Funeral Service Practice and Associations, Exams of Anatomy

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MORT 3018 - Funeral Service Practice I -

Exam 2 (Institutional Growth and Modern

Associational Developments) 2024-25.

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American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE) - ANSThe primary jobs of this board is to set and standardize curriculum, and to accredit schools Funeral Service Education Foundation - ANSFoundation dedicated to advancing professionalism in funeral service and to enhance public knowledge and understanding through education and research International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards (ICFSEB) - ANSThe primary job of this conference is to make up and give the National Board Examination based on the standardized curriculum of the ABFSE Jewish Funeral Director of America (JFDA) - ANSThis is an International association of funeral homes who predominantly serve members of the Jewish faith. It was organized in 1932 and since that time has been assisting people of the Jewish faith arrange meaningful and affordable funerals in the Jewish tradition National Association of Colleges of Mortuary Science (NACMS) - ANSAn association of non- university associated mortuary schools National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association - ANSThis was organized under the name of the Independent National Funeral Directors

Association in 1924 under the leadership of R.R. Reed. It was organized by a group of licensed funeral directors seeking to maintain high professional standards for the benefit of the public and their own business community. The funeral directors had been meeting with the National Business League, but there was a feeling that the funeral directors were not able to develop their full potential in the Business League because it was made up of general business groups National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) - ANSFounded in 1882, this is the largest funeral service organization in the world. It is governed by a nine member Executive Board, a Policy Board made up of representatives from every state, and a House of Delegates. The number of delegates is based on the number of members in a state. Their headquarters, staffed by approximately 40 employees, is in Brookfield, Wisconsin. In 1997, they added a government relations office in Washington DC to handle legislative and regulatory issues for its members Order of the Golden Rule (OGR) - ANSIn 1927, the Hahn-Rodenburg Advertising Agency of Springfield, Illinois, provided a variety of advertising programs to funeral directors. During that year, S.P. Wright, an executive of the firm, conceived the idea of grouping together in an association the funeral director clients of the agency in order to better serve their many common interests. The _____ __ ___ ______ ____ officially came into

being in May of 1928. During the early years, the agency, which created the association, controlled its activities Today the association is enjoying its most fruitful period of development. The association controls its own activities, and acquires the service functions it needs from ___ Service Corporation. Completely controlled by funeral director members, the new structure provides the largest and most complete full-time staff of any organization for funeral directors in the world. New programs and services are emerging. Old and new needs are being met. New challenges to funeral service are being successfully confronted, and the member is being served in his individual community situation on a sound, useful basis Proprietary Schools - ANSSchools that are privately owned Selected Independent Funeral Homes (SIFH) (previously called: National Selected Morticians (NSM)) - ANSFounded in 1917, is an international association of independently owned and operated funeral homes and mortuaries. Membership is by invitation only, and is extended to funeral homes and mortuaries only after a thorough evaluation of their reputation, character, service and facilities. Members can be found throughout the United States, Canada and many other countries. Unlike some funeral homes and mortuaries that are part of large corporate entities, funeral homes that belong to this association are owned by people that are part of their

communities. Members must also meet ongoing membership requirements, including continual adherence to the Code of Good Practice, and participation in the Family Follow-Up Program University Mortuary Science Education Association (UMSEA) - ANSAn association of university associated mortuary schools University of Minnesota, Program in Mortuary Science - ANSFounded in 1908