,Florida Funeral Law II EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!(UPDATED!!!)
Protect the right to make decisions regarding disposition; Protect consumer regarding
purchase of funeral goods & services; Establish minimum standards - ANSWER
Purposes of Chapter 497
Anyone in the funeral business - ANSWER To whom may a refrigeration facility offer its
services?
$5 - ANSWER What is the amount of the fee imposed upon initial licensure and each
renewal thereof to combat unlicensed activity?
10 years - ANSWER How many years prior to an application, must an applicant have no
conviction of guilt of a crime in order for the application to be considered complete?
No - ANSWER May a person with a limited license engage in preneed sales?
No - ANSWER May a direct disposer who is working at a funeral establishment make
arrangements for a direct cremation?
The remains must remain covered, explain statute to the family - ANSWER When
transporting a hospice patient, the family requests that the funeral directors making the
removal leave the decedent's head uncovered while in the removal vehicle. What
should be done in this instance, regarding the covering of the head and the
transportation?
A written plan - ANSWER What must cinerator facility personnel have in place to
minimize incidental co-mingling of cremated remains?
$755 (Yr. 1 - odd year), $530 (Yr.2 - even year) - ANSWER Application fee for
centralized embalming facility
$905 - ANSWER Peaceful Rest Cemetery did $356,000 in gross sales this year. What
is the renewal fee for Peaceful Rest Cemetery?
$25 [minimum deposit] - ANSWER How much money must be deposited into the care
and maintenance trust fund for a grave space that cost $200?
, $60 [because 10% of the funds collected must be deposited or a minimum of $25.00] -
ANSWER How much money must be deposited into the Care and maintenance trust
fund for a $600 grave space?
Care and maintenance of cemetery; right to open & prepare spaces; initial sale of burial
right - ANSWER Which of the following functions can a cemetery require the consumer
to purchase from the cemetery and from no other entity?
None - ANSWER What offense/penalty may a cemetery be subject to if they charge a
$50 transfer fee to transfer the burial rights for a specified space from one person to
another?
No - ANSWER Peaceful Rest Cemetery sets monuments in the cemetery. A family
chose to use Marble Monument to set a marker in Peaceful Rest Cemetery. Can
Peaceful Rest charge Marble Monument a fee for the installation of the monument?
All because it is within 30 days of execution of the contract - ANSWER Mr. Throby
purchases 4 graves spaces from Peaceful Rest Cemetery on August 23. How much of a
refund will Mr. Throby receive if he chooses to cancel the purchase (without having
used the spaces) on September 5th?
2nd degree misdemeanor - ANSWER Peaceful Rest Cemetery refuses to bury a person
in its cemetery because the person is of a certain ethnicity. What offense/penalty may
the cemetery be subject to?
$455 - ANSWER According to the state board website, what is the amount of the initial
license for a monument establishment?
1.) establish a care & maintenance fund/ deposit of $50K into fund; 2.) certification from
attorney or title co. there are no loans against proposed acreage; 3.) name a GM w/in
90 days prior to intended opening date (w/ 3 years experience w/in 7 yrs of application);
4.) develop 2 acres - ANSWER What steps must be completed after the State Board
gives conditional approval to begin a new cemetery?
only if they are the manufacturers - ANSWER Can a monument dealer establishment
sell pre-need contracts?
30 - ANSWER How many acres of a new cemetery must be developed to fully license a
new cemetery? (see pp. 80 - 81)
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!(UPDATED!!!)
Protect the right to make decisions regarding disposition; Protect consumer regarding
purchase of funeral goods & services; Establish minimum standards - ANSWER
Purposes of Chapter 497
Anyone in the funeral business - ANSWER To whom may a refrigeration facility offer its
services?
$5 - ANSWER What is the amount of the fee imposed upon initial licensure and each
renewal thereof to combat unlicensed activity?
10 years - ANSWER How many years prior to an application, must an applicant have no
conviction of guilt of a crime in order for the application to be considered complete?
No - ANSWER May a person with a limited license engage in preneed sales?
No - ANSWER May a direct disposer who is working at a funeral establishment make
arrangements for a direct cremation?
The remains must remain covered, explain statute to the family - ANSWER When
transporting a hospice patient, the family requests that the funeral directors making the
removal leave the decedent's head uncovered while in the removal vehicle. What
should be done in this instance, regarding the covering of the head and the
transportation?
A written plan - ANSWER What must cinerator facility personnel have in place to
minimize incidental co-mingling of cremated remains?
$755 (Yr. 1 - odd year), $530 (Yr.2 - even year) - ANSWER Application fee for
centralized embalming facility
$905 - ANSWER Peaceful Rest Cemetery did $356,000 in gross sales this year. What
is the renewal fee for Peaceful Rest Cemetery?
$25 [minimum deposit] - ANSWER How much money must be deposited into the care
and maintenance trust fund for a grave space that cost $200?
, $60 [because 10% of the funds collected must be deposited or a minimum of $25.00] -
ANSWER How much money must be deposited into the Care and maintenance trust
fund for a $600 grave space?
Care and maintenance of cemetery; right to open & prepare spaces; initial sale of burial
right - ANSWER Which of the following functions can a cemetery require the consumer
to purchase from the cemetery and from no other entity?
None - ANSWER What offense/penalty may a cemetery be subject to if they charge a
$50 transfer fee to transfer the burial rights for a specified space from one person to
another?
No - ANSWER Peaceful Rest Cemetery sets monuments in the cemetery. A family
chose to use Marble Monument to set a marker in Peaceful Rest Cemetery. Can
Peaceful Rest charge Marble Monument a fee for the installation of the monument?
All because it is within 30 days of execution of the contract - ANSWER Mr. Throby
purchases 4 graves spaces from Peaceful Rest Cemetery on August 23. How much of a
refund will Mr. Throby receive if he chooses to cancel the purchase (without having
used the spaces) on September 5th?
2nd degree misdemeanor - ANSWER Peaceful Rest Cemetery refuses to bury a person
in its cemetery because the person is of a certain ethnicity. What offense/penalty may
the cemetery be subject to?
$455 - ANSWER According to the state board website, what is the amount of the initial
license for a monument establishment?
1.) establish a care & maintenance fund/ deposit of $50K into fund; 2.) certification from
attorney or title co. there are no loans against proposed acreage; 3.) name a GM w/in
90 days prior to intended opening date (w/ 3 years experience w/in 7 yrs of application);
4.) develop 2 acres - ANSWER What steps must be completed after the State Board
gives conditional approval to begin a new cemetery?
only if they are the manufacturers - ANSWER Can a monument dealer establishment
sell pre-need contracts?
30 - ANSWER How many acres of a new cemetery must be developed to fully license a
new cemetery? (see pp. 80 - 81)
