VA LRR Funeral Directing Ch. 28: Questions & Answers
Advertisement Right Ans - any information disseminated or placed before the public
At-need Right Ans - at the time of death or while death is imminent
Board Right Ans - the board of funeral directors and emablmers
Cremate Right Ans - to reduce a dead human body to ashes and bone fragments by the action of fire
Cremator Right Ans - person or establishment that owns or operates a crematory or crematorium or cremates dead human bodies
Crematory/crematorium Right Ans - facility containing a furnace for cremation of dead human bodies
Embalmer Right Ans - any person engaged in the practice of embalming
Embalming Right Ans - the process of chemically treating the dead human bod by arterial injection and cavity treatment, or when necessary, hypodermic
tissue injection to reduce the presence and growth of microorganisms to temporarily retard organic decomposition
Funeral directing Right Ans - the for-profit profession of directing or supervising funerals, preparing human dead fro burial by means other than embalming, or making arrangements for funeral services or the financing of funeral services
Funeral director Right Ans - any person engaged in the practice of funeral directing
Funeral service establishment Right Ans - any main establishment, branch, or chapel that is permanently affixed to the real estate and for which a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the local building official where any part of the profession of funeral directing, the practice of funeral services or the act of emabalming is performed Funeral service intern Right Ans - a person who is preparing to be licensed for the practice of funeral services under the direct supervision of a practitioner licensed by the boar
Funeral service licensee Right Ans - aperson who is licensed in the practice of funeral services
In-person communcation Right Ans - face-to-facec or telephonic communication
next of kin Right Ans - any of the following , regardless of relationship to decedent: legal spouse, child aged 18 years or older, parent of a decedent aged
18 years or older, custodial or noncustodial parent of decedent younger than 18 years of age, siblings over 18 years of age, guardian of minor child, guardian of minor siblings, maternal grandparents, paternal grandparents, maternal siblings over 18 years of age, paternal siblings over 18 years of age, or any other realtive in descending order of blood relationship
practice of funeral services Right Ans - engaging in the care and disposition
of the human dead, the preparation of the human dead for funeral service, burial, or cremation, the making of arrangemnets for the funeral service of for the financing of funeral service and the selling or making of financial arrangements for the sale of funeral supplies to the public
preneed & preneed funeral contract Right Ans - any time other than at-
need; any agreement where payment is made by the consumer prior to the reciept of services or supplies contracted for, whichc evidences arrangements prior to death for the providing of funeral services or the sale of funeral supplies
prenee funeral planning Right Ans - the making or pre-arrangements prior to the death for the providing of funeral services or the funeral service provider
exemptions Right Ans - the provisions of this chapter do not apply to any officer of local of state institutions or to the burial of bodies of inmates of state
institutions when buried at the expense of the commonwealth
Advertisement Right Ans - any information disseminated or placed before the public
At-need Right Ans - at the time of death or while death is imminent
Board Right Ans - the board of funeral directors and emablmers
Cremate Right Ans - to reduce a dead human body to ashes and bone fragments by the action of fire
Cremator Right Ans - person or establishment that owns or operates a crematory or crematorium or cremates dead human bodies
Crematory/crematorium Right Ans - facility containing a furnace for cremation of dead human bodies
Embalmer Right Ans - any person engaged in the practice of embalming
Embalming Right Ans - the process of chemically treating the dead human bod by arterial injection and cavity treatment, or when necessary, hypodermic
tissue injection to reduce the presence and growth of microorganisms to temporarily retard organic decomposition
Funeral directing Right Ans - the for-profit profession of directing or supervising funerals, preparing human dead fro burial by means other than embalming, or making arrangements for funeral services or the financing of funeral services
Funeral director Right Ans - any person engaged in the practice of funeral directing
Funeral service establishment Right Ans - any main establishment, branch, or chapel that is permanently affixed to the real estate and for which a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the local building official where any part of the profession of funeral directing, the practice of funeral services or the act of emabalming is performed Funeral service intern Right Ans - a person who is preparing to be licensed for the practice of funeral services under the direct supervision of a practitioner licensed by the boar
Funeral service licensee Right Ans - aperson who is licensed in the practice of funeral services
In-person communcation Right Ans - face-to-facec or telephonic communication
next of kin Right Ans - any of the following , regardless of relationship to decedent: legal spouse, child aged 18 years or older, parent of a decedent aged
18 years or older, custodial or noncustodial parent of decedent younger than 18 years of age, siblings over 18 years of age, guardian of minor child, guardian of minor siblings, maternal grandparents, paternal grandparents, maternal siblings over 18 years of age, paternal siblings over 18 years of age, or any other realtive in descending order of blood relationship
practice of funeral services Right Ans - engaging in the care and disposition
of the human dead, the preparation of the human dead for funeral service, burial, or cremation, the making of arrangemnets for the funeral service of for the financing of funeral service and the selling or making of financial arrangements for the sale of funeral supplies to the public
preneed & preneed funeral contract Right Ans - any time other than at-
need; any agreement where payment is made by the consumer prior to the reciept of services or supplies contracted for, whichc evidences arrangements prior to death for the providing of funeral services or the sale of funeral supplies
prenee funeral planning Right Ans - the making or pre-arrangements prior to the death for the providing of funeral services or the funeral service provider
exemptions Right Ans - the provisions of this chapter do not apply to any officer of local of state institutions or to the burial of bodies of inmates of state
institutions when buried at the expense of the commonwealth
