OHIO LAWS AND REGULATIONS EXAM -
FUNERAL DIRECTING/EMBALMING ORC
4717 2026/2027 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1. What can a courtesy card holder do? - correct answer-
Complete DCs and other docs, sign and file them, conduct
funerals, oversee interments
2. What can't a courtesy card holder do? - correct answer-Make
arrangements, be employed in OH, advertise, do contracts,
embalm, and disinter
3. Can animals and humans be cremated in the same retort? -
correct answer-No
4. After how many hours from TOD must a body be embalmed
or refrigerated? - correct answer-48
5. At what temp should a body be stored in refrigeration? -
correct answer-40 degrees or lower
,6. Every body must have a durable, long lasting ID tag. What
information must be on it? - correct answer-Name, DOB,
DOD, SS#
7. What other containers must have the deceased's name,
DOB, DOD, and SS#? - correct answer-Inside/on the casket
and urn/temp container.
8. Can a person sign their own cremation authorizations before
death? - correct answer-Yes
9. How long must elapse after death before cremation can
occur? - correct answer-24 hours
10. Are funeral home employees responsible for verifying the
information provided for cremation documentation? - correct
answer-No
,11. How long does a crematory have to wait before disposing
of cremains (in dignified manners prescribed in this chapter)?
- correct answer-60 days
12. When delivering a body to the crematory, what records
must be used? - correct answer-Receipt signed by operator
and deliverer given to the deliverer
13. When releasing cremains, what records must be used? -
correct answer-Receipt signed by operator and receiver
given to the receiver
14. What 4 records should every operating crematory keep on
file? - correct answer-Receipt of body delivery, record of
individual cremations, receipt of release of cremains, index of
all cremations
15. Who must use diligent effort to determine if a deceased
has any medical devices implanted? - correct answer-
Authorizing agent
, 16. Who is responsible to render a medical implant
nonhazardous? - correct answer-Funeral director (if they are
delivering the body)
17. Can a licensed insurance agent sell preneed contracts
with funeral services and goods on it? - correct answer-No
18. Who is allowed to sell preneed contracts with funeral
services on it? - correct answer-Funeral directors
19. Can a licensed insurance agent give out funeral home
general price lists? - correct answer-Yes
20. If a preneed contract has guaranteed and non-guaranteed
items on it, what must be on the contract? - correct answer-A
disclosure about what the contract contains and which items
are which
21. How many days does a buyer have to cancel a preneed
contract with a full refund? - correct answer-7 days
FUNERAL DIRECTING/EMBALMING ORC
4717 2026/2027 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1. What can a courtesy card holder do? - correct answer-
Complete DCs and other docs, sign and file them, conduct
funerals, oversee interments
2. What can't a courtesy card holder do? - correct answer-Make
arrangements, be employed in OH, advertise, do contracts,
embalm, and disinter
3. Can animals and humans be cremated in the same retort? -
correct answer-No
4. After how many hours from TOD must a body be embalmed
or refrigerated? - correct answer-48
5. At what temp should a body be stored in refrigeration? -
correct answer-40 degrees or lower
,6. Every body must have a durable, long lasting ID tag. What
information must be on it? - correct answer-Name, DOB,
DOD, SS#
7. What other containers must have the deceased's name,
DOB, DOD, and SS#? - correct answer-Inside/on the casket
and urn/temp container.
8. Can a person sign their own cremation authorizations before
death? - correct answer-Yes
9. How long must elapse after death before cremation can
occur? - correct answer-24 hours
10. Are funeral home employees responsible for verifying the
information provided for cremation documentation? - correct
answer-No
,11. How long does a crematory have to wait before disposing
of cremains (in dignified manners prescribed in this chapter)?
- correct answer-60 days
12. When delivering a body to the crematory, what records
must be used? - correct answer-Receipt signed by operator
and deliverer given to the deliverer
13. When releasing cremains, what records must be used? -
correct answer-Receipt signed by operator and receiver
given to the receiver
14. What 4 records should every operating crematory keep on
file? - correct answer-Receipt of body delivery, record of
individual cremations, receipt of release of cremains, index of
all cremations
15. Who must use diligent effort to determine if a deceased
has any medical devices implanted? - correct answer-
Authorizing agent
, 16. Who is responsible to render a medical implant
nonhazardous? - correct answer-Funeral director (if they are
delivering the body)
17. Can a licensed insurance agent sell preneed contracts
with funeral services and goods on it? - correct answer-No
18. Who is allowed to sell preneed contracts with funeral
services on it? - correct answer-Funeral directors
19. Can a licensed insurance agent give out funeral home
general price lists? - correct answer-Yes
20. If a preneed contract has guaranteed and non-guaranteed
items on it, what must be on the contract? - correct answer-A
disclosure about what the contract contains and which items
are which
21. How many days does a buyer have to cancel a preneed
contract with a full refund? - correct answer-7 days
