NYS Funeral Law Exam Study Questions
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1. Test for death before embalming, removal, cremation or burial? - ANSWER
Pulsation has ceased in radial or carotid artery
2. Order of priority on disposition - ANSWER 1 Agent
Spouse or domestic partner
Children over 18
Parents
Siblings
3. Funeral establishment must have a minimum of ___ sq feet dedicated to a
chapel or reposing room - ANSWER 300
4. In New York State, is it legal to serve food and beverages in the funeral
home? - ANSWER YES! Food and beverages may be served in a funeral
home.
5. Who may execute an anatomical gift? - ANSWER 1) Anyone over the age
of 18 of "sound mind",
2) next of kin, or
3) designated agent;
may execute an anatomical gift.
,6. Can Anatomical Gifts be executed through a will? - ANSWER Yes;
Anatomical Gifts MAY be executed through a will.
7. Can a funeral home require that funeral bills be paid in advanced? -
ANSWER Yes, a funeral home MAY require funeral bills be paid in
advance.
HOWEVER, "paid In Advance", MUST be disclosed in your itemization
statement or agreement.
All customers must be treated equally.
8. If the funeral holds the dead body in arrest because the bill was unpaid, is it
a misdemeanor? - ANSWER Yes, you can't hold the body from family
9. Is disturbing a funeral considered to be a misdemeanor? - ANSWER Yes, it
is a misdemeanor
10.What type of statement must accompany a body to a crematory? -
ANSWER A statement from a physician, coroner or medical examiner
certifying that such body does not contain a battery or a power cell
11.After what period of time may a funeral director dispose of unclaimed
cremated remains? - ANSWER 120 Days after date of cremation
12.In what manner may a funeral director dispose of unclaimed cremated
remains? - ANSWER By placement in a tomb, crypt, niche in a
columbarium, burial in a cemetery, or scattering at sea or by otherwise
disposing of such remains as provided by the rule of the department
,13.What must an undertaker do with the body of someone who dies of plague
or smallpox? - ANSWER Body must be placed in a coffin or casket which
shall immediately and permanently be closed
14.If it is necessary for you to handle a disinterment, where will you get a
removal permit? - ANSWER From the registrar of vital statistics having
jurisdiction at the place of disinterment
15.How many cases must a firm to do have a registered resident - ANSWER
40 cases
16.Do residents have to work full time - ANSWER Yes
17.Who has to file the resident's reports with the department and when? -
ANSWER The resident and manager or sponsor must file quarterly reports
jointly with the department
18.What is the time frame in which you must notify the department of a change
in name, address or ownership of a funeral firm? - ANSWER Within 10
days
19.When does the biennial renewal of a funeral director, embalmer or
undertaker's registration take place? - ANSWER July 1st of each even year
20.When does the biennial renewal of a funeral firm's registration take place? -
ANSWER July 1st of each odd year
21.When must documents belonging to the family be returned to the family? -
ANSWER Within one week of the funeral. If the funeral director does not
have them within a week, they must be returned when they are obtained
, 22.Display of signs - ANSWER Lettering in front of Funeral Home must be a
minimum of 1.5 inches.
Casket Showroom lettering minimum .5 inch. Conspicuously displayed.
23.3rd party administration fees for interest and bearing prefunded accounts
may not exceed ___of one percent - ANSWER 75 hundredths
24.Exceptions that remove an individual person from a priority list to control
final disposition - ANSWER -Unwilling to serve
-Not reasonable available
-Not competent
25.The care, disposal, transportation, burial or cremation by any means other
than embalming is the definition of... - ANSWER Undertaking
26.Person appointed in a written instrument - ANSWER Agent
27.A funeral director takes "___ of fetal death" to a local registrar to obtain a
permit for the disposition - ANSWER Report
28.How many "packages" must be offered for a direct burial on a GPL? -
ANSWER 2
29.How long must a hospital or like organization wait before they can perform
on an autopsy or dissection - ANSWER 48 hours if NOK hasn't reached out
or 24 hours after such notice of death
with Already Graded A+ Answers | New
Version
1. Test for death before embalming, removal, cremation or burial? - ANSWER
Pulsation has ceased in radial or carotid artery
2. Order of priority on disposition - ANSWER 1 Agent
Spouse or domestic partner
Children over 18
Parents
Siblings
3. Funeral establishment must have a minimum of ___ sq feet dedicated to a
chapel or reposing room - ANSWER 300
4. In New York State, is it legal to serve food and beverages in the funeral
home? - ANSWER YES! Food and beverages may be served in a funeral
home.
5. Who may execute an anatomical gift? - ANSWER 1) Anyone over the age
of 18 of "sound mind",
2) next of kin, or
3) designated agent;
may execute an anatomical gift.
,6. Can Anatomical Gifts be executed through a will? - ANSWER Yes;
Anatomical Gifts MAY be executed through a will.
7. Can a funeral home require that funeral bills be paid in advanced? -
ANSWER Yes, a funeral home MAY require funeral bills be paid in
advance.
HOWEVER, "paid In Advance", MUST be disclosed in your itemization
statement or agreement.
All customers must be treated equally.
8. If the funeral holds the dead body in arrest because the bill was unpaid, is it
a misdemeanor? - ANSWER Yes, you can't hold the body from family
9. Is disturbing a funeral considered to be a misdemeanor? - ANSWER Yes, it
is a misdemeanor
10.What type of statement must accompany a body to a crematory? -
ANSWER A statement from a physician, coroner or medical examiner
certifying that such body does not contain a battery or a power cell
11.After what period of time may a funeral director dispose of unclaimed
cremated remains? - ANSWER 120 Days after date of cremation
12.In what manner may a funeral director dispose of unclaimed cremated
remains? - ANSWER By placement in a tomb, crypt, niche in a
columbarium, burial in a cemetery, or scattering at sea or by otherwise
disposing of such remains as provided by the rule of the department
,13.What must an undertaker do with the body of someone who dies of plague
or smallpox? - ANSWER Body must be placed in a coffin or casket which
shall immediately and permanently be closed
14.If it is necessary for you to handle a disinterment, where will you get a
removal permit? - ANSWER From the registrar of vital statistics having
jurisdiction at the place of disinterment
15.How many cases must a firm to do have a registered resident - ANSWER
40 cases
16.Do residents have to work full time - ANSWER Yes
17.Who has to file the resident's reports with the department and when? -
ANSWER The resident and manager or sponsor must file quarterly reports
jointly with the department
18.What is the time frame in which you must notify the department of a change
in name, address or ownership of a funeral firm? - ANSWER Within 10
days
19.When does the biennial renewal of a funeral director, embalmer or
undertaker's registration take place? - ANSWER July 1st of each even year
20.When does the biennial renewal of a funeral firm's registration take place? -
ANSWER July 1st of each odd year
21.When must documents belonging to the family be returned to the family? -
ANSWER Within one week of the funeral. If the funeral director does not
have them within a week, they must be returned when they are obtained
, 22.Display of signs - ANSWER Lettering in front of Funeral Home must be a
minimum of 1.5 inches.
Casket Showroom lettering minimum .5 inch. Conspicuously displayed.
23.3rd party administration fees for interest and bearing prefunded accounts
may not exceed ___of one percent - ANSWER 75 hundredths
24.Exceptions that remove an individual person from a priority list to control
final disposition - ANSWER -Unwilling to serve
-Not reasonable available
-Not competent
25.The care, disposal, transportation, burial or cremation by any means other
than embalming is the definition of... - ANSWER Undertaking
26.Person appointed in a written instrument - ANSWER Agent
27.A funeral director takes "___ of fetal death" to a local registrar to obtain a
permit for the disposition - ANSWER Report
28.How many "packages" must be offered for a direct burial on a GPL? -
ANSWER 2
29.How long must a hospital or like organization wait before they can perform
on an autopsy or dissection - ANSWER 48 hours if NOK hasn't reached out
or 24 hours after such notice of death
