AAMI New York State Laws
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(RATED A+)
12 hours - ANSWERHow many hours of continuing education must a funeral director
take each biennium.
At least 50% - ANSWERHow many hours of continuing continuing education must
be live classroom instruction?
No - ANSWERDoes a newly licensed funeral director have to take continuing
education in his/her first biennium?
At least 2 hours of credits must be applicable to New York State laws and
regulations affecting funeral directing, embalming, embalming and preneed services.
- ANSWEROf the continuing education credits, what are the only required or
mandatory credit hours?
1. If the owner is an individual or partnership, he must be a funeral director
2. If the owner is a corporation, the manager registered with the department must be
a funeral director
3. The owner must biennially register with the department
4. The funeral firm's certificate of registration must be displayed conspicuously at the
establishment for which it was issued
5. The firm must be under the management of a licensed funeral director who is
registered with the department, who shall not serve as manager of any other funeral
establishment
6. All funeral directing, undertaking and embalming shall take place under the
supervision of a licensed funeral director, undertaker and embalmer respectively
7. The firm shall conform to the rules and regulations of the department
8. The license and registration shall not be assignable or transferrable -
ANSWERList the requirements of operating a funeral home?
Both the new owner and former owner, or the estate of the former owner, or both the
persons currently and formerly having control over such monies. - ANSWERIf a
funeral firm is sold or ownership transferred, who must notify the consumer who has
the money in trust?
No - ANSWERCan the use of names of unlicensed persons be used in advertising?
No - ANSWERCan the use of names of unlicensed persons be used on signs?
Within 72 hours of death or the finding of the body - ANSWERWhen must death be
registered in NY state?
The registrar of the district in which the death occurred - ANSWERWho issues burial
permits?
, 1. Attain statistical facts and enter them on the certificate with the name and address
of the informant
2. Promptly present the certificate with the doctor to certify the facts of death and
supply medical info
3. List facts of date and place of disposition and removal over his signature with
address
4. Before the disposition, file the death certificate with the registrar of the district in
which the death occurred - ANSWERList the duties of the funeral director in regard
to the death certificate
The coroner having jurisdiction or the medical examiner - ANSWERWho should the
funeral director notify if a death occurs without medical attendance?
A permit of burial, removal or other disposition - ANSWERIn order for a body to be
interred, cremated, placed in a crypt or shipped, what document must be issued?
The person in charge of the place of burial or other disposition - ANSWERWho does
the funeral director give the burial permit to?
Within 7 days of the interment - ANSWERWhen does the person in charge of the
place of burial or other disposition have to return the burial permit?
The registrar - ANSWERWhere does the person in charge of the place of burial or
other disposition return the burial permit to?
The person in charge shall keep a record of all bodies interred or otherwise disposed
of on the premises under his or her charge, in each case stating the deceased's
name, the place of death, date of burial or disposal, and the name and address of
the funeral director or undertaker. These records shall be kept open to official
inspection at all times. - ANSWERWhat are the responsibilities of the person in
charge of the cemetery or burial place?
A certificate of fetal death - ANSWERWhat kind of death certificate is issued in cases
of fetal death?
1. Person designated in a written statement
2. Decedent's living spouse
2a. Decedent's living domestic partner
3. Any of the decedent's surviving children eighteen years of age or older
4. Either of the decedent's parents
5. Any of the decedent's surviving siblings over 18
6. An court appointed guardian
7. Any person over 18 who would be entitled to share in the estate with the closest
person in relation having the highest priority
8. An appointed fiduciary of the decedent's estate
9. A close friend or relative who is familiar with the decedent's wishes when no one
higher on the list is available
10. A chief fiscal officer of a county or public administrator appointed, or anyone else
acting on the behalf of the decedent, provided that the person has executed a written
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(RATED A+)
12 hours - ANSWERHow many hours of continuing education must a funeral director
take each biennium.
At least 50% - ANSWERHow many hours of continuing continuing education must
be live classroom instruction?
No - ANSWERDoes a newly licensed funeral director have to take continuing
education in his/her first biennium?
At least 2 hours of credits must be applicable to New York State laws and
regulations affecting funeral directing, embalming, embalming and preneed services.
- ANSWEROf the continuing education credits, what are the only required or
mandatory credit hours?
1. If the owner is an individual or partnership, he must be a funeral director
2. If the owner is a corporation, the manager registered with the department must be
a funeral director
3. The owner must biennially register with the department
4. The funeral firm's certificate of registration must be displayed conspicuously at the
establishment for which it was issued
5. The firm must be under the management of a licensed funeral director who is
registered with the department, who shall not serve as manager of any other funeral
establishment
6. All funeral directing, undertaking and embalming shall take place under the
supervision of a licensed funeral director, undertaker and embalmer respectively
7. The firm shall conform to the rules and regulations of the department
8. The license and registration shall not be assignable or transferrable -
ANSWERList the requirements of operating a funeral home?
Both the new owner and former owner, or the estate of the former owner, or both the
persons currently and formerly having control over such monies. - ANSWERIf a
funeral firm is sold or ownership transferred, who must notify the consumer who has
the money in trust?
No - ANSWERCan the use of names of unlicensed persons be used in advertising?
No - ANSWERCan the use of names of unlicensed persons be used on signs?
Within 72 hours of death or the finding of the body - ANSWERWhen must death be
registered in NY state?
The registrar of the district in which the death occurred - ANSWERWho issues burial
permits?
, 1. Attain statistical facts and enter them on the certificate with the name and address
of the informant
2. Promptly present the certificate with the doctor to certify the facts of death and
supply medical info
3. List facts of date and place of disposition and removal over his signature with
address
4. Before the disposition, file the death certificate with the registrar of the district in
which the death occurred - ANSWERList the duties of the funeral director in regard
to the death certificate
The coroner having jurisdiction or the medical examiner - ANSWERWho should the
funeral director notify if a death occurs without medical attendance?
A permit of burial, removal or other disposition - ANSWERIn order for a body to be
interred, cremated, placed in a crypt or shipped, what document must be issued?
The person in charge of the place of burial or other disposition - ANSWERWho does
the funeral director give the burial permit to?
Within 7 days of the interment - ANSWERWhen does the person in charge of the
place of burial or other disposition have to return the burial permit?
The registrar - ANSWERWhere does the person in charge of the place of burial or
other disposition return the burial permit to?
The person in charge shall keep a record of all bodies interred or otherwise disposed
of on the premises under his or her charge, in each case stating the deceased's
name, the place of death, date of burial or disposal, and the name and address of
the funeral director or undertaker. These records shall be kept open to official
inspection at all times. - ANSWERWhat are the responsibilities of the person in
charge of the cemetery or burial place?
A certificate of fetal death - ANSWERWhat kind of death certificate is issued in cases
of fetal death?
1. Person designated in a written statement
2. Decedent's living spouse
2a. Decedent's living domestic partner
3. Any of the decedent's surviving children eighteen years of age or older
4. Either of the decedent's parents
5. Any of the decedent's surviving siblings over 18
6. An court appointed guardian
7. Any person over 18 who would be entitled to share in the estate with the closest
person in relation having the highest priority
8. An appointed fiduciary of the decedent's estate
9. A close friend or relative who is familiar with the decedent's wishes when no one
higher on the list is available
10. A chief fiscal officer of a county or public administrator appointed, or anyone else
acting on the behalf of the decedent, provided that the person has executed a written
