GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL
SERVICE EXAM UPDATED EXAM WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
1. Funeral Service Contract - correct answer -A written or oral
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|agreement between a funeral director or funeral establishment
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|and a legally authorized person for the embalming, funeral, or
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|final disposition of a dead human body.
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2. Outer Burial Container (OBC) - correct answer -An enclosure
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|into which a casket is placed, including, but not limited to, a vault
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|made of concrete, steel, fiberglass, or copper, a sectional
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|concrete enclosure, a crypt, or a wooden enclosure.
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3. Soliciting - correct answer -The making of any uninvited contact
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|with another person by a funeral director or by a funeral director's
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|agent, assistant, employer, or employee for the purpose of the
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|sale of funeral services or merchandise but shall not mean any
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|advertising which is directed to the public in general.
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4. Healthcare Agent - correct answer -A person appointed by a | | | | | | | | |
|declarant to act for and on behalf of the declarant to make| | | | | | | | | | |
|decisions related to consent, refusal, or withdrawal of any type of
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|health care and decisions related to autopsy, anatomical gifts,
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|and final disposition of a declarant's body when a declarant is
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|unable or chooses not to make health care decisions for himself
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|or herself
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5. Waiting Period for Cessation of Rights - correct answer -Any
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|person who does not exercise his or her right of disposition within
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|two days of notification of the death of decedent or within three
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|days of decedent's death, whichever is earlier.
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6. Dispute Regarding the Right of Disposition - correct answer -A
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|funeral home shall not be liable for refusing to accept the remains
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|or to inter or otherwise dispose of the remains of the decedent or
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|complete the arrangements for the final disposition of the remains
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|until the funeral home receives a court order or other written
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|agreement signed by the parties in the disagreement that | | | | | | | |
|decides the final disposition of the remains.
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7. Information in Good Faith - correct answer -Any person signing a | | | | | | | | | |
|funeral service agreement, cremation authorization form, or any
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|other authorization for disposition shall be deemed to warrant the
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|truthfulness of any facts set forth therein, including | | | | | | |
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the identity of the decedent whose remains are to be buried,
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cremated, or otherwise disposed of, and the party's authority to
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order such disposition.
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8. Proper Identification of Human Remains - correct answer -Prior to
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|the interment or cremation of such dead body, affix on the ankle
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|or wrist of the deceased a tag of durable, noncorroding material
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|permanently marked with the name of the deceased, the date of | | | | | | | | | |
|death, the social security number of the deceased, the county
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|and state of death, and the serial number of any prosthesis
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|removed from the dead body by the funeral establishment or
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|crematory.
9. Who may receive cremated remains from the crematory? -
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|correct answer -A crematory may deliver or release cremated
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|remains to a funeral establishment or a legally authorized
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|person.
10. How many members are on the SBOFS? - correct answer -
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Seven
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11. How is the SBOFS comprised? - correct answer -Seven
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Members who are Appointed by the Governor. Six are funeral
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