NYS FUNERAL LAW EXAM STUDY
GUIDE Question and Answer 2026 |
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• Funeral Directing -✓✓Care + disposal of body, preserving +
disinfecting, services, transport, burial, cremation
• Undertaking -✓✓Care, disposal, transport, burial, cremation
WITHOUT EMBALMING
• Embalming -✓✓Prepping, disinfecting, preserving (hypodermically,
arterially, etc) for disposition
• Funeral Establishment -✓✓Single physical location for care + prep of
body
• Funeral Firm -✓✓Individual, partnership, corporation, estate rep
engaged in business of funeral directing
• What can a resident not do? -✓✓- Sign any document requiring
signature of licensed director
- Make arrangements
- Manage a funeral firm
,• Can someone unlicensed practice directing, undertaking, embalming?
-✓✓No
• How often must directors and firm owners apply for registration? -
✓✓Biannually
• What % is controlling interest of a firm? -✓✓51%
• Can a director be manager at 2 locations? -✓✓No
• If you temporarily stop practicing, what can you apply for? -
✓✓Inactive certificate of registration
• Biennium -✓✓2 year period
• How long is a contact hour for continuing ed? -✓✓50-60 mins
• How many hours are required for continuing ed? -✓✓First biennium:
6 hours
Subsequent biennia: 12 hours
, • How many continuing ed hours can be earned by the instructor? -
✓✓2 hrs for preparing the course, 1 hr for teaching. Can't earn more
than 6 per biennium this way
• How much of continuing education must be in person? -✓✓50%
• Do newly licensed directors need to do continuing ed? -✓✓Not for
the first biennium
• Requirements for firms to operate -✓✓- Certificate of registration for
firm conspicuously displayed
- License of manager displayed
- Manager manages ONE location
- Directing, undertaking, embalming done under supervision of licensed
director
• Can firms be on cemetery owned land? -✓✓No
• How long does a firm have to notify preneed customers of
sale/transfer? -✓✓30 days
• What must be disclosed to (preneed)customer when firm is
sold/transferred? -✓✓Amount + location of money
GUIDE Question and Answer 2026 |
Complete Study Guide | A+ Verified
• Funeral Directing -✓✓Care + disposal of body, preserving +
disinfecting, services, transport, burial, cremation
• Undertaking -✓✓Care, disposal, transport, burial, cremation
WITHOUT EMBALMING
• Embalming -✓✓Prepping, disinfecting, preserving (hypodermically,
arterially, etc) for disposition
• Funeral Establishment -✓✓Single physical location for care + prep of
body
• Funeral Firm -✓✓Individual, partnership, corporation, estate rep
engaged in business of funeral directing
• What can a resident not do? -✓✓- Sign any document requiring
signature of licensed director
- Make arrangements
- Manage a funeral firm
,• Can someone unlicensed practice directing, undertaking, embalming?
-✓✓No
• How often must directors and firm owners apply for registration? -
✓✓Biannually
• What % is controlling interest of a firm? -✓✓51%
• Can a director be manager at 2 locations? -✓✓No
• If you temporarily stop practicing, what can you apply for? -
✓✓Inactive certificate of registration
• Biennium -✓✓2 year period
• How long is a contact hour for continuing ed? -✓✓50-60 mins
• How many hours are required for continuing ed? -✓✓First biennium:
6 hours
Subsequent biennia: 12 hours
, • How many continuing ed hours can be earned by the instructor? -
✓✓2 hrs for preparing the course, 1 hr for teaching. Can't earn more
than 6 per biennium this way
• How much of continuing education must be in person? -✓✓50%
• Do newly licensed directors need to do continuing ed? -✓✓Not for
the first biennium
• Requirements for firms to operate -✓✓- Certificate of registration for
firm conspicuously displayed
- License of manager displayed
- Manager manages ONE location
- Directing, undertaking, embalming done under supervision of licensed
director
• Can firms be on cemetery owned land? -✓✓No
• How long does a firm have to notify preneed customers of
sale/transfer? -✓✓30 days
• What must be disclosed to (preneed)customer when firm is
sold/transferred? -✓✓Amount + location of money
