Questions With Correct Answers.
What is cremation? - ANSWER Reducing human remains to bone fragments with heat
and evaporation
What do Funeral Directors do? - ANSWER Prepare or contract embalming, cremation,
burial or disposal/ funerals
OR
Direct and supervise funerals, burials, cremations, or dispositions of the dead
Who are the exclusions to the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining
Boards ? - ANSWER People who shroud the dead
Cemetery employees who only work in the cemetery
Federal institutions
Offices of the U.S. Armed Forces
Native Indian pursuant
What are the duties of a Funeral Director who obtain unclaimed remains thought to be a
veteran? - ANSWER 1. Report the name to the Department of Veteran Services within a
year
2. (After receiving a report from the Department of Veteran Services saying remains are
a veteran); Arrange disposition with: national or veteran cemetery, Department of
Veteran Services
What is the Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Board? - ANSWER Two active directors or
embalmers
One active crematory operator
One cemetery or direct cremation facility operator
Three people not affiliated with the funeral business
Embalmers with apprentices must do what? - ANSWER Report semiannually (Before
July 1 and January 1) on work
Keep the apprentice no more than 2 years
Personally supervise the apprentice(s)
Funeral Directors Qualifications - ANSWER 18+
Good moral standing
Passed the FD Exam on: Laws/Regulations
Local health practices,
Signs of death/ how is determined,
Federal funeral regulations
, Must have 1+ years as an arranger
Licensed by the Board as a Director
Funeral Arrangers Qualifications - ANSWER Are 18+ years with good moral standing
Pass test on funeral law and regulations, local health rules and Federal regulations
False or Misleading Advertising includes? - ANSWER Listing ONLY casket prices; not
saying prices of other goods and services
Charging cost AND a percentage for goods and services
Selling stock in establishment that doesn't grant percentage of ownership
Charging below reasonable cost of merchandise and overhead
Saying competitors charge too much
Claiming to be attacked by other mortuaries
Claiming to defend public interest/ not being in a monopoly
Not stating limits of Direct Cremation (if a Direct Cremation Facility)
Advertising under different information than on certificate
Unprofessional conduct includes ? - ANSWER Misrepresentation/ fraud of business
Soliciting (Not general advertisement)
Employment of solicitors to get business
Grounds for disciplinary action are ? - ANSWER 1. Gross incompetency
2. Unprofessional, unethical or dishonest conduct
3. Habitual intemperance
4. Illegally/fraud while embalming
5. Employing solicitors
6. Malpractice
7. Gross immorality
8. Using illegal drugs
9. Conviction of a felony regarding embalming
10. False or misleading advertisement
11. Refusing to give a body to someone legally entitled to it
12. Stealing from a trust
What happens when a Board member conducts an investigation? - ANSWER The
designated member reports to the Attorney General for: dismissing the investigation or
continuing
How long is a Fiscal Year? - ANSWER July 1 to June 30
Is someone allowed to view cremation? - ANSWER Only within the normal scope of
your work
OR
authorized by the family of the decedent, you can't witness a cremation