North Carolina Laws Exam- Practice of
Funeral Service with answers
How are the nine members of the board selected? - correct answer ✔✔ 4- appointed by the
governor from nominees recommended by the NC Funeral Directors Association
2- appointed by the governor from nominees recommended by the FD and Morticians
association of NC
1- appointed by the governor who is licensed under this Article and who is not affiliated with
any funeral service trade association
1- appointed by the General Assembly, upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate. This member is not licensed under this article or employed by a person who is
licensed under this article
1- appointed by the General Assembly, upon the recommendation of the speaker of the house
of representatives. This member is not licensed under this article or employed by a person who
is licensed under this article
How long does a member of the board serve? - correct answer ✔✔ Staggered 3 year terms,
ending on December 31. No member may serve more than two complete consecutive terms.
Vacancies - correct answer ✔✔ Shall be appointed in the same manner as original appointment.
They shall serve the remaining term of those they are replacing.
Removal - correct answer ✔✔ Anyone may be removed due to a neglect of duties,
incompetence, or unprofessional conduct
T or F: Before entering their duties as members of the board, each member must take and
subscribe to the oath of office prescribed for other State officers - correct answer ✔✔ True
,Advertisement - correct answer ✔✔ The publication, dissemination, circulation or placing
before the public, or causing directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated or
placed before the public, any announcement or statement in a newspaper, magazine, or other
publication, or in the form of a book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign,
placard, card, label or tag, or over any radio, television station, or electronic medium
Board - correct answer ✔✔ North Carolina Board of Funeral Service
Burial - correct answer ✔✔ interment in any form, cremation and the transportation of the
dead human body as necessary therefor
Chapel - correct answer ✔✔ a chapel or other facility separate from the funeral establishment
premises for the primary purpose of reposing of dead human bodies, visitation or funeral
ceremony that is owned, operated, or maintained by a funeral establishment under this article,
and that does not use the word funeral in its name, on a sign, in a directory, in advertising or in
any other manner; in which or on the premises of which there is not displayed any caskets or
other funeral merchandise; in which or on the premises of which there is not located any
preparation room; and which no owner, operator, employee, or agent thereof represents the
chapel to be a funeral establishment.
Dead Human Bodies - correct answer ✔✔ includes fetuses beyond the second trimester and the
ashes from cremated bodies
Embalmer - correct answer ✔✔ any person engaged in the practice of embalming
Embalming - correct answer ✔✔ the preservation and disinfection or attempted preservation
and disinfection of dead human bodies by application of chemicals externally or internally or
both and the practice of restorative art including the restoration or attempted restoration of the
appearance of a dead human body. Embalming shall not include the washing or use of soap and
water to cleanse or prepare a dead human body for disposition by the authorized agents, family,
or friends of the deceased who do so privately without pay or as part of the ritual washing and
, preparation of dead human bodies prescribed by religious practices; provided, that no dead
human body shall be handled in a manner inconsistent GS 130A-395
Funeral Directing - correct answer ✔✔ engaging in the practice of funeral service except
embalming
Funeral Director - correct answer ✔✔ means any person engaged in the practice of funeral
directing
Funeral Establishment - correct answer ✔✔ every place or premises devoted to or used in the
care, arrangement and preparation for the funeral and final disposition of dead human bodies
and maintained for the convenience of the public in connection with dead human bodies or as
the place for carrying on the practice of funeral service
Funeral Service Licensee - correct answer ✔✔ a person who is duly licensed and engaged in the
practice of funeral service
Funeral Service - correct answer ✔✔ the aggregate of all funeral service licensees and their
duties and responsibilities in connection with the funeral as an organized, purposeful, time-
limited, flexible, group-centered response to death
Practice of funeral service - correct answer ✔✔ -engaging in the care or disposition of dead
human bodies or in the practice of disinfecting and preparing by embalming or otherwise dead
human bodies for the funeral service, transportation, burial or cremation, or in the practice of
funeral directing or embalming as presently known, whether under these titles or designations
or otherwise.
-engaging in making arrangements for funeral service, selling funeral supplies to the public or
making financial arrangements for the rendering of such services or the sale of such supplies
Resident Trainee - correct answer ✔✔ a person who is engaged in preparing to become licensed
for the practice of funeral directing, embalming or funeral service under the personal
Funeral Service with answers
How are the nine members of the board selected? - correct answer ✔✔ 4- appointed by the
governor from nominees recommended by the NC Funeral Directors Association
2- appointed by the governor from nominees recommended by the FD and Morticians
association of NC
1- appointed by the governor who is licensed under this Article and who is not affiliated with
any funeral service trade association
1- appointed by the General Assembly, upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate. This member is not licensed under this article or employed by a person who is
licensed under this article
1- appointed by the General Assembly, upon the recommendation of the speaker of the house
of representatives. This member is not licensed under this article or employed by a person who
is licensed under this article
How long does a member of the board serve? - correct answer ✔✔ Staggered 3 year terms,
ending on December 31. No member may serve more than two complete consecutive terms.
Vacancies - correct answer ✔✔ Shall be appointed in the same manner as original appointment.
They shall serve the remaining term of those they are replacing.
Removal - correct answer ✔✔ Anyone may be removed due to a neglect of duties,
incompetence, or unprofessional conduct
T or F: Before entering their duties as members of the board, each member must take and
subscribe to the oath of office prescribed for other State officers - correct answer ✔✔ True
,Advertisement - correct answer ✔✔ The publication, dissemination, circulation or placing
before the public, or causing directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated or
placed before the public, any announcement or statement in a newspaper, magazine, or other
publication, or in the form of a book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign,
placard, card, label or tag, or over any radio, television station, or electronic medium
Board - correct answer ✔✔ North Carolina Board of Funeral Service
Burial - correct answer ✔✔ interment in any form, cremation and the transportation of the
dead human body as necessary therefor
Chapel - correct answer ✔✔ a chapel or other facility separate from the funeral establishment
premises for the primary purpose of reposing of dead human bodies, visitation or funeral
ceremony that is owned, operated, or maintained by a funeral establishment under this article,
and that does not use the word funeral in its name, on a sign, in a directory, in advertising or in
any other manner; in which or on the premises of which there is not displayed any caskets or
other funeral merchandise; in which or on the premises of which there is not located any
preparation room; and which no owner, operator, employee, or agent thereof represents the
chapel to be a funeral establishment.
Dead Human Bodies - correct answer ✔✔ includes fetuses beyond the second trimester and the
ashes from cremated bodies
Embalmer - correct answer ✔✔ any person engaged in the practice of embalming
Embalming - correct answer ✔✔ the preservation and disinfection or attempted preservation
and disinfection of dead human bodies by application of chemicals externally or internally or
both and the practice of restorative art including the restoration or attempted restoration of the
appearance of a dead human body. Embalming shall not include the washing or use of soap and
water to cleanse or prepare a dead human body for disposition by the authorized agents, family,
or friends of the deceased who do so privately without pay or as part of the ritual washing and
, preparation of dead human bodies prescribed by religious practices; provided, that no dead
human body shall be handled in a manner inconsistent GS 130A-395
Funeral Directing - correct answer ✔✔ engaging in the practice of funeral service except
embalming
Funeral Director - correct answer ✔✔ means any person engaged in the practice of funeral
directing
Funeral Establishment - correct answer ✔✔ every place or premises devoted to or used in the
care, arrangement and preparation for the funeral and final disposition of dead human bodies
and maintained for the convenience of the public in connection with dead human bodies or as
the place for carrying on the practice of funeral service
Funeral Service Licensee - correct answer ✔✔ a person who is duly licensed and engaged in the
practice of funeral service
Funeral Service - correct answer ✔✔ the aggregate of all funeral service licensees and their
duties and responsibilities in connection with the funeral as an organized, purposeful, time-
limited, flexible, group-centered response to death
Practice of funeral service - correct answer ✔✔ -engaging in the care or disposition of dead
human bodies or in the practice of disinfecting and preparing by embalming or otherwise dead
human bodies for the funeral service, transportation, burial or cremation, or in the practice of
funeral directing or embalming as presently known, whether under these titles or designations
or otherwise.
-engaging in making arrangements for funeral service, selling funeral supplies to the public or
making financial arrangements for the rendering of such services or the sale of such supplies
Resident Trainee - correct answer ✔✔ a person who is engaged in preparing to become licensed
for the practice of funeral directing, embalming or funeral service under the personal
