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A series of questions and answers related to the nevada funeral and cemetery services board and the regulations governing funeral directors and embalmers in nevada. It covers topics such as licensing requirements, fees, board operations, and legal aspects of funeral services. This material is useful for individuals studying for licensing exams in mortuary science or for professionals seeking to stay updated on nevada's regulations. Specific details on qualifications, renewal processes, and operational guidelines, offering a comprehensive overview of the regulatory landscape.
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72 - ANSWER-Within how many hours after the occurrence of death shall the funeral director present the completed certificate of death to the local registrar? 24 - ANSWER-If cremated remains have not been claimed by the agent, the operator of a crematory may dispose of the remains after how many months? Semiannually - ANSWER-Each licensed embalmer who has under his/her supervision a person serving as an apprentice embalmer must file a report of apprenticeship with the secretary of the Board how often? D. conviction of any misdemeanor. - ANSWER-A license issued by the Board may be revoked for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: A. conviction of a felony B. misrepresentation C. conviction of a crime of moral turpitude D. Conviction of a Misdemeanor E. All of the above all caskets requiring special ordering. - ANSWER-The Casket Price List must include all of the following information EXCEPT. A. the name of the business. B the caption, "Casket Price List." C all caskets requiring special ordering. D the effective date of the Casket Price List. Direct Cremation Facility - ANSWER-A place of business conducted at a specific street address or location devoted to direct cremations Disposition - ANSWER-The immediate disposing of a dead human body or the immediate transporting of a dead human body to the care of a funeral establishment, direct cremation facility, responsible third party or the immediate family for direct cremation or burial. Funeral Arranger - ANSWER-any person employed by a funeral establishment or direct cremation facility who meets with families, or other persons authorized pursuant to NRS 451.024 to order the disposition of human remains of a deceased person, to plan funeral services for a decedent. Funeral Director - ANSWER-a person engaged in, conducting the business of or holding himself or herself out as engaged in: (a) Preparing or contracting to prepare by embalming or in any other manner dead human bodies for burial, cremation or disposal, or directing and supervising the burial, cremation or disposal of dead human bodies. (b)
Directing, supervising or contracting to direct or supervise funerals. (c) The business of a funeral director by using the words "funeral director," "mortician" or any other title implying that the person is engaged in the business of funeral directing. (a) A licensed embalmer, a funeral arranger or a person whose duties are limited to conducting direct cremations or immediate burials. (b) An owner of a funeral establishment or direct cremation facility, unless the owner engages in any activity described in subsection 1. - ANSWER-Term Funeral Director does not include: Funeral Establishment - ANSWER-a place of business conducted at a specific street address or location devoted to the care and preparation for burial, cremation or transportation of dead human bodies, consisting of a preparation room equipped with a sanitary floor, necessary drainage and ventilation, having access to necessary instruments and supplies for the preparation and embalming of dead human bodies for burial or transportation and having a display room containing an inventory of funeral caskets. NRS 642.018 Exclusions - ANSWER-1. Persons engaged as layers-out or to those who shroud the dead. 2. Employees of any cemetery whose duty or business extends no further. 3. Officers or employees of any state or federal institution. 4. A person who inters the human remains of a native Indian pursuant to NRS 383.150 to 383.190, inclusive. 5. Commissioned officers serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. 6. Persons who provide services regarding funerals for or the burial of pets only. (a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or (b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order. - ANSWER-Relating to applicants who have claims of arrearage of child support claims under the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services, a license may not be issued, may be revoked, or not renewed if an applicant... One Year; National Veteran's Cemetery; Department of Veteran's Services - ANSWER- A funeral director who obtains custody of unclaimed human remains who the funeral director knows, or has reason to believe is a veteran, the funeral director must report the name of the deceased person no later than ________________ after obtaining the remains. If the remains are determined to be those of an eligible veteran for burial in a National Cemetery, the funeral director must arrange for disposition in said cemetery with a ___________________ or with the __________________________. Seven; appointed; (a) Two members who are actively engaged as a funeral director or embalmer. (b) One member who is actively engaged as an operator of a cemetery. (c) One member who is actively engaged in the operation of a crematory or direct cremation facility. (d) Three members who are representatives of the general public. -
July 1; June 30 - ANSWER-Board shall operate on the basis of a fiscal year commencing on_______ and terminating on _________. Biennially; January 1 of every even-numbered year. - ANSWER-A license, permit, or certificate must be renewed how often and when? $375 - ANSWER-What is the fee for application for a license, certificate or permit? $375 - ANSWER-What is the fee for an examination for a license, certificate or permit? $200 - ANSWER-What is the fee for renewal of a license, certificate or permit? $275 - ANSWER-What is the fee for a late renewal of a license, certificate or permit? $175 - ANSWER-What is the fee for placement of a license on inactive status? $175 - ANSWER-What is the fee for reactivation of a license to active status? $300 - ANSWER-What is the fee for reinstatement of a lapsed license? $225 - ANSWER-What is the fee for transfer of a license, certificate or permit to another location? $75 - ANSWER-What is the fee for issuance of a duplicate license, certificate or permit? $75 - ANSWER-What is the fee for provision of an administrative service? $10 - ANSWER-What is the regulatory fee, per written and signed agreement for funeral services to be furnished in this State?
February 1 - ANSWER-A fee for late renewal will be paid if a license issued by the board is not paid by _____________. 12; 5 - ANSWER-An applicant must complete _____ hours of continuing education in a field relevant to funeral service and proof of completion of these hours must be maintained for ______ years.
False - ANSWER-T/F A funeral establishment may operate under a different name than that which is displayed on the establishment permit so long as they have written permission from the Board to do so. False - ANSWER-A direct cremation facility can operate with no licensed funeral director to manage the facility so long as the person designated as manager is of good moral character, has paid the necessary fees to the Board, and has submitted an application. False - ANSWER-A direct cremation facility may advertise that embalming or funeral services are provided at their facility so long as they hire an on-call embalmer licensed in this state or a funeral director to direct and/or coordinate the funeral services. False - ANSWER-NRS 642.465 sets forth guidelines that prohibit funeral establishments with multiple locations from having one centralized embalming facility that it used for the preparation of decedents for multiple locations. True - ANSWER-T/F Submission of the applicant's fingerprints is a requirement for consideration of the application by the Board.
$500 per offense - ANSWER-What is the penalty for practicing embalming without a license? $500; Is - ANSWER-Any funeral director or funeral arranger or person who engages in the practice of disposition of dead human bodies or funeral arranging without a license, without complying with the provisions of this chapter or continuing to practice after his/her license has been revoked shall be fined not more than _________. Each day this person is engaged in this practice (Is/Is not) considered a seperate offense. $500; Is - ANSWER-Any owner of a funeral establishment or direct cremation facility who operates or allows another person to operate the funeral establishment or direct cremation facility without having complied with the provisions of this chapter, or who continues to operate or allow another person to operate the funeral establishment or direct cremation facility after his or her permit to operate the funeral establishment or direct cremation facility has been revoked shall be fined not more than _____________. Each day that person engages in this practice (Is/Is not) considered a seperate offense. A Misdemeanor - ANSWER-Any licensee who accepts money or anything of value as commission for the securing of a business by another licensee is guilty of __________________. Human Remains - ANSWER-The body of a deceased person, including the body in any stage of decomposition and the cremated remains of a body. Circulatory and respiratory functions or all functions of the person's entire brain; Uniform Determination of Death - ANSWER-For legal and medical purposes, a person is dead if they have sustained an irreversible cessation of __________________________________________ and this determination must be made in accordance with the _____________ _________________ ___ _____________ Act. A gross misdemeanor - ANSWER-Any person who makes, causes, or procures to be made any dissection of the body of a human being except where specially provided by statute, the direction of a will, where a coroner is authorized or an ordinance enacted to hold an inquest, or authorized by the next of kin is guilty of ___________________________. $250 - $5000 - ANSWER-Any person who uses or makes available for the use of another the remains of an aborted embryo or fetus for any commercial purpose shall be fined between ________ - __________. Must be done within a "reasonable time after death" - ANSWER-What does NRS say about the time-frame for burial or cremation. Surviving spouse or parent of unemancipated minor - ANSWER-Who has the primary authority to authorize the burial or cremation of a deceased child?
(a) A person designated as the person with authority to order the burial or cremation of the human remains of the decedent in a legally valid document or in an affidavit executed in accordance with subsection 9; (b) If the decedent was, at the time of death, on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a reserve component thereof or the National Guard, a person designated by the decedent in the United States Department of Defense Record of Emergency Data, DD Form 93, or i - ANSWER-List the order of priority of persons who can order the burial or cremation of a deceased person according to NRS. Authority is relinquished and granted to the next person in the order of priority - ANSWER-What happens if the person of authority with the right of disposition of the deceased is arrested for or charged with the murder or manslaughter of the deceased? Funeral establishment may required a majority of the members to agree - ANSWER- What may the funeral establishment do in a case where the authority to authorize belongs with multiple members of a class e.g. several children of the deceased? No - ANSWER-Does a person who accepts legal and financial responsibility for the burial or cremation of the human remains of a deceased person have a claim against the estate or any other person for the cost of the burial or cremation? The State - ANSWER-Who has the authority to authorize disposition of the human remains of a person who is indigent? Yes; "authorizing agent" - ANSWER-May a person in the State of Nevada, while still living, order the burial or cremation of his/her own body after death? If so, what is the legal name of a person acting pursuant to his or her instructions? Must complete an affidavit before a notary public using the appropriate language; Yes - ANSWER-What is the requirement for someone to authorize another person to order the burial or cremation of his or her remains in the event of his/her death? Does fulfilling this requirement supercede the order of priority? Passes to the next person or category of persons in the order of priorty; 30 - ANSWER- What happens if the person with authority is not reasonably available? The presumption is that a person is not availble after due diligence has been exercised and the establishment has not received contact within _______ days after initial contact or attempt to contact was made. The person with the higher authorization priority - ANSWER-If a person of a lower authorization authority is the person authorized to order the burial or cremation of a decedent and at the time of death, another person of a higher authorization priority makes intial contact with the funeral estalbishment and is available to perform the duties of an authorized person, who is the authorized person to order the burial or cremation at the time of death?
which human remains are buried or interred are authorized to grant and to issue written permits for the disinterment and removal of any such human remains whenever in their judgment the _________________________ by such disinterment and removal; but no such permit shall be granted or issued under any circumstances or at any time where the person or persons buried or interred have______________________________. $250 - ANSWER-Any transportation company or common carrier transporting or carrying, or accepting through its agents or employees for transportation or carriage, the body of any deceased person, without an accompanying permit issued in accordance with law, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ________________. $500 - ANSWER-Any railroad, transportation or express company which receives for transportation and shipment any dead human body, unless the body has been prepared by a regularly licensed embalmer of the State of Nevada, with the removal permit, his or her name and the number of the embalmer's license attached thereon, and unless the body shall reach its destination within the boundaries of this state and within 30 hours from time of death, shall be punished by a fine of not more than 72; to notify a member of the family or authorized person to obtain approval; the family or authorized person does not wish to have the body embalmed; a misdemeanor - ANSWER-If embalming is not required by the State Board of Health the Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Services Board may authorize the embalming of a body if it determines that it is necessary to preserve the body and the crematory, funeral home, cemetery or other place that accepts human remains for disposition: (a) Has held the body for at least ______ hours; (b) Is unable ________________________ (c) Has no reason to believe that _______________________________. Any person who violates this section is guillty of ___________________________. 55,000; Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services - ANSWER-The board of county commissioners of a county whose population is less than ___________________ may adopt an ordinance allowing one or more natural persons to designate as a family cemetery an area of land owned by any of those persons for the interment in that area without charge of any member of the family of any of them or any other person. Before the first interment in a family cemetery designated in accordance with an ordinance adopted, a member of the family or a representative of the family shall notify the ______________________________________________ of the designation of the family cemetery and its specific location on the land owned by the family. Cemetery Authority - ANSWER-Any natural person, partnership, association, corporation or public entity, including the Nevada System of Higher Education or any cemetery district, owning or leasing the land or other property of a cemetery or operating a cemetery as a business in this State. Cemetery Authority; not in accordance with the health, safety, comfort or welfare of the public; financial provision must be made for future care of gravesites - ANSWER-A
________________________________may order the disinterment and removal of all human remains interred in all or any part of any cemetery if the cemetery authority or a governmental authority determines that the further maintenance of all or any part of the cemetery as a burial place for the human dead is_____________________________________ or if the cemetery authority determines that ___________________________________________ within a specified area. Reasonable regulations; 1 year - ANSWER-The cemetery authority may prescribe ______________________________________ governing the manner of making disinterments and removals and providing for reinterment in a portion of the existing cemetery or in any other cemetery or for deposit of the remains in any memorial mausoleum or columbarium or for providing appropriate future care. The cemetery authority must prescribe a reasonable time of not less than ___________________ after which the cemetery authority may proceed to remove the remains and reinter them in another cemetery or deposit them in a memorial mausoleum or columbarium. Publication in a newspaper of general circulation; once a week for 4 consecutive weeks; 10 days; three conspicuous places; owns, holds, or has the right of interment in; each known living heir - ANSWER-Notice of a determination to remove the human remains from all or any part of any cemetery must be given by _________________________________ published in the city, or the county in which the cemetery or the portion from which removals are to be made is situated. Publication must be at least _______________________________________. The notice must specify the period after which the cemetery authority may remove the remains. Copies of the notice shall, within ________________after the first publication, be posted in at least _______________________________ in the cemetery or the portion from which removals are to be made. A copy of the notice must be mailed to every person who ___________________________________________, any plot in the cemetery or part affected, whose name appears upon the records of the cemetery or upon the real property assessment roll of the county in which the cemetery is located. The notice must be addressed to the last known post office address of the plot owner True - ANSWER-T/F: After human remains have been ordered to be removed by a cemetery authority and proper notice has been given, the cemetery authority may sell, lease, or mortgage any part of the cemetery where there have been no interments without seeking an order of any court. However, a confirmation by the district court is required to confirm the "fairness and reasonableness" of the sale, lease, or mortgage and of the price paid for that transaction. Yes - ANSWER-Must a cemetery or governmental authority comply with the rules and regulations set forth by a religious institution who governs a religious cemetery when disinterring human remains from that cemetery? Nevada System of Higher Education; 1. licensed physician 2. osteopathic physician 3. dentist 4. pathologist 5. faculty member appointed by the president of University of Nevada, Reno 6. faculty member appointed by the president ofUniversity of Nevada,
Prospective Donor - ANSWER-a natural person who is dead or near death and has been determined by a procurement organization to have a part that could be medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research or education. The term does not include a natural person who has made a refusal. Reasonably Available - ANSWER-able to be contacted by a procurement organization without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the making of an anatomical gift. Recipient - ANSWER-a natural person into whose body a decedent's part has been or is intended to be transplanted. Record - ANSWER-information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. Refusal - ANSWER-a record that expressly States and intent to bar other persons from making an Anatomical Gift Sign - ANSWER-Present intent to authenticate or adopt a record to execute or adopt a tangible symbol or to attach two or logically associate with the record and electronic symbol sound or process Technician - ANSWER-a natural person determined to be qualified to remove or process Parts by an appropriate organization that is licensed, accredited or regulated under federal or state law Tissue - ANSWER-Of the human body other than an organ or an eye. This term does not include blood unless the blood is donated for the purpose of research or education. Tissue Bank - ANSWER-Accredited or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage or distribution of tissue Transplant hospital - ANSWER-A hospital that furnishes organ transplants and other medical and Surgical Specialty Services required for the care of transplant patients
two adults one of whom is a disinterested Witness, on a donor registry. - ANSWER-List the ways a donor can make an Anatomical Gift before his or her death. the record may be signed by another natural person at the direction of the donor where other person and must be witnessed by at least two adults one of whom is a disinterested witness who have signed at the request of the donor and state that it has been signed and witnessed - ANSWER-If the donor is physically unable to sign a record how can an Anatomical Gift still be made? No - ANSWER-If a 16 year old child indicates on his or her driver's license that they wish to make an Anatomical Gift can the parent or guardian of that child revoke that gift? No - ANSWER-Does revocation suspension or expiration or cancellation of a driver's license or ID card upon which an Anatomical Gift is indicated invalidate the gift? Upon the donor's death - ANSWER-When does an Anatomical Gift made by a will take effect? No - ANSWER-Does invalidation of the will after the donors death invalidate an Anatomical Gift? A record signed by the donor the other person or another natural person acting at the direction of the donor, a later executed document of gift that ammends or revokes at previous Anatomical Gift or portion thereof either expressly or by inconsistency, the destruction or cancellation of the document of gift or the portion of the document of gift used to make the gift with the intent to revoke the gift, revocation of a gift that was not made in a will by any form of communication during terminal - ANSWER-How does one amend or revoke an Anatomical Gift before his or her death? A record signed by the donor or another natural person acting at his or her Direction if the donor is unable to sign, the natural persons will whether or not it is admitted to probate or invalidated after his or her death, or any form of communication made by the natural person during his or her terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults one of whom is a disinterested Witness - ANSWER-How does one refuse to make an Anatomical Gift? No - ANSWER-Is a revocation or Amendment considered a refusal of an Anatomical Gift that would bar another natural person from making an Anatomical Gift after the death of the prospective donor?
True - ANSWER-T/F A person may order his or her own cremation and the disposition of his or her own cremated remains. The order must be signed by the person and by two witnesses a death certificate has been signed and without first receiving a written authorization signed by the agent - ANSWER-The operator of a Crematory shall not cremated human remains until ... Identify the deceased person, state whether or not the death occurred from a communicable or dangerous disease, state the name and address of the agent and the Agents relationship, represent that the agent is aware of no objection to cremation by any person who has a right to control the disposition, State the name of the person authorized to claim the cremated remains or the name of the - ANSWER-There are five criteria to validate a written authorization to cremate. List these five criteria: each authorization received, the name of each person whose human remains are received, the date and time of receipt and the description of the container in which received, the date of cremation, the final disposition of the cremated remains - ANSWER-in terms of maintaining records the operator of a Crematory, funeral establishment or direct cremation facility shall keep a record of five things. list these 5 things: False - ANSWER-T/F a Crematory operator may require that human remains be placed in a casket or refuse to accept human remains for cremation because they are not in a casket consist of readily combustible materials, cover the human remains completely when closed, resist leaking or spilling, be rigid enough for easy handling, protect the health and safety of employees of the operator - ANSWER-The container used for cremation of human remains must... preserve the Dignity of the remains, protect for the health and safety of employees of the operator, is secure from access by anyone other than those employees accept a laborer in the ordinary course of his or her work - ANSWER-If the operator of a Crematory cannot cremate human remains immediately after receiving them, the operator shall place them in a holding facility within or adjacent to the Crematory which the agent or the person charged with arranging for disposition of the body of a person who has ordered his or her own cremation - ANSWER-Who shall ensure that any artificial device whose incineration would be dangerous is removed from human remains before their cremation? False - ANSWER-T/F NRS permits dual-use of a Crematory for the purposes of allowing Cremation of human and animal remains
24 - ANSWER-Unembalmed human remains may be held by the Crematory without Refrigeration for how many hours? No - ANSWER-Can a Crematory operator accept any holding container for human remains for which there is any evidence of leakage of bodily fluids? Is authorized by the family of the deceased - ANSWER-The Crematory operator shall not permit a person to be present in or near human remains awaiting cremation being cremated or being removed from the chamber unless the presence of the person is within the normal scope of his or her work or... True - ANSWER-T/F. The operator of a Crematory shall not simultaneously cremate the remains of more than one person in the same chamber unless so authorized in writing by the agent for each person whose remains are to be cremated. such a written authorization releases the operator from liability for commingling of the cremated remains 30; 2 ; 1 - ANSWER-If the cremated remains have not been retrieved by the agent within _____day(s)the Crematory operator May Place The Vessel containing the cremated remains in a common compartment with other unclaimed cremated remains. If within ______ year(s) after cremation the agent has not claimed the cremated remains or specified their ultimate disposition the operator May dispose of the cremated remains in any manner not prohibited and the agent is liable for all reasonable expenses. If the cremation was ordered pursuant to an Indigent case, and the cremated remains have not been claimed Within __________ year(s), the operator May dispose of the cremated remains in any manner not prohibited.