NYS Funeral Law Newest Questions and
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• Corporate Members . CORRECT ANSWER: Corporation's officers, directors,
stockholders, or other persons, firm or corporation having a 10% or greater interest in
the corporation.
• Funeral Home - Funeral Establishment . CORRECT ANSWER: Single, physical
location, address, or premises devoted to or used for the care and preparation of a body
of a deceased person for disposition and for mourning or funeral ceremonial purposes.
Location from which a funeral firm may operate
• Funeral Firm . CORRECT ANSWER: An individual, partnership, corporation or estate
representative engaged in the business and practice of funeral directing.
A funeral firm is a funeral business, and a firm must have at least 1 establishment from
which to operate
• If a funeral firm owner is . CORRECT ANSWER: - An individual must be a licensed
funeral director
- A partnership, all of the partners must be licensed funeral directors
-A limited liability company (LLC), the registered manager must be a licensed funeral
director
- A corporation, the registered manager must be a licensed funeral director
• If a funeral firm operates more than one funeral establishment.. . CORRECT
ANSWER: Each individual establishment must have a designated manager that is
licensed and registered funeral director
• A funeral firm is.. . CORRECT ANSWER: A business entity that conducts operations
out of one or more approved funeral establishments
• Funeral directors are both.. . CORRECT ANSWER: Registered and licensed in New
York State
Must have a current registration to legally work in funeral service.
• Funeral firms and establishments are.. . CORRECT ANSWER: ONLY registered in
New York State
,• The owner of a funeral firm must renew the registration for each funeral establishment
location they operate every.. . CORRECT ANSWER: 2 years with the state
• All funeral establishments REGISTRATIONS begin on . CORRECT ANSWER: July 1st
of the odd years
• For the initial (new business) registration period, the start date - end date is .
CORRECT ANSWER: the day the business opens, and the end date is always going to
be June 30th of the current or next odd year
• Initial new business registration fee for a funeral establishment . CORRECT ANSWER:
$400.00
• Biennial registration fee for a funeral establishment . CORRECT ANSWER: $300.00
• Amendment fee to change the address of a funeral establishment . CORRECT
ANSWER: $100.00
• Amendment fee to change the name of the manager of a funeral establishment .
CORRECT ANSWER: $100.00
• Amendment fee to change the firm name under which a funeral establishment
operates . CORRECT ANSWER: $100.00
• Amendment fee to change the ownership name of a funeral firm . CORRECT
ANSWER: $400.00
• Any change in the designation of a funeral establishment manager must be reported to
the state, in writing . CORRECT ANSWER: Within 10 days
• The license NOT the registration.. . CORRECT ANSWER: of the manager must be
displayed at the establishment where they serve
• Any change in name, address, ownership, or other legal status of a funeral firm or
funeral establishment must be reported to the state . CORRECT ANSWER: Within 10
days
• Funeral directing must take place from a fixed funeral establishment . CORRECT
ANSWER: It is illegal to operate any type of funeral service from a mobile facility,
accommodation, or other moveable structure or conveyance
• Funeral establishments may not be operated or located on real property . CORRECT
ANSWER: Owned, leased, or under the control of a cemetery
,• A funeral establishment must have at least 1 of each . CORRECT ANSWER: -chapel
or reposing room
-arrangement office
-preparation room
• Chapel or reposing room must have . CORRECT ANSWER: at least 300 square feet
of floor space- to be used exclusively for conducting funeral services
• Arrangment office . CORRECT ANSWER: No specific amount of floor space
• Preparation room . CORRECT ANSWER: Containing at least 120 square feet of floor
space - to be used for preparation, disinfection, embalming, washing, dressing, and
casketing human remains.
• Preparation room requirements . CORRECT ANSWER: DO NOT apply to
establishments registered prior to March 1st, 1974, that have been in continuous
operation from the same location
• Funeral establishment sign . CORRECT ANSWER: Display actual name of the funeral
establishment registered with the state. Located at or near the main entrance and
visible from the exterior of the building.
Minimum height of name = 1 1/2 inches
• Registration certificate issued by the state . CORRECT ANSWER: MUST be displayed
in the funeral establishment
• When naming a funeral facility, the owner may not use the personal name of any living
person UNLESS . CORRECT ANSWER: The named individual is both licensed and
registered as a funeral director in this state
However, if the personal name has been properly used in the initial naming of the
funeral facility, it may continue to be used even after the individual is deceased.
• Direct mailings . CORRECT ANSWER: Not included in the prohibition and are
therefore an allowable means of advertising
• Price match gurantee . CORRECT ANSWER: in which a funeral firm promises to
match the general price list prices of their competitors- is a violation of both federal and
state law.
• Funeral homes can have catered food service in connection with a funeral service .
CORRECT ANSWER: As long as the caterer is not opened by or affiliated with the
funeral home
, • The charge for funeral service is.. . CORRECT ANSWER: NOT subject to sales tax
• Contact Hour . CORRECT ANSWER: A period of between 50-60 minutes,
continuously measured. One contact hour is commonly referred to as a CEU or
continuing education unit.
• Continuing Education . CORRECT ANSWER: A course of instruction in a field of
funeral directing taught by a provider registered with the state
• Embalming . CORRECT ANSWER: Preparing, disinfecting, and preserving, either
hypodermically, arterially or by any other recognized means, the body of a deceased
person for burial, cremation, or other final disposition.
• Funeral Directing . CORRECT ANSWER: The care and disposal of the body of a
deceased person and/or the preserving, disinfecting, and preparing by embalming or
otherwise, the body of the deceased person for funeral services, transportation, burial,
or cremation.
• Registered Resident . CORRECT ANSWER: A person who has passed a funeral
directing examination (the National Boards) and is duly registered with the state and
employed by a registered funeral firm. They engage in the practice of funeral directing
under the supervision of a licensed funeral director.
• Undertaking . CORRECT ANSWER: The care, disposal, transportation, burial, or
cremation by any means other than embalming of the body of the deceased person.
• The path to a career in funeral service in New York has 4 steps . CORRECT
ANSWER: 1- Enrollment and completion of an accredited course in funeral services
studies. Within 15 days of enrolling, a student must apply to the state for a student
certificate. The certificate is in the form of a blue-colored student ID card certifying they
have been registered as a student.
2-Passing the National Boards Examinations.
3-Completion of a 1 year residency with a NYS funeral firm. The student must apply to
the state for a resident certificate within 2 weeks after beginning employment. The
certificate is in the form of a green-colored ID card certifying they are a registered
resident.
4-Pass the state funeral service law examination. Between the 8th and 12th month of
the 1 year residency, a resident must take the state examination on funeral service law
in NYS.
• Funeral service law examination fee . CORRECT ANSWER: $125.00
Answers (2026/2027) | Comprehensive
Review | A+ Verified
• Corporate Members . CORRECT ANSWER: Corporation's officers, directors,
stockholders, or other persons, firm or corporation having a 10% or greater interest in
the corporation.
• Funeral Home - Funeral Establishment . CORRECT ANSWER: Single, physical
location, address, or premises devoted to or used for the care and preparation of a body
of a deceased person for disposition and for mourning or funeral ceremonial purposes.
Location from which a funeral firm may operate
• Funeral Firm . CORRECT ANSWER: An individual, partnership, corporation or estate
representative engaged in the business and practice of funeral directing.
A funeral firm is a funeral business, and a firm must have at least 1 establishment from
which to operate
• If a funeral firm owner is . CORRECT ANSWER: - An individual must be a licensed
funeral director
- A partnership, all of the partners must be licensed funeral directors
-A limited liability company (LLC), the registered manager must be a licensed funeral
director
- A corporation, the registered manager must be a licensed funeral director
• If a funeral firm operates more than one funeral establishment.. . CORRECT
ANSWER: Each individual establishment must have a designated manager that is
licensed and registered funeral director
• A funeral firm is.. . CORRECT ANSWER: A business entity that conducts operations
out of one or more approved funeral establishments
• Funeral directors are both.. . CORRECT ANSWER: Registered and licensed in New
York State
Must have a current registration to legally work in funeral service.
• Funeral firms and establishments are.. . CORRECT ANSWER: ONLY registered in
New York State
,• The owner of a funeral firm must renew the registration for each funeral establishment
location they operate every.. . CORRECT ANSWER: 2 years with the state
• All funeral establishments REGISTRATIONS begin on . CORRECT ANSWER: July 1st
of the odd years
• For the initial (new business) registration period, the start date - end date is .
CORRECT ANSWER: the day the business opens, and the end date is always going to
be June 30th of the current or next odd year
• Initial new business registration fee for a funeral establishment . CORRECT ANSWER:
$400.00
• Biennial registration fee for a funeral establishment . CORRECT ANSWER: $300.00
• Amendment fee to change the address of a funeral establishment . CORRECT
ANSWER: $100.00
• Amendment fee to change the name of the manager of a funeral establishment .
CORRECT ANSWER: $100.00
• Amendment fee to change the firm name under which a funeral establishment
operates . CORRECT ANSWER: $100.00
• Amendment fee to change the ownership name of a funeral firm . CORRECT
ANSWER: $400.00
• Any change in the designation of a funeral establishment manager must be reported to
the state, in writing . CORRECT ANSWER: Within 10 days
• The license NOT the registration.. . CORRECT ANSWER: of the manager must be
displayed at the establishment where they serve
• Any change in name, address, ownership, or other legal status of a funeral firm or
funeral establishment must be reported to the state . CORRECT ANSWER: Within 10
days
• Funeral directing must take place from a fixed funeral establishment . CORRECT
ANSWER: It is illegal to operate any type of funeral service from a mobile facility,
accommodation, or other moveable structure or conveyance
• Funeral establishments may not be operated or located on real property . CORRECT
ANSWER: Owned, leased, or under the control of a cemetery
,• A funeral establishment must have at least 1 of each . CORRECT ANSWER: -chapel
or reposing room
-arrangement office
-preparation room
• Chapel or reposing room must have . CORRECT ANSWER: at least 300 square feet
of floor space- to be used exclusively for conducting funeral services
• Arrangment office . CORRECT ANSWER: No specific amount of floor space
• Preparation room . CORRECT ANSWER: Containing at least 120 square feet of floor
space - to be used for preparation, disinfection, embalming, washing, dressing, and
casketing human remains.
• Preparation room requirements . CORRECT ANSWER: DO NOT apply to
establishments registered prior to March 1st, 1974, that have been in continuous
operation from the same location
• Funeral establishment sign . CORRECT ANSWER: Display actual name of the funeral
establishment registered with the state. Located at or near the main entrance and
visible from the exterior of the building.
Minimum height of name = 1 1/2 inches
• Registration certificate issued by the state . CORRECT ANSWER: MUST be displayed
in the funeral establishment
• When naming a funeral facility, the owner may not use the personal name of any living
person UNLESS . CORRECT ANSWER: The named individual is both licensed and
registered as a funeral director in this state
However, if the personal name has been properly used in the initial naming of the
funeral facility, it may continue to be used even after the individual is deceased.
• Direct mailings . CORRECT ANSWER: Not included in the prohibition and are
therefore an allowable means of advertising
• Price match gurantee . CORRECT ANSWER: in which a funeral firm promises to
match the general price list prices of their competitors- is a violation of both federal and
state law.
• Funeral homes can have catered food service in connection with a funeral service .
CORRECT ANSWER: As long as the caterer is not opened by or affiliated with the
funeral home
, • The charge for funeral service is.. . CORRECT ANSWER: NOT subject to sales tax
• Contact Hour . CORRECT ANSWER: A period of between 50-60 minutes,
continuously measured. One contact hour is commonly referred to as a CEU or
continuing education unit.
• Continuing Education . CORRECT ANSWER: A course of instruction in a field of
funeral directing taught by a provider registered with the state
• Embalming . CORRECT ANSWER: Preparing, disinfecting, and preserving, either
hypodermically, arterially or by any other recognized means, the body of a deceased
person for burial, cremation, or other final disposition.
• Funeral Directing . CORRECT ANSWER: The care and disposal of the body of a
deceased person and/or the preserving, disinfecting, and preparing by embalming or
otherwise, the body of the deceased person for funeral services, transportation, burial,
or cremation.
• Registered Resident . CORRECT ANSWER: A person who has passed a funeral
directing examination (the National Boards) and is duly registered with the state and
employed by a registered funeral firm. They engage in the practice of funeral directing
under the supervision of a licensed funeral director.
• Undertaking . CORRECT ANSWER: The care, disposal, transportation, burial, or
cremation by any means other than embalming of the body of the deceased person.
• The path to a career in funeral service in New York has 4 steps . CORRECT
ANSWER: 1- Enrollment and completion of an accredited course in funeral services
studies. Within 15 days of enrolling, a student must apply to the state for a student
certificate. The certificate is in the form of a blue-colored student ID card certifying they
have been registered as a student.
2-Passing the National Boards Examinations.
3-Completion of a 1 year residency with a NYS funeral firm. The student must apply to
the state for a resident certificate within 2 weeks after beginning employment. The
certificate is in the form of a green-colored ID card certifying they are a registered
resident.
4-Pass the state funeral service law examination. Between the 8th and 12th month of
the 1 year residency, a resident must take the state examination on funeral service law
in NYS.
• Funeral service law examination fee . CORRECT ANSWER: $125.00
