CALIFORNIA FUNERAL DIRECTOR
LICENSE POST CERTIFICATION REVIEW
2026 COMPLETE GUIDE GRADED A+
⩥ apprentice embalmer.
Answer: person engaged in the study of embalming under the instruction
and supervision of a licensed embalmer w/ 2 years practical experience
as a licensed embalmer
⩥ funeral director.
Answer: person engaged in or conducting of preparing remains for
burial or disposal, maintaining an establishment, or using the title
"funeral director", "undertaker", or "mortician"
⩥ funeral establishment.
Answer: place of business conducted in a building devoted exclusively
to those activities related to preparation and arrangement for dispostion
⩥ trustee.
Answer: banking institution or trust company handling funds
⩥ trustor.
Answer: person who pays money
,⩥ beneficiary.
Answer: person for whom the services are arranged
⩥ corpus of the trust.
Answer: all monies paid and securities delivered by trustor
⩥ where is the Funeral Directors & Embalmers Law found?.
Answer: division 3, chapter 12 of B&P code
⩥ what are the 3 functions of the cemetery and funeral bureau?.
Answer: licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions
⩥ what is the highest priority for the cemetery and funeral bureau?.
Answer: protection of the public
⩥ according to the CA administrative protection act, the bureau may
__________ relating to ____________..
Answer: adopt & enforce rules and regs; practice of embalming,
business of funeral directing, sanitary conditions for places of business,
apprentices and students, scope of exams, and carrying out provisions
relating to peace, health, safety, welfare and morals
,⩥ what premises can the bureau inspect?.
Answer: those in which the business of a funeral director is conducted,
embalming is practiced, or human remains stored
⩥ what funds support the cemetery and funeral bureau?.
Answer: state funeral directors & embalmers fund
⩥ the funeral directors and embalmers law does not apply to.
Answer: officers of public institution or medical college, hospitals,
casket sellers, cemetery solely for the interment of human dead
⩥ where can lawsuits against the bureau be filed and tried?.
Answer: superior court of county of sacramento, county of residence of
plaintiff/petitioner, county where act occurred
⩥ what are the statutory requirements to be funeral establishment?.
Answer: specific street address, storage room, prep room, managed by
FDR, establishment license
⩥ do all funeral establishments have to have a storage/prep room? if no,
what are the reqs for funeral establishments wishing to share either or
both of these rooms?.
Answer: no; common ownership or contractual agreement within close
geographical proximity
, ⩥ when must a licensed funeral establishment employ a licensed funeral
director?.
Answer: at all times
⩥ do prep/storage rooms have to be at the same location as the funeral
establishment?.
Answer: no
⩥ anyone using the words or title ________ in connection with his/her
name must be a ________________..
Answer: "funeral director", "undertaker", "mortician"; licensed funeral
director
⩥ what other business can be conducted on the same premises as a
funeral establishment?.
Answer: ambulance service
⩥ does each funeral establishment have to have a separate licensed
funeral director to manage?.
Answer: no
⩥ the applicant for a funeral establishment license must be.
LICENSE POST CERTIFICATION REVIEW
2026 COMPLETE GUIDE GRADED A+
⩥ apprentice embalmer.
Answer: person engaged in the study of embalming under the instruction
and supervision of a licensed embalmer w/ 2 years practical experience
as a licensed embalmer
⩥ funeral director.
Answer: person engaged in or conducting of preparing remains for
burial or disposal, maintaining an establishment, or using the title
"funeral director", "undertaker", or "mortician"
⩥ funeral establishment.
Answer: place of business conducted in a building devoted exclusively
to those activities related to preparation and arrangement for dispostion
⩥ trustee.
Answer: banking institution or trust company handling funds
⩥ trustor.
Answer: person who pays money
,⩥ beneficiary.
Answer: person for whom the services are arranged
⩥ corpus of the trust.
Answer: all monies paid and securities delivered by trustor
⩥ where is the Funeral Directors & Embalmers Law found?.
Answer: division 3, chapter 12 of B&P code
⩥ what are the 3 functions of the cemetery and funeral bureau?.
Answer: licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions
⩥ what is the highest priority for the cemetery and funeral bureau?.
Answer: protection of the public
⩥ according to the CA administrative protection act, the bureau may
__________ relating to ____________..
Answer: adopt & enforce rules and regs; practice of embalming,
business of funeral directing, sanitary conditions for places of business,
apprentices and students, scope of exams, and carrying out provisions
relating to peace, health, safety, welfare and morals
,⩥ what premises can the bureau inspect?.
Answer: those in which the business of a funeral director is conducted,
embalming is practiced, or human remains stored
⩥ what funds support the cemetery and funeral bureau?.
Answer: state funeral directors & embalmers fund
⩥ the funeral directors and embalmers law does not apply to.
Answer: officers of public institution or medical college, hospitals,
casket sellers, cemetery solely for the interment of human dead
⩥ where can lawsuits against the bureau be filed and tried?.
Answer: superior court of county of sacramento, county of residence of
plaintiff/petitioner, county where act occurred
⩥ what are the statutory requirements to be funeral establishment?.
Answer: specific street address, storage room, prep room, managed by
FDR, establishment license
⩥ do all funeral establishments have to have a storage/prep room? if no,
what are the reqs for funeral establishments wishing to share either or
both of these rooms?.
Answer: no; common ownership or contractual agreement within close
geographical proximity
, ⩥ when must a licensed funeral establishment employ a licensed funeral
director?.
Answer: at all times
⩥ do prep/storage rooms have to be at the same location as the funeral
establishment?.
Answer: no
⩥ anyone using the words or title ________ in connection with his/her
name must be a ________________..
Answer: "funeral director", "undertaker", "mortician"; licensed funeral
director
⩥ what other business can be conducted on the same premises as a
funeral establishment?.
Answer: ambulance service
⩥ does each funeral establishment have to have a separate licensed
funeral director to manage?.
Answer: no
⩥ the applicant for a funeral establishment license must be.
