FLORIDA FUNERAL LAWS AND RULES 2026
QUESTION COLLECTION MORTUARY
PRACTICE AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES
MODULE SOLVED ITEMS AND RESPONSE KEY
◉ A license issued to those who have applied for a permanent
license by endorsement, and approved to take the Florida Law and
Rules Examination. It is good for 60 days. Answer: Temporary
License
◉ A license issued to those who have already applied for a
permanent license, completed a Florida internship, and been
approved to take the Florida Laws and Rules examination. It is good
for 6 months. Answer: Provisional License
◉ Funeral directors must renew their license____ Answer: Biennially
◉ Funeral directors over the age of ____ do not need to complete the
continuing education requirement, provided they are not the funeral
director in charge of an establishment Answer: 75
◉ A Funeral establishment must be at a specific address and the
interior must have at least_______contiguous square feet Answer:
1250
,◉ When a visitation is in progress at a visitation chapel, the funeral
director must be: Answer: Physically present in the chapel
◉ A visitation chapel must be: Answer: At least 500 sq feet and not
more than 700 sq feet in size.
◉ A funeral establishment may not be collocated with another
funeral establishment unless? What about a direct disposal
establishment? Answer: FHs: They were collocated prior to October
1, 1993.
DDs: They were collocated prior to July 1 2000
◉ Is it legal for your funeral home to give an honorarium to a nurse
at a hospital if, after a death occurs, she/he asks the family to use
your funeral establishment? Why or why not? Answer: No, this could
be at-need solicitation, which is illegal.
◉ A certain funeral home has 2 funeral establishments. What is the
minimum number of Funeral Directors this firm could employ?
Answer: At least one funeral director in each establishment
, ◉ Who may obtain the vital statistical information needed to
complete a death certificate at a funeral establishment? Answer: A
licensed funeral director
◉ May a direct disposer who is working at a funeral establishment
arrange for a direct cremation at that firm? Answer: No
◉ May a pre-need sales agent who is registered under a funeral
establishment arrange a funeral service on an at-need basis for the
firm? Answer: No
◉ In fetal death cases, a funeral director or direct disposer may
carry out final disposition without a permit, provided that: Answer:
The legally authorized person gives permission
◉ A funeral director must be present for each disinterment, unless:
Answer: The reinterment is to be made in the same cemetery
◉ To carry out a disinterment, the funeral director must get
permission from: Answer: The next of kin or be served a court order
◉ If a body is moved from a temporary facility to be buried or
entombed, is this considered disinterment? Answer: No
QUESTION COLLECTION MORTUARY
PRACTICE AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES
MODULE SOLVED ITEMS AND RESPONSE KEY
◉ A license issued to those who have applied for a permanent
license by endorsement, and approved to take the Florida Law and
Rules Examination. It is good for 60 days. Answer: Temporary
License
◉ A license issued to those who have already applied for a
permanent license, completed a Florida internship, and been
approved to take the Florida Laws and Rules examination. It is good
for 6 months. Answer: Provisional License
◉ Funeral directors must renew their license____ Answer: Biennially
◉ Funeral directors over the age of ____ do not need to complete the
continuing education requirement, provided they are not the funeral
director in charge of an establishment Answer: 75
◉ A Funeral establishment must be at a specific address and the
interior must have at least_______contiguous square feet Answer:
1250
,◉ When a visitation is in progress at a visitation chapel, the funeral
director must be: Answer: Physically present in the chapel
◉ A visitation chapel must be: Answer: At least 500 sq feet and not
more than 700 sq feet in size.
◉ A funeral establishment may not be collocated with another
funeral establishment unless? What about a direct disposal
establishment? Answer: FHs: They were collocated prior to October
1, 1993.
DDs: They were collocated prior to July 1 2000
◉ Is it legal for your funeral home to give an honorarium to a nurse
at a hospital if, after a death occurs, she/he asks the family to use
your funeral establishment? Why or why not? Answer: No, this could
be at-need solicitation, which is illegal.
◉ A certain funeral home has 2 funeral establishments. What is the
minimum number of Funeral Directors this firm could employ?
Answer: At least one funeral director in each establishment
, ◉ Who may obtain the vital statistical information needed to
complete a death certificate at a funeral establishment? Answer: A
licensed funeral director
◉ May a direct disposer who is working at a funeral establishment
arrange for a direct cremation at that firm? Answer: No
◉ May a pre-need sales agent who is registered under a funeral
establishment arrange a funeral service on an at-need basis for the
firm? Answer: No
◉ In fetal death cases, a funeral director or direct disposer may
carry out final disposition without a permit, provided that: Answer:
The legally authorized person gives permission
◉ A funeral director must be present for each disinterment, unless:
Answer: The reinterment is to be made in the same cemetery
◉ To carry out a disinterment, the funeral director must get
permission from: Answer: The next of kin or be served a court order
◉ If a body is moved from a temporary facility to be buried or
entombed, is this considered disinterment? Answer: No
