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STATE RULES & REGULATIONS NEW
YORK AAMI 2025: REAL VERIFIED
QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS| PACK
OF EXCELLENCE| THE ULTIMATE KEY TO
YOUR SUCCESS.
1. When is a burial- transit permit not required for a disinterment?
- correct answer - No, disinterment permit is required when the
disinterment is ordered by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner
or the district attorney of a county within the City in the exercise
of official duties.
2. Who maintains the National Cemeteries? - correct answer -
The US Government
3. What is a ceremonial casket? - correct answer - Also known as
a rental casket, means a casket which is not intended to be
incinerated with the human remains.
4. What is the retort? - correct answer - The burning chamber in a
crematory, also referred to as the cremator; total mechanical
unit for the cremation process.
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5. Who is allowed to enter the retort area at a crematory? - correct
answer - Licensed and registered funeral directors, registered
residents, and enrolled students of mortuary science. Officers,
trustees, and employees or their authorized agents, of the
cemetery corporation operating the crematory. Public officers
acting in the capacity of their official duties. Authorized
instructors of funeral directing schools. Licensed physicians or
nurses. Members of the immediate family of the deceased and
their authorized agents and designated representatives.
6. Must the crematory issue a body receipt upon delivery to the
crematory? - correct answer - Yes, to the funeral director or
registered resident when the remains are delivered, but this
does not apply in New York City.
7. Is the rental casket cremated after each use? - correct answer -
No, the rental casket does not need to be brought to the
crematory at all.
8. Can human remains be commingled in a retort? - correct
answer - Not without the signed authorization from the person
with the priority right to control the final dispositions, in addition
to the written approval of the crematory.
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9. What is the only way cremated remains can be mailed? -
correct answer - USPS Priority Mail Express service
10. How many days does the funeral home have to dispose of it
they are not claimed by the authorized person? - correct
answer - 120 days
11. What is the difference between a Coroner and a Medical
Examiner? - correct answer - They are both NYS County
officials who investigate the deaths of certain cases, however,
a medical examiner is a physician that is licensed to practice
medicine in the state.
12. What type of deaths must be reported to the county? -
correct answer - Violent deaths; criminal violence, suicide,
casualty. A death caused by unlawful act or criminal neglect.
Death occurring in a suspicious, unusual, or unexplained
manner. Death while unattended by a physician or where no
physician able to certify the cause of death can be found.
Death of a person confined in a public institution other than a
hospital, infirmary, or nursing home, such as a state prison or
county jail.
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13. Who can authorize an anatomical gift prior to death? -
correct answer - An organ donor card, authorization using their
driver's license, registering in the NYS organ and tissue donor
registry, or otherwise give written authorization for organ and
tissue donation.
14. What is the hierarchy of persons who can authorize an
anatomical gift after death? - correct answer - Spouse,
son/daughter (age 18 or older),
parent,
brother/sister (age 18 or older),
guardian of the person of the decedent at the time of his death,
any other person authorized or under the obligation to dispose
of the body.
15. Can a credit card surcharge be passed along to the
consumer? - correct answer - Yes, as long as it is posted
16. What it is the maximum interest rate for services unpaid that
can be charged to a family per year? - correct answer - 16%
STATE RULES & REGULATIONS NEW
YORK AAMI 2025: REAL VERIFIED
QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS| PACK
OF EXCELLENCE| THE ULTIMATE KEY TO
YOUR SUCCESS.
1. When is a burial- transit permit not required for a disinterment?
- correct answer - No, disinterment permit is required when the
disinterment is ordered by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner
or the district attorney of a county within the City in the exercise
of official duties.
2. Who maintains the National Cemeteries? - correct answer -
The US Government
3. What is a ceremonial casket? - correct answer - Also known as
a rental casket, means a casket which is not intended to be
incinerated with the human remains.
4. What is the retort? - correct answer - The burning chamber in a
crematory, also referred to as the cremator; total mechanical
unit for the cremation process.
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5. Who is allowed to enter the retort area at a crematory? - correct
answer - Licensed and registered funeral directors, registered
residents, and enrolled students of mortuary science. Officers,
trustees, and employees or their authorized agents, of the
cemetery corporation operating the crematory. Public officers
acting in the capacity of their official duties. Authorized
instructors of funeral directing schools. Licensed physicians or
nurses. Members of the immediate family of the deceased and
their authorized agents and designated representatives.
6. Must the crematory issue a body receipt upon delivery to the
crematory? - correct answer - Yes, to the funeral director or
registered resident when the remains are delivered, but this
does not apply in New York City.
7. Is the rental casket cremated after each use? - correct answer -
No, the rental casket does not need to be brought to the
crematory at all.
8. Can human remains be commingled in a retort? - correct
answer - Not without the signed authorization from the person
with the priority right to control the final dispositions, in addition
to the written approval of the crematory.
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9. What is the only way cremated remains can be mailed? -
correct answer - USPS Priority Mail Express service
10. How many days does the funeral home have to dispose of it
they are not claimed by the authorized person? - correct
answer - 120 days
11. What is the difference between a Coroner and a Medical
Examiner? - correct answer - They are both NYS County
officials who investigate the deaths of certain cases, however,
a medical examiner is a physician that is licensed to practice
medicine in the state.
12. What type of deaths must be reported to the county? -
correct answer - Violent deaths; criminal violence, suicide,
casualty. A death caused by unlawful act or criminal neglect.
Death occurring in a suspicious, unusual, or unexplained
manner. Death while unattended by a physician or where no
physician able to certify the cause of death can be found.
Death of a person confined in a public institution other than a
hospital, infirmary, or nursing home, such as a state prison or
county jail.
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13. Who can authorize an anatomical gift prior to death? -
correct answer - An organ donor card, authorization using their
driver's license, registering in the NYS organ and tissue donor
registry, or otherwise give written authorization for organ and
tissue donation.
14. What is the hierarchy of persons who can authorize an
anatomical gift after death? - correct answer - Spouse,
son/daughter (age 18 or older),
parent,
brother/sister (age 18 or older),
guardian of the person of the decedent at the time of his death,
any other person authorized or under the obligation to dispose
of the body.
15. Can a credit card surcharge be passed along to the
consumer? - correct answer - Yes, as long as it is posted
16. What it is the maximum interest rate for services unpaid that
can be charged to a family per year? - correct answer - 16%
