NBE: Funeral Service Law

the next of kin who delivers the personal effects of the deceased to the funeral director is properly termed a?

bailor

if there is no will, the property and holdings of a deceased person will be distributed according to law, and an administrator/personal representative will be appointed by the?

court

a good business practice in funeral arrangements is to?

have a written contract

personal effects and clothing of the deceased are best accounted for by using a?

personal effects form

state regulation of funeral services for the health and welfare of citizens is an example of a state's?

police power

in legal terminology, a dead human body is considered what type of property?

quasi-property

who has the final right to control final disposition as a general rule of priority?

1) surviving spouse, 2) next of kin in order of relation to the decedent: children of proper age, parents, brother/sister, more distant kin based on special relationships/circumstances

although a dead body is in one mortuary, the mortuary which has control of the final disposition is said to have what type of custody?

constructive custody

as a funeral director, the oly people you should inform, even if asked, that the deceased has an infectious disease are appropriate members of

your staff

a practitioner serves a family and provides both services and merchandise. the state requires the funeral home to pay 4% sales tax on merchandise. prices are as follows: services-$2000, casket-$2250, vault-$1600. how much sales tax does the funeral director pay to the state?

$154.00

the funeral director who has physical possession of a dead human body is said to have what type of custody?

actual custody

in a cortege, drivers who are under the control of the funeral director are legally referred to as?

agent drivers