-List the composition of the Board of Funeral,
Cemetery, & Consumer Services.
No - ANSWER-May 2 members of the Board be employed by the same company?
4 years - ANSWER-How long are the terms of office of Board Members?
Governor - ANSWER-Who may temporarily suspend a Board member for malfeasance,
etc?
Senate - ANSWER-Who may permanently remove a Board member?
No - ANSWER-Can a hospital or nursing home operate a direct disposal establishment?
10 years - ANSWER-How many years prior to an application, must an applicant have no
conviction of guilt of a crime in order for the application to be considered complete?
,Any relating to the industry, any felonies for the last 20 years, any misdemeanors for the
last 5 years - ANSWER-What convictions must be disclosed to the Board during the
application for licensure?
Retirees (in a state of emergency or to serve the indigent, underserved or critical need
populations of this state) or an active licensee in another jurisdiction (of the US for 10
years) - ANSWER-Who may apply for a limited license?
In a time of critical need - ANSWER-When can a limited licensee provide services?
30 Days - ANSWER-If you have an address change, how long do you have to notify the
Board?
5 - ANSWER-What is the maximum number of hours of continuing education a licensee
may receive for attending a state board meeting?
No - ANSWER-May a direct disposer engage in direct burial?
Yes - ANSWER-Can a person who is not applying for or is a recipient of Supplemental
Security Income or Aid complete an irrevocable preneed contract?
Least expensive - ANSWER-What casket must be displayed if caskets are displayed?
At least 2 - ANSWER-How many people must serve on a probable cause panel?
At least 1 present board member, one of the board's former or present consumer
members - ANSWER-What is the composition of a probable cause panel?
$5000/incident - ANSWER-What is the maximum fine the board can impose for an
administrative violation of unlicensed activity or aiding/abetting unlicensed activity?
Yes - ANSWER-If your license if suspended, must you complete continuing education
hours?
3rd degree felony - ANSWER-What is the crime committed if a person circulates
unauthorized pre-licensure examination information?
3rd degree felony - ANSWER-What is the crime committed if a person knowingly gives
false information in applying for licensure?
2nd degree misdemeanor - ANSWER-What is the crime committed if a person willfully
obstructs the department in investigations?
3rd degree felony - ANSWER-What is the crime committed if a person fails to deposit
trust funds required under chapter 497?
, 2nd degree misdemeanor - ANSWER-What is the crime committed if a cemetery
discriminates on the basis of race?
No more than 3 hours of communicable disease - ANSWER-What is the educational
requirement for operational personnel?
Within 30 days of hire - ANSWER-When must the educational requirement be
completed for operational personnel?
Provisional license is for an intern that has not taken the required examination and is
good for 6 months - ANSWER-What is a provisional license?
20th day of each month - ANSWER-When is the Bodies Handled Report due?
Licensed funeral director - ANSWER-Who must obtain the vital statistical information for
the death certificate at a Funeral Establishment?
No - ANSWER-May a direct disposer who is working at a funeral establishment make
arrangements for a direct cremation?
Yes - ANSWER-Can the owner of a funeral establishment be unlicensed
Visitation at funeral home can also be a place to make arrangements, visitation chapel
can only be used for visitation, direct disposal establishment cannot have a visitation -
ANSWER-Compare a visitation at a funeral establishment, a visitation at a visitation
chapel, and a visitation at a direct disposal establishment
Yes - ANSWER-Can a direct disposer make a removal for a funeral establishment
No one - ANSWER-Who can make arrangements at a Visitation Chapel?
No, each licensed person can only be in charge of one facility - ANSWER-A funeral
establishment has a retort which is licensed as a cinerator facility. The funeral home
owner is a funeral director in charge of the funeral establishment. May this owner also
be the individual in charge of the cinerator facility?
Within 24 hours of death - ANSWER-If a person dies at Restin Peace Nursing Home at
2 am on October 2. By when must the funeral director / embalmer must embalm or
refrigerate the body by?
No, only a funeral establishment may use a central embalming facility & if a body is
embalmed it no longer qualifies under direct disposal. - ANSWER-If Federal Cremation
Society, a direct disposal establishment, has a family that wants the deceased
embalmed prior to cremation, may Federal contact a central embalming facility for the
embalming? Why or why not?
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Readily combustible, able to be completely closed, leak & spill resistant, rigid enough to
be handled with ease, provide protection for crematory operator - ANSWER-5 standards
which a cremation container must meet
Decedent prior to death, person named by decedent, spouse, children, parents,
siblings, grandchild, grandparent, next degree of kinship - ANSWER-List the priority by
which persons may be the legally authorized person to decide disposition
All 5 - ANSWER-If a decedent had 5 children and no surviving spouse, how many of the
children are required by law to sign a cremation authorization form?
Anyone in the funeral business - ANSWER-To whom may a refrigeration facility offer its
services?
Funeral establishments & direct disposers - ANSWER-To whom may a removal service
offer its services?
10 - ANSWER-How many members are on the Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and
Consumer Services?
2 funeral directors, 1 funeral director with a crematory & preneed license, 2
cemeterians, 1 monument maker, health officer, 3 consumers (one at least 60 years of
age and one licensed cpa) - ANSWER-List the composition of the Board of Funeral,
Cemetery, & Consumer Services.
No - ANSWER-May 2 members of the Board be employed by the same company?
4 years - ANSWER-How long are the terms of office of Board Members?
Governor - ANSWER-Who may temporarily suspend a Board member for malfeasance,
etc?
Senate - ANSWER-Who may permanently remove a Board member?
No - ANSWER-Can a hospital or nursing home operate a direct disposal establishment?
10 years - ANSWER-How many years prior to an application, must an applicant have no
conviction of guilt of a crime in order for the application to be considered complete?
,Any relating to the industry, any felonies for the last 20 years, any misdemeanors for the
last 5 years - ANSWER-What convictions must be disclosed to the Board during the
application for licensure?
Retirees (in a state of emergency or to serve the indigent, underserved or critical need
populations of this state) or an active licensee in another jurisdiction (of the US for 10
years) - ANSWER-Who may apply for a limited license?
In a time of critical need - ANSWER-When can a limited licensee provide services?
30 Days - ANSWER-If you have an address change, how long do you have to notify the
Board?
5 - ANSWER-What is the maximum number of hours of continuing education a licensee
may receive for attending a state board meeting?
No - ANSWER-May a direct disposer engage in direct burial?
Yes - ANSWER-Can a person who is not applying for or is a recipient of Supplemental
Security Income or Aid complete an irrevocable preneed contract?
Least expensive - ANSWER-What casket must be displayed if caskets are displayed?
At least 2 - ANSWER-How many people must serve on a probable cause panel?
At least 1 present board member, one of the board's former or present consumer
members - ANSWER-What is the composition of a probable cause panel?
$5000/incident - ANSWER-What is the maximum fine the board can impose for an
administrative violation of unlicensed activity or aiding/abetting unlicensed activity?
Yes - ANSWER-If your license if suspended, must you complete continuing education
hours?
3rd degree felony - ANSWER-What is the crime committed if a person circulates
unauthorized pre-licensure examination information?
3rd degree felony - ANSWER-What is the crime committed if a person knowingly gives
false information in applying for licensure?
2nd degree misdemeanor - ANSWER-What is the crime committed if a person willfully
obstructs the department in investigations?
3rd degree felony - ANSWER-What is the crime committed if a person fails to deposit
trust funds required under chapter 497?
, 2nd degree misdemeanor - ANSWER-What is the crime committed if a cemetery
discriminates on the basis of race?
No more than 3 hours of communicable disease - ANSWER-What is the educational
requirement for operational personnel?
Within 30 days of hire - ANSWER-When must the educational requirement be
completed for operational personnel?
Provisional license is for an intern that has not taken the required examination and is
good for 6 months - ANSWER-What is a provisional license?
20th day of each month - ANSWER-When is the Bodies Handled Report due?
Licensed funeral director - ANSWER-Who must obtain the vital statistical information for
the death certificate at a Funeral Establishment?
No - ANSWER-May a direct disposer who is working at a funeral establishment make
arrangements for a direct cremation?
Yes - ANSWER-Can the owner of a funeral establishment be unlicensed
Visitation at funeral home can also be a place to make arrangements, visitation chapel
can only be used for visitation, direct disposal establishment cannot have a visitation -
ANSWER-Compare a visitation at a funeral establishment, a visitation at a visitation
chapel, and a visitation at a direct disposal establishment
Yes - ANSWER-Can a direct disposer make a removal for a funeral establishment
No one - ANSWER-Who can make arrangements at a Visitation Chapel?
No, each licensed person can only be in charge of one facility - ANSWER-A funeral
establishment has a retort which is licensed as a cinerator facility. The funeral home
owner is a funeral director in charge of the funeral establishment. May this owner also
be the individual in charge of the cinerator facility?
Within 24 hours of death - ANSWER-If a person dies at Restin Peace Nursing Home at
2 am on October 2. By when must the funeral director / embalmer must embalm or
refrigerate the body by?
No, only a funeral establishment may use a central embalming facility & if a body is
embalmed it no longer qualifies under direct disposal. - ANSWER-If Federal Cremation
Society, a direct disposal establishment, has a family that wants the deceased
embalmed prior to cremation, may Federal contact a central embalming facility for the
embalming? Why or why not?
