TEXAS FUNERAL LAW ACTUAL FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A commercial embalming establishment must meet the following requirements: -
✔✔* sufficient licensed personnel
* Prep room with an operating table, sewer facilities, and hot and cold running water
* meet all the fire and safety codes of the municipality in which it is located
✔✔TFSC FE Requirements - ✔✔* must have a FDIC
* least expensive casket must be full size & displayed as other full size caskets
* must have access to at least one motor casket coach
* Establishment does not have to be owned by a licensed funeral director or embalmer
* Cannot be located on a tax-exempt cemetery property
✔✔A licensee may not sponsor more than __ provisional licensees at one time -
✔✔Two
✔✔According to state law, the body of a deceased person shall not be cremated within
__ hours of the indicated time of death unless death was caused by specified diseased
or was waived properly - ✔✔Forty-eight - 48.
✔✔Any direct or indirect contact between a licensee, provisional licensee, or other
agent of a licensed funeral home, with a person near death or their family in an attempt
, to influence their decision on a funeral service provider is considered ___ and against
the law. - ✔✔Solicition.
✔✔A person may not act as a funeral director in providing funeral services for
compensation, directly or indirectly, unless: - ✔✔S/he is acting as a licensed employee
of a licensed funeral establishment.
✔✔Texas law requires that client files be retained in a funeral establishment for a
minimum of ___. - ✔✔Two years.
✔✔The TFCS may initiate action against a funeral establishment for: - ✔✔1. not having
facilities in which funeral services may be conducted
2. a facility that does not meet the local municipality building standards, and fire safety
standards
3. not display the minimum of 5 adult caskets
4. does not have access to at least one motor hearse.
✔✔Prep room requirements: - ✔✔* table must be rust proof; a drain opening at the
lower end of the table & a 3/4" raised edge
* hot and cold running water
* Faucet with an aspirator
* Exhaust fan that provides 5 room air exchanges per hour
✔✔TFSC penalties range from - ✔✔$100 to $5,000
✔✔Medical examiner must be notified of a death when: - ✔✔a person dies form
unnatural causes, unattended daeth, dies in an ER, is under six years of age, or causes
of death is unknown.
✔✔Lawn Crypt Installation Requirements: - ✔✔* must be constructed of durable
material such as concrete and reinforced steel
* section of cemetery must be designated for lawn crypt internment
* must be installed on a *minimum of six inches of rock, gravel or other drainage
material*
* *must be a minimum of 18" inches or 1.5 feet below the surface of installation*
* Lawn crypt provides a method to drain water not of crypt
✔✔An unlicensed person can tranport a dead human body without supervision of a
licensed FD or embalmer whe: - ✔✔1. transporting to a cemetery
2. transporting from one FH to another
3. transporting to a common carrier for shipping
4. transporting from a hospital/NH if there is not reason to believe there are immediate
family members present.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A commercial embalming establishment must meet the following requirements: -
✔✔* sufficient licensed personnel
* Prep room with an operating table, sewer facilities, and hot and cold running water
* meet all the fire and safety codes of the municipality in which it is located
✔✔TFSC FE Requirements - ✔✔* must have a FDIC
* least expensive casket must be full size & displayed as other full size caskets
* must have access to at least one motor casket coach
* Establishment does not have to be owned by a licensed funeral director or embalmer
* Cannot be located on a tax-exempt cemetery property
✔✔A licensee may not sponsor more than __ provisional licensees at one time -
✔✔Two
✔✔According to state law, the body of a deceased person shall not be cremated within
__ hours of the indicated time of death unless death was caused by specified diseased
or was waived properly - ✔✔Forty-eight - 48.
✔✔Any direct or indirect contact between a licensee, provisional licensee, or other
agent of a licensed funeral home, with a person near death or their family in an attempt
, to influence their decision on a funeral service provider is considered ___ and against
the law. - ✔✔Solicition.
✔✔A person may not act as a funeral director in providing funeral services for
compensation, directly or indirectly, unless: - ✔✔S/he is acting as a licensed employee
of a licensed funeral establishment.
✔✔Texas law requires that client files be retained in a funeral establishment for a
minimum of ___. - ✔✔Two years.
✔✔The TFCS may initiate action against a funeral establishment for: - ✔✔1. not having
facilities in which funeral services may be conducted
2. a facility that does not meet the local municipality building standards, and fire safety
standards
3. not display the minimum of 5 adult caskets
4. does not have access to at least one motor hearse.
✔✔Prep room requirements: - ✔✔* table must be rust proof; a drain opening at the
lower end of the table & a 3/4" raised edge
* hot and cold running water
* Faucet with an aspirator
* Exhaust fan that provides 5 room air exchanges per hour
✔✔TFSC penalties range from - ✔✔$100 to $5,000
✔✔Medical examiner must be notified of a death when: - ✔✔a person dies form
unnatural causes, unattended daeth, dies in an ER, is under six years of age, or causes
of death is unknown.
✔✔Lawn Crypt Installation Requirements: - ✔✔* must be constructed of durable
material such as concrete and reinforced steel
* section of cemetery must be designated for lawn crypt internment
* must be installed on a *minimum of six inches of rock, gravel or other drainage
material*
* *must be a minimum of 18" inches or 1.5 feet below the surface of installation*
* Lawn crypt provides a method to drain water not of crypt
✔✔An unlicensed person can tranport a dead human body without supervision of a
licensed FD or embalmer whe: - ✔✔1. transporting to a cemetery
2. transporting from one FH to another
3. transporting to a common carrier for shipping
4. transporting from a hospital/NH if there is not reason to believe there are immediate
family members present.
