Mort 285 - CA Business and Profession's Code & California Codes of Regulations Study guide Exam Questions and Answers
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California Funeral Association
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California Funeral Association
What is the statutory definition of Embalmer? - Answer-- One who is duly qualified to disinfect or preserve human remains by the injection or external application of antiseptics, disinfectants or preservative fluids
- To prepare human bodies for transportation which are dead of contagious or infec...
Mort 285 - CA Business and Profession's
Code & California Codes of Regulations
Study guide Exam Questions and
Answers
What is the statutory definition of Embalmer? - Answer-- One who is duly qualified to
disinfect or preserve human remains by the injection or external application of
antiseptics, disinfectants or preservative fluids
- To prepare human bodies for transportation which are dead of contagious or infectious
diseases
- To use Derma surgery or plastic art for restoring mutilated features
- One who is duly licensed as an embalmer under the laws of the State of California
What is the statutory definition of Apprentice Embalmer - Answer-- A person engage in
the study of embalming
- Must be under the instruction and supervision of a licensed embalmer who has at least
two years' practical experience as a California licensed embalmer
What is the statutory definition of Funeral Director? - Answer-A person engages or in
conducting, or holding him/herself out as engaged in any of the following:
- Preparing for the transportation or burial or disposal, or directing and supervising for
transportation or burial or disposal of human remains
- Maintaining an establishment for the preparation for the transportation or disposition or
for the care of human remains
- An unlicensed person using Funeral Director, Undertaker, Mortician or any other title
implying that he/she is a funeral director
What is the statutory definition of Funeral Establishment? - Answer-- A place of
business conducted in a building or separate portion of a building
- Having a specific address or location
- Exclusively devoted to those activities as are incident, convenient, or related to the
preparation and arrangements, financial or otherwise, for the funeral transportation,
burial or other disposition of human remains
What is the statutory definition of Trustee? - Answer-- Any banking institution or trust
company legally authorized and empowered by the State of California
- Handles trust funds or not less than 3 persons one of whom may be an employee of
the funeral establishment
What is the statutory definition of Trustor? - Answer-Any person who pays the money or
deposits the securities used for those preneed arrangements
,What is the statutory definition of Beneficiary? - Answer-The person for whom the
funeral services are arranged
What is the statutory definition of Corpus of the Trust? - Answer-Shall include all the
moneys paid and securities delivered by the trustor pursuant to the provisions of the
article
Where is the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Law found? - Answer-California
Business and Professions Code, Division 3, Chapter 12
What are the 3 functions of the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau? - Answer-- Protection of
the public
- Adopt and enforce reasonably necessary rules and regulations
- Authority to inspect Funeral Establishments
What is the highest priority for the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau? - Answer-Protection
of the public
According to the California Administrative Procedure Act, the bureau may ____ relating
to... - Answer-Adopt and enforce;
- Practice of embalming
- The business of a funeral director
- Sanitary conditions of funeral establishments
- Specifying conditions or approval of funeral establishments for apprentices and for
approval of mortuary science programs
- The scope of examinations
- Provisions of protection of the peace, health, safety, welfare and morals of the public
What premises can the bureau inspect? - Answer-- Any in which a business of a funeral
director is conducted
- Embalming is practiced
- Where human remains are stored
What funds supports the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau? - Answer-State Funeral
Directors and Embalmers Fund
The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Law does not apply to: - Answer-- The duties of
any officer of any public institution
- Any duly accredited medical college
- Hospitals
Where can lawsuits against the bureau be filed and tried? - Answer-- County of
Sacramento
- The county of the residence of the plaintiff or petitioner
- The county where the act occurred
, What are the statutory requirements to be a funeral establishment? - Answer--
Permanent address [4 walls/1 roof]
- Storage / Preparation room
- Arrangement room
- FDIC [or access to -- can be shared]
- License for each individual establishment
Do all funeral establishments have to have a storage or preparation room? If no, what
are the requirements for funeral establishments wishing to share either or both of these
rooms? - Answer-Yes - Only under common ownership or by contractual agreement
within close geographical proximity of each other may a funeral establishment share
these room.
When must a licensed funeral establishment employ a licensed funeral director? -
Answer-At all times
Do preparation or storage rooms have to be at the same location as the funeral
establishment? - Answer-No
Anyone using the words or title ___ in
connection with his/her name must be a ___. - Answer-- "Funeral director,"
"undertaker," or "Mortician"
- Licensed funeral director
What other business(es) can be conducted on the same premises as a funeral
establishment? - Answer-None without a license
Does each funeral establishment have to have a separate licensed funeral director to
manage? - Answer-No - Upon approval of the Bureau, a designated FDR may manage
more than 1 facility as long as it's under common ownership
The applicant for a funeral establishment license must be ___. - Answer-- At least 18
years old
- Comply with Section 480
The applicant for a funeral director license must be ___. - Answer-- At least 18 years old
- AA / AS or equivalent
- Comply with Section 480 - fiscal dishonesty
- Form/fee
- Pass FDR exam
Do licensed funeral directors have to be employed by licensed funeral establishment to
conduct funerals? - Answer-Yes
Does the applicant for a funeral director license have to be employed at a funeral
establishment? - Answer-No
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