TEXAS FUNERAL LAW EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Commissioner is: - ANS registered cemetery owner and operator
Commissioners are: - ANS licensed funeral director and embalmers who have been practicing
for a minimum of 5 years.
4 commissioners are: - ANS members of the public with no ties to the industry regulated.
A dead human body can be transported without the presence of a licensed Funeral Director if: -
ANS there is no reasonable probablility of contact with a family member.
A deceased person may not be cremated: - ANS within 48 hours of death without a specific
waiver from the court.
After 24 hours a dead body must be: - ANS embalmed, refrigerated, or sealed in a leak and
odor proof container.
All records maintained in the funeral establishment: - ANS for a minimum of 2 years.
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, Bodies may be held in temporary receiving vault for how long without being considered
disinterred? - ANS 30 days
Chapel must have: - ANS seating for ten, pulpit, podium, lecturn, adaquate room for a casket.
Commission has 2 functions - first function: - ANS ensure competent well qualified
professionals are licensed to serve the public.
Commssions second function is: - ANS ensure that violations of law and regulations are
aggressively and fairly prosecuted.
Commissioners are appointed by - ANS Governor of the State of Texas.
Commissioners term is for - ANS six years.
Consumer brochure is given when: - ANS presented at the same time as the General Price List
GPL and is on conspicuous display.
Continuing Education Requirements - - ANS 16 hours in 2 years & 16 mandatory hours in
ethics, state law & vital statistics.
Crematories are covered in Chapter - ANS 716
Death Records are covered in Chapter - ANS 193
Embalmer - ANS a person who for compensation disinfects or preserves a dead human body -
must be licensed by the commission
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Commissioner is: - ANS registered cemetery owner and operator
Commissioners are: - ANS licensed funeral director and embalmers who have been practicing
for a minimum of 5 years.
4 commissioners are: - ANS members of the public with no ties to the industry regulated.
A dead human body can be transported without the presence of a licensed Funeral Director if: -
ANS there is no reasonable probablility of contact with a family member.
A deceased person may not be cremated: - ANS within 48 hours of death without a specific
waiver from the court.
After 24 hours a dead body must be: - ANS embalmed, refrigerated, or sealed in a leak and
odor proof container.
All records maintained in the funeral establishment: - ANS for a minimum of 2 years.
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, Bodies may be held in temporary receiving vault for how long without being considered
disinterred? - ANS 30 days
Chapel must have: - ANS seating for ten, pulpit, podium, lecturn, adaquate room for a casket.
Commission has 2 functions - first function: - ANS ensure competent well qualified
professionals are licensed to serve the public.
Commssions second function is: - ANS ensure that violations of law and regulations are
aggressively and fairly prosecuted.
Commissioners are appointed by - ANS Governor of the State of Texas.
Commissioners term is for - ANS six years.
Consumer brochure is given when: - ANS presented at the same time as the General Price List
GPL and is on conspicuous display.
Continuing Education Requirements - - ANS 16 hours in 2 years & 16 mandatory hours in
ethics, state law & vital statistics.
Crematories are covered in Chapter - ANS 716
Death Records are covered in Chapter - ANS 193
Embalmer - ANS a person who for compensation disinfects or preserves a dead human body -
must be licensed by the commission
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