MASSACHUSETTS FUNERAL DIRECTOR
JURISPRUDENCE FINAL SCRIPT PAPER 2026
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS FULL CONTENT
◉ What is the minimal size of a funeral home chapel?
Answer: 300 sq ft
◉ What type of flooring is required in a prep rm?
Answer: tile or cement
◉ What are the minimum requirements in a prep rm
Answer: Flush rim sink, floor drain, backflow preventer
◉ Besides a FD and embalmer, who are allowed in the prep room?
Answer: Mort student, immediate family, public official
◉ How long is the cooling off period?
Answer: 10 day
,◉ If a goods and service are selected at pre-need and not available at
death what happens?
Answer: NOK can select the goods and services of fair market value
of equal or greater value.
◉ The obligation to locate a trust beneficiary?
Answer: funeral establishment
◉ How long is a funeral home responsible to hold onto cremains,
before action is taken
Answer: 10 months
◉ If a type 3 funeral director does not own or owns less than 10%
ownership what happens to his license?
Answer: its reduced to a type 6
◉ Can a funeral home charge extra for prepping a post or organ
donation?
Answer: No
◉ Who is responsible for an apprentices actions in his line of duty?
Answer: type 3 sponsor
,◉ Who can be a majority owner of a funeral home?
Answer: the type 3 who hold majority of shares
◉ Who can complete a death certificate?
Answer: FD, M/E, B of H
◉ Where must a Funeral Trust Account be established?
Answer: Federal or state banking institution having trust powers or
trust company located Ma.
◉ can a preneed contract be amended
Answer: anytime prior to death of benificiary
◉ can amend a preneed contract which is irrevocable to revocable
Answer: No, unless by court order
◉ what must be done to transfer a preneed contract from the
primary funeral home to another FH
Answer: you must receive written authorization from purchaser
◉ Upon the purchase of a preneed contract, written conformation
must be given to the purchaser within how many days
, Answer: no later than 30 days
◉ Paid to an insurance company for the purchase of a pre-need
insurance policy or annuity pursuant to 239 CMR 4.10 not later
Answer: than five (5) business days after the expiration of the
"cooling-off" period
◉ You have the right to buy separate goods (such as caskets) and
services (such as embalming or a memorial service). You do not have
to accept a package that may include items you do not want.
Answer: True
◉ Funeral directors must give you price information on the
telephone if you ask for it. You don't have to give them your name,
address, or telephone number first. Although they are not required
to do so, many funeral homes mail their price lists, and some post
them online.
Answer: True
◉ The funeral home must give you a General Price List (GPL) that is
yours to keep. It lists all the items and services the home offers, and
the cost of each one.
Answer: True
JURISPRUDENCE FINAL SCRIPT PAPER 2026
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS FULL CONTENT
◉ What is the minimal size of a funeral home chapel?
Answer: 300 sq ft
◉ What type of flooring is required in a prep rm?
Answer: tile or cement
◉ What are the minimum requirements in a prep rm
Answer: Flush rim sink, floor drain, backflow preventer
◉ Besides a FD and embalmer, who are allowed in the prep room?
Answer: Mort student, immediate family, public official
◉ How long is the cooling off period?
Answer: 10 day
,◉ If a goods and service are selected at pre-need and not available at
death what happens?
Answer: NOK can select the goods and services of fair market value
of equal or greater value.
◉ The obligation to locate a trust beneficiary?
Answer: funeral establishment
◉ How long is a funeral home responsible to hold onto cremains,
before action is taken
Answer: 10 months
◉ If a type 3 funeral director does not own or owns less than 10%
ownership what happens to his license?
Answer: its reduced to a type 6
◉ Can a funeral home charge extra for prepping a post or organ
donation?
Answer: No
◉ Who is responsible for an apprentices actions in his line of duty?
Answer: type 3 sponsor
,◉ Who can be a majority owner of a funeral home?
Answer: the type 3 who hold majority of shares
◉ Who can complete a death certificate?
Answer: FD, M/E, B of H
◉ Where must a Funeral Trust Account be established?
Answer: Federal or state banking institution having trust powers or
trust company located Ma.
◉ can a preneed contract be amended
Answer: anytime prior to death of benificiary
◉ can amend a preneed contract which is irrevocable to revocable
Answer: No, unless by court order
◉ what must be done to transfer a preneed contract from the
primary funeral home to another FH
Answer: you must receive written authorization from purchaser
◉ Upon the purchase of a preneed contract, written conformation
must be given to the purchaser within how many days
, Answer: no later than 30 days
◉ Paid to an insurance company for the purchase of a pre-need
insurance policy or annuity pursuant to 239 CMR 4.10 not later
Answer: than five (5) business days after the expiration of the
"cooling-off" period
◉ You have the right to buy separate goods (such as caskets) and
services (such as embalming or a memorial service). You do not have
to accept a package that may include items you do not want.
Answer: True
◉ Funeral directors must give you price information on the
telephone if you ask for it. You don't have to give them your name,
address, or telephone number first. Although they are not required
to do so, many funeral homes mail their price lists, and some post
them online.
Answer: True
◉ The funeral home must give you a General Price List (GPL) that is
yours to keep. It lists all the items and services the home offers, and
the cost of each one.
Answer: True
