NYS MORTUARY LAW COMPLETE EXAM| 2026/2027
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1. May the name of a registered resident be on the letterhead of a funeral
establishment? ANSWER False
2. Are all changes on an itemization of funeral services and merchandise
selected going to be listed under either funeral home charges or cash advances?
ANSWER True
3. If a funeral firm is owned and operated by an individual, must the individual
be a licensed and registered NYS funeral director? ANSWER True
4. Is a funeral director duly registered as inactive with the NYS Bureau of
Funeral Directing exempt from mandatory continuing education requirements as
long as their status remains inactive? ANSWER True
5. May the body of a person that has died in NYS be removed from the state
unless a permit has been issued for such removal by a local registrar in NYS?
ANSWER True
6. May a funeral firm operate or conduct a funeral business on real property
owned, leased, or under the control of a cemetery? ANSWER True
7. Is soliciting or attempting to solicit funeral business using door-to-door or
telephone solicitation methods, unless specifically requested by a potential
customer, prohibited in NYS? ANSWER True
8. Is the biennial registration of licensed funeral directors, embalmers and
undertakers renewable July 1st of each even year? ANSWER True
,9. Must registered residents only perform their duties within the state of NY?
ANSWER True
10. May the DOH direct a registered resident to appear for an oral interview to
determine the qualifications to be licensed? ANSWER True
11. Accurate information from price lists (general, casket, or outer interment
receptacle) must be available over the telephone if a customer calls and asks for
such information. Is the following statement True or False: ONLY a licensed
and registered funeral director may give out such information over the
telephone? ANSWER False
12. Is it true that while the term "Funeral Home" is used all across NYS, it is not
an official, legal term used in the law to define or describe funeral directing
activities or requirements? ANSWER True
13. Does a person who causes the death of another, and at the time was the
subject of an order of protection protecting the decedent, have the automatic
right to control the disposition of the remains of the decedent? ANSWER False
14. What is the order of priority right to control the disposition of human
remains of the following, from highest to lowest: 1. Domestic partner 2. Any of
decedent's surviving children 18 or more 3. Decedent's surviving parents 4.
Decedent's surviving siblings 18 or more? ANSWER False
15. For the name of a person to be on a funeral establishment business card,
what must they be? ANSWER A living person, duly licensed and duly
registered
16. What is the definition of a Funeral Establishment? ANSWER A single,
physical location, address, or premises devoted to or used for the care and
preparation of a funeral establishment
17. The registration renewal application for a funeral establishment must
include the following notification if they occurred during the previous biennium
period: sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the funeral firm assets, sale
or transfer of the controlling interest of the firm, death of a manager or funeral
director, or termination of the business entity. ANSWER True
, 18. After 25 years of continuous service as a funeral director in this state, how
many CEU's must that director accumulate to have their registration renewed at
the end of every biennium period? ANSWER 12
19. Which is the proper, legal titles in NYS used to identify those individuals
engaged in the practice of funeral directing? ANSWER 1. Undertaker 2.
Embalmer 3. Funeral director
20. Which of the following titles authorizes the holder to be present and
personally supervise and arrange for the removal or transfer of a dead human
body from the place where death occurs with no other license or registered
funeral service professional in attendance? ANSWER 1. Funeral director 2.
Registered Resident
21. A funeral firm must conspicuously and legibly display the actual retail price
on each casket and outer interment entombment receptacle they display, with
the actual retail price printed in One Half inch or larger numbers ANSWER
True
22. When would a funeral establishment's biennium registration start?
ANSWER July 1, 2021
23. Which arteries does the DOH require as a "test for death" prior to
embalming? ANSWER Pulsation has ceased in the radial or other arteries
24. Monies in an irrevocable preneed account in excess of what is needed to pay
for services and merchandise at the time of the death must be paid to the
County? ANSWER County
25. For the purpose of having the priority right to control a final disposition,
how is "person" defined? ANSWER A natural person 18 years of age or older
26. A funeral director has only one of three surviving siblings in the funeral
home to make arrangements following the death of their sister. He is the
youngest of surviving siblings. Is it legally accurate information for the funeral
director in deciding whether or not to proceed with the arrangements?
ANSWER True
27. Which of the following apply to Cash Advance charges on an itemization of
Funeral services and Merchandise Selected? ANSWER 1. May be estimated 2.
The funeral firm may not make a profit on these items
LATEST QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS |
PASS GUARANTEE
1. May the name of a registered resident be on the letterhead of a funeral
establishment? ANSWER False
2. Are all changes on an itemization of funeral services and merchandise
selected going to be listed under either funeral home charges or cash advances?
ANSWER True
3. If a funeral firm is owned and operated by an individual, must the individual
be a licensed and registered NYS funeral director? ANSWER True
4. Is a funeral director duly registered as inactive with the NYS Bureau of
Funeral Directing exempt from mandatory continuing education requirements as
long as their status remains inactive? ANSWER True
5. May the body of a person that has died in NYS be removed from the state
unless a permit has been issued for such removal by a local registrar in NYS?
ANSWER True
6. May a funeral firm operate or conduct a funeral business on real property
owned, leased, or under the control of a cemetery? ANSWER True
7. Is soliciting or attempting to solicit funeral business using door-to-door or
telephone solicitation methods, unless specifically requested by a potential
customer, prohibited in NYS? ANSWER True
8. Is the biennial registration of licensed funeral directors, embalmers and
undertakers renewable July 1st of each even year? ANSWER True
,9. Must registered residents only perform their duties within the state of NY?
ANSWER True
10. May the DOH direct a registered resident to appear for an oral interview to
determine the qualifications to be licensed? ANSWER True
11. Accurate information from price lists (general, casket, or outer interment
receptacle) must be available over the telephone if a customer calls and asks for
such information. Is the following statement True or False: ONLY a licensed
and registered funeral director may give out such information over the
telephone? ANSWER False
12. Is it true that while the term "Funeral Home" is used all across NYS, it is not
an official, legal term used in the law to define or describe funeral directing
activities or requirements? ANSWER True
13. Does a person who causes the death of another, and at the time was the
subject of an order of protection protecting the decedent, have the automatic
right to control the disposition of the remains of the decedent? ANSWER False
14. What is the order of priority right to control the disposition of human
remains of the following, from highest to lowest: 1. Domestic partner 2. Any of
decedent's surviving children 18 or more 3. Decedent's surviving parents 4.
Decedent's surviving siblings 18 or more? ANSWER False
15. For the name of a person to be on a funeral establishment business card,
what must they be? ANSWER A living person, duly licensed and duly
registered
16. What is the definition of a Funeral Establishment? ANSWER A single,
physical location, address, or premises devoted to or used for the care and
preparation of a funeral establishment
17. The registration renewal application for a funeral establishment must
include the following notification if they occurred during the previous biennium
period: sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the funeral firm assets, sale
or transfer of the controlling interest of the firm, death of a manager or funeral
director, or termination of the business entity. ANSWER True
, 18. After 25 years of continuous service as a funeral director in this state, how
many CEU's must that director accumulate to have their registration renewed at
the end of every biennium period? ANSWER 12
19. Which is the proper, legal titles in NYS used to identify those individuals
engaged in the practice of funeral directing? ANSWER 1. Undertaker 2.
Embalmer 3. Funeral director
20. Which of the following titles authorizes the holder to be present and
personally supervise and arrange for the removal or transfer of a dead human
body from the place where death occurs with no other license or registered
funeral service professional in attendance? ANSWER 1. Funeral director 2.
Registered Resident
21. A funeral firm must conspicuously and legibly display the actual retail price
on each casket and outer interment entombment receptacle they display, with
the actual retail price printed in One Half inch or larger numbers ANSWER
True
22. When would a funeral establishment's biennium registration start?
ANSWER July 1, 2021
23. Which arteries does the DOH require as a "test for death" prior to
embalming? ANSWER Pulsation has ceased in the radial or other arteries
24. Monies in an irrevocable preneed account in excess of what is needed to pay
for services and merchandise at the time of the death must be paid to the
County? ANSWER County
25. For the purpose of having the priority right to control a final disposition,
how is "person" defined? ANSWER A natural person 18 years of age or older
26. A funeral director has only one of three surviving siblings in the funeral
home to make arrangements following the death of their sister. He is the
youngest of surviving siblings. Is it legally accurate information for the funeral
director in deciding whether or not to proceed with the arrangements?
ANSWER True
27. Which of the following apply to Cash Advance charges on an itemization of
Funeral services and Merchandise Selected? ANSWER 1. May be estimated 2.
The funeral firm may not make a profit on these items
