NYS Mortuary Law Exam Prep QUESTIONS & ANSWERS!!

NYS Mortuary Law Exam Prep
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS!!
The name of a registered resident may be on the letterhead of a funeral
establishment.
-True
-False - ANSWERFalse

--only fully licensed funeral directors may be listed

All charges on an Itemization of Funeral Services and Merchandise Selected are
going to be listed under either Funeral Home Charges or Cash Advance Charges.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

When a funeral firm is owned and operated by an individual, the individual must be a
licensed and registered NYS funeral director.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

A funeral director duly registered as inactive with the NYS Bureau of Funeral
Directing is exempt from mandatory continuing education requirements as long as
their status remains inactive.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

The body of a person who has died in NYS may not be removed from the state
unless a permit has been issued for such removal by a local registrar in NYS.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

A funeral firm may not operate or conduct a funeral business on real property owned,
leased, or under the control of a cemetery.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

Soliciting or attempting to solicit funeral business using door-to-door or telephone
solicitation methods, unless specifically requested by a potential customer, is
prohibited in NYS.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

The biennial registration of licensed funeral directors, embalmers, undertakers shall
be renewable July 1st of each even year.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

,Registered residents may only perform their duties within the state of New York.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

The DOH may direct a registered resident to appear for an oral interview to
determine their qualifications to be licensed.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

Accurate information from price lists (general, casket or outer interment receptacle)
must be available over the telephone if a customer calls and asks for such
information. TRUE OR FALSE: only a licensed and registered funeral director may
give out such information over the telephone?
-True
-False - ANSWERFalse

While the term "funeral home" is used across NYS, it is not an official legal term
used in the law to define or describe funeral directing activities or requirements.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

A person who causes the death of another, and at the time was the subject of an
order of protection protecting the decedent, does not have the automatic right to
control the disposition of the remains of the decedent.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

When a funeral firm is owned and operated by a partnership, at least one, but not all
of the partners, must be a licensed and registered NYS funeral director.
-True
-False - ANSWERFalse

--all people must be licensed and registered

A funeral firm may not operate or conduct a funeral business on land adjacent to any
real property dedicated, owned leased or under the control of a cemetery.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

The biennial registration of funeral firms shall be renewable July 1st of every odd
year.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

--funeral establishments: every ODD year
--funeral directors, embalmers, undertakers: every EVEN year

At the bottom of the priority list for right to control disposition of a deceased person is
a chief fiscal officer of a county.
-True

,-False - ANSWERTrue

Every funeral establishment must have an arrangement office to be used exclusively
for making funeral arrangements and other related business matters, but there is no
mandatory minimum square footage of floor space required in the statute an
arrangement office.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

The term "mortician" is NOT one of the legal titles used in NYS to identify those
individuals engaged in the practice of funeral directing.
-True
-False - ANSWER-True

The itemization of prices on an Itemization of Funeral Services and Merchandise
Selected document must be limited to the statements, language, titles and the
numerical order specified in the law.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

A legally adopted child has the same rights as a biological child when it comes to the
priority right to control a final disposition list.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

The DOH Bureau of Funeral Directing may randomly audit a funeral director to
ensure compliance with the requirements to obtain continuing education on a
biennium basis.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

Before removing the body of a deceased person from the place of death a funeral
director must apply tests for determining whether life is extinct.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

Any person receiving the body of a deceased person at a place of burial, cremation,
or other final disposition must provide a receipt for the body to the funeral director, or
registered resident making such delivery.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

A funeral establishment in New York is a single, physical location used to provide
funeral related services, while a funeral firm is a business entity that operates one or
more funeral establishments.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

Charging additional fee for topical disinfection when embalming was selected by the
customer is prohibited in NYS.

, -True
-False - ANSWERTrue

A funeral director may charge a fee for accepting the delivery of a third-party casket
to their funeral home.
-True
-False - ANSWERFalse

When a funeral firm is owned and operated by a corporation, each funeral
establishment the corporation operates must have a designated manager that is a
licensed and registered NYS funeral director.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

A funeral director may impose a surcharge on a customer who elects to use a credit
card in lieu of payment by cash, check or other means.
-True
-False - ANSWERFalse

A person who has been arrested or charged with any action casually related to the
death of a decedent does not have the automatic right to control the disposition of
the remains of the decedent.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

The business and practice of funeral directing may be conducted and registered from
either a fixed or mobile funeral establishment.
-True
-False - ANSWERFalse

Funeral directors are exempt from mandatory continuing education requirements for
the biennium during which they are first licensed and registered.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

With certain restrictions, funeral establishments may provide alcoholic beverages to
immediate family members at the time of calling or visitation hours.
-True
-False - ANSWERFalse

An active funeral director has both a license and a registration.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue

One of the stand alone criteria defining a person as a domestic partner in NYS for
the purposes of having the priority right to control a final disposition is being formally
recognized as a beneficiary or covered person under the other person's employment
benefits or health insurance.
-True
-False - ANSWERTrue