TEXAS STATE MORTUARY LAW EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
Commissioner is: - (answer) registered cemetery owner and operator
Commissioners are: - (answer) licensed funeral director and embalmers who have been practicing for a
minimum of 5 years.
4 commissioners are: - (answer) members of the public with no ties to the industry regulated.
A dead human body can be transported without the presence of a licensed Funeral Director if: -
(answer) there is no reasonable probablility of contact with a family member.
A deceased person may not be cremated: - (answer) within 48 hours of death without a specific waiver
from the court.
After 24 hours a dead body must be: - (answer) embalmed, refrigerated, or sealed in a leak and odor
proof container.
All records maintained in the funeral establishment: - (answer) for a minimum of 2 years.
Bodies may be held in temporary receiving vault for how long without being considered disinterred? -
(answer) 30 days
Chapel must have: - (answer) seating for ten, pulpit, podium, lecturn, adaquate room for a casket.
Commission has 2 functions - first function: - (answer) ensure competent well qualified professionals
are licensed to serve the public.
Commssions second function is: - (answer) ensure that violations of law and regulations are
aggressively and fairly prosecuted.
Commissioners are appointed by: - (answer) Governor of the State of Texas.
, TEXAS STATE MORTUARY LAW EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
Commissioners term is for: - (answer) six years.
Consumer brochure is given when: - (answer) presented at the same time as the General Price List GPL
and is on conspicuous display.
Continuing Education Requirements: - (answer) 16 hours in 2 years & 16 mandatory hours in ethics,
state law & vital statistics.
Crematories are covered in Chapter: - (answer) 716
Death Records are covered in Chapter: - (answer) 193
Embalmer: - (answer) a person who for compensation disinfects or preserves a dead human body -
must be licensed by the commission
Embalmers must wear: - (answer) PPE - personal protective equipment and clothings
Embalming is: - (answer) not required by Texas state law
Embalming may be done without approval when: - (answer) a documented three hour attempt has
been made to obtain approval - but even then authority is still NOT assumed under the law.
Embalming REQUIRES approval: - (answer) to be performed, and to be charged.
Excess funds must be returned: - (answer) within ten (10) days.
Fetal death certificate is required: - (answer) for any fetus weighing 350 grams or after 20 weeks of
gestation period.
ANSWERS
Commissioner is: - (answer) registered cemetery owner and operator
Commissioners are: - (answer) licensed funeral director and embalmers who have been practicing for a
minimum of 5 years.
4 commissioners are: - (answer) members of the public with no ties to the industry regulated.
A dead human body can be transported without the presence of a licensed Funeral Director if: -
(answer) there is no reasonable probablility of contact with a family member.
A deceased person may not be cremated: - (answer) within 48 hours of death without a specific waiver
from the court.
After 24 hours a dead body must be: - (answer) embalmed, refrigerated, or sealed in a leak and odor
proof container.
All records maintained in the funeral establishment: - (answer) for a minimum of 2 years.
Bodies may be held in temporary receiving vault for how long without being considered disinterred? -
(answer) 30 days
Chapel must have: - (answer) seating for ten, pulpit, podium, lecturn, adaquate room for a casket.
Commission has 2 functions - first function: - (answer) ensure competent well qualified professionals
are licensed to serve the public.
Commssions second function is: - (answer) ensure that violations of law and regulations are
aggressively and fairly prosecuted.
Commissioners are appointed by: - (answer) Governor of the State of Texas.
, TEXAS STATE MORTUARY LAW EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
Commissioners term is for: - (answer) six years.
Consumer brochure is given when: - (answer) presented at the same time as the General Price List GPL
and is on conspicuous display.
Continuing Education Requirements: - (answer) 16 hours in 2 years & 16 mandatory hours in ethics,
state law & vital statistics.
Crematories are covered in Chapter: - (answer) 716
Death Records are covered in Chapter: - (answer) 193
Embalmer: - (answer) a person who for compensation disinfects or preserves a dead human body -
must be licensed by the commission
Embalmers must wear: - (answer) PPE - personal protective equipment and clothings
Embalming is: - (answer) not required by Texas state law
Embalming may be done without approval when: - (answer) a documented three hour attempt has
been made to obtain approval - but even then authority is still NOT assumed under the law.
Embalming REQUIRES approval: - (answer) to be performed, and to be charged.
Excess funds must be returned: - (answer) within ten (10) days.
Fetal death certificate is required: - (answer) for any fetus weighing 350 grams or after 20 weeks of
gestation period.
