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FLORIDA FUNERAL LAWS AND RULES EXAM, FLORIDA
FUNERAL LAW EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
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How long must a body be retained before being donated to medical science? - CORRECT
ANSWER >>> 48 Hours
Who is responsible for the identification of a deceased and notifying relatives of the death? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>> The County Commissioner
Who is responsible for filling out the DC when death is under the jurisdiction of the ME? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>> The Direct Disposer
When must a funeral establishment notify the state regulatory agency, when they are moving? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>> 10 Days Prior to moving
What is the maximum fine presented for a violation of revocation or suspension of a preneed
license? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> $5,000.
The photo on a license must be no older than how many years? -^ CORRECT ANSWER^ >>>^2
years
When inspecting a prep room, inspectors would not find this... -^ CORRECT ANSWER
>>> An Auto Clave
term used for "in place of a parent." - CORRECT ANSWER >>> loco parentis
If the place of death is unknown, it shall be registered in the district in which the dead body was
found within how many days? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Within 5 days
Under what circumstances would the local registrar grant an extension of time for a death
certificate to be filed? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> 1. An autopsy is pending
- Toxicology, laboratory or other reports have not been completed
- The identity of the dead is unknown
How much time does the Medical Examiner have to sign a DC? -^ CORRECT ANSWER^ >>>^72
Hours
How long is a district medical examiner in office? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> 3 years
Who establishes the salary and fees for a district medical examiner? -^ CORRECT ANSWER
>>> The board of county commissioners in the respective districts
The district medical examiner submits an annual budget to who? -^ CORRECT ANSWER
>>> The board of county commissioners
CORRECT ANSWER >>> Second Degree Felony
If a person knowingly gives false information in regard to licensing they are committing what? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>> Third Degree Felony
Any person who is not licensed by the department or the board and has violated any provision or rule will be presented with what?
In addition, who else could receive this punishment? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> An emergency
order to cease and desist. Any person who aids and abets the unlicensed activity. If you are presented with "An emergency order to cease and desist," what are the costs
associated if it goes to the circuit court? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Between $500 and $5,
for each offense
If a duplicate license is required by the licensee, what is the maximum cost? - CORRECT
ANSWER >>> $25.
If you are going to establish or operate a cemetery, you must provide future care and
maintenance to the cemetery and establish what? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> A care and
maintenance trust fund If you have to renew your FD license or embalmer license, the cost should not exceed how
much? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> $500.
How many continuing education credits does a FD need? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> 12 + the
communicable disease course
Solicitation is regulated from being what? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> intimidating,
overreaching, fraudulent or misleading
When does a preneed license expire? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> June 1 - Annually
If a contract purchaser is 90 days past due in making payments, what are they considered? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>> In Default - and the contract can be cancelled.
When completing a preneed to at need contract, the FD must notify who of that completion? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>> Notify the purchaser in writing
What does a preened licensee have to offer in regards to merchandise or services to the public?
- CORRECT ANSWER >>> fully disclose all regulatory offered services and merchandise Not make any false statements provide a good faith estimate provide pricing over the phone A written contract
Who is authorized in cases of emergency to incur expenses when searching for personals lost in
the national forests, or who become ill, or die in the national forests? - CORRECT ANSWER
>>> Secretary of Agriculture
Burial transit permits filed with local registrar may be destroyed after how long? - CORRECT
ANSWER >>> 3 years
How many members in the Board of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services, and who are
they? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> 10 Members:
2 FD who are associated with a funeral establishment 1 FD that is also a preneed counselor and crematory operator 2 from a cemetery company 3 residents who are not associated with the funeral industry at all (one has to be 60 years old and one has to be a CPA) 1 monument establishment 1 state health officer
Size of a propsed cemetery must be? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> At least 30 Contiguous acres
Have a net worth of $50,
Standard Grave Space? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> 42 x 96
If you bury without a permit you are guilty of what? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Second degree
misdemeanor
If a cemetery denies you burial due to race or sex ext. the cemetery is guilty of what? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>> Second degree misdemeanor
If you cremate before 48 hours has passed, you are guilty of what? -^ CORRECT ANSWER
>>> Second degree misdemeanor
What may the Department of Health do? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> 1. Establish an office of
vital statistics.
- Enforce the law throughout the state
- Appoint a local registrar
- Investigate cases of irregularity or violation of law
- Prepare and Publish annual report of vital stats.
How long does the Funeral Director have to obtain a Burial Transit Permit after a death? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>> 5 days
What does not have to be on the GPL? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> The funeral home license
number
The ME Commission consists of how many people, and who are they? - CORRECT ANSWER
>>> 9 Members:
2 licensed physicians who are active ME's 1 FD 1 State Attorney 1 Public Defender
any uninvited contact by a licensee or her or his agent for the purpose of the sale of burial services or merchandise to the family or next of kin of a person after her or his death has
occurred - CORRECT ANSWER >>> "At-need solicitation" means
The County Commissioner - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Who holds the title to unclaimed bodies
The Direct Disposer / Funeral Home NOT the sheriff or ME - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Who
files the Death Certificate of an unclaimed body
Guilty of complicit selling of body parts - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Family tells Direct
Disposer they want to sell the body parts for profit. The Direct Disposer keeps their mouth shut. What are they guilty of?
Profit - CORRECT ANSWER >>> What is NOT a reason for tissue removal by the Medical
Examiner
Biennially - CORRECT ANSWER >>> How often do you take the HIC course
Provisional License - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Name of a temporary license for an embalmer
by examination?
6 months - CORRECT ANSWER >>> How long does the provisional license last
New application, all fees, all CEUs, HIV course. (May or may not require board appearance) -
CORRECT ANSWER >>> Requirements for reactivating a delinquent (inactive) license?
The Funeral Service Education Board - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Who governs Mortuary
Schools Curriculum?
The one without the word "only". "Only" is always too limiting in exams - CORRECT ANSWER
>>> Which of the following are DD penalties?
ONLY the amount paid in. No extra (damages, no extra 10%, ext.) -^ CORRECT ANSWER
>>> When a PN is to be refunded. What money is refunded?
They are placed in a common grave in a national cemetery -^ CORRECT ANSWER^ >>> What
happens when multiple military deaths with co-mingled remains?
Distribute by-laws (others are negative) - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Which of the following is
acceptable for a cemetery to do?
Specific Individuals (those applying for Medicare) - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Who can receive
an irrevocable contract?
Funeral Establishment, Cemetery, or Direct Disposer Establishment -^ CORRECT ANSWER
>>> Who can get a COA?
Department of Financial Services - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Who approves Preneed contract
formats?
Purchaser gets refund amount paid in - CORRECT ANSWER >>> What if service provider fails
to provide preneed contract provisions?
Once every 3 years - CORRECT ANSWER >>> When do Preneed inspections take place?
Profit - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Anat board can ship bodies out of state for all of the
following except
Proper ID (not repaying expenses. etc) - CORRECT ANSWER >>> What must be done to
retrieve an unclaimed body from the anat board?
Department of Financial Services (not the health department) -^ CORRECT ANSWER
>>> Who conducts inspections?
(a) When any person dies in the state:
- Of criminal violence.
- By accident.
- By suicide.
- Suddenly, when in apparent good health.
- Unattended by a practicing physician or other recognized practitioner.
- In any prison or penal institution.
- In police custody.
- In any suspicious or unusual circumstance.
- By criminal abortion.
- By poison.
