D.E.A.D. Legal & Regulatory Compliance

Which of the following is a consideration in the funeral director's community relationships? - Honesty - Morality - Integrity

All of these are important

To read the charge of an indictment is to

Arraign

A gift of personal property received through a will is a

Bequest

An individual who brings together contracting parties is called a

Broker

The Clergy Honorarium for a funeral will show on the Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected as ___ .

Cash Advance Item

A check that a bank draws on its own funds and is signed by a responsible bank official but may be used by anyone to pay a debt is called a

Cashier's Check

Customs which have come to be recognized by the courts as law describes

Common law

The concept of a citizen's rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is found in

Constitutional law

In reference to ethics, advice given to someone else to help them with a problem is termed:

Counseling

Laws that deal with crimes and punishments of wrongdoers

Criminal laws

Date that the specific price list was put into use:

Effective date

When a person dies with a will and Probate approves the person in charge of settling the final affairs of the estate, the person receives

Letters of Testamentary

The person who signs the promissory note and is obligated to pay at maturity is called the

Maker of the note

A funeral home's General Price List must list

Only the goods & services that the funeral. home regularly offers

Defamation of character by spoken words or gesture is

Slander

Match the term with the appropriate definition Inheritance

The estate which passes from the deceased to their heirs

The Johnson Funeral Home regularly offers a variety of video services such as DVD Tribute, Video Recording of the funeral, audio recording of the funeral, and DVD of the committal service. Any variety and number of these items may be selected. How are these prices made known to the client family?

The prices appear on the GPL

The highest court of the land in the U.S. is the

U.S. Supreme Court

Any rate of interest above the maximum rate allowable by law is said to be

Usurious

A government document which defines the rights of its citizens and is the source of fundamental legal principles upon which other laws are based is:

a Constitution

An entity whose purpose is to: 1. care for and prepare deceased human bodies for final disposition 2. arrange, supervise and/or conduct the funeral ceremony 3. supervise the final disposition of deceased human bodies is classified as:

A Funeral Provider

All of the following are fiduciary components of pre-funded funeral arrangements EXCEPT:

Maintaining the confidentiality & security of the arrangement details

The substitution of a new party in a contract for the original party who is to perform the contract is called?

Novation

One of the categories required to be itemized on the GPL (if the funeral provider offers the service). This involves services of the funeral provider after another firm at the locale of death has provided initial service. Funeral Rule requires package pricing of this service with a description of the components included:

Receiving remains

If a family initially calls Funeral Home A to remove and hold a body, then changes their mind to use Funeral Home B, Funeral Home A must:

Respect the bereaved family's choice of a funeral establishment

A funeral director submits a bill for his services for $7,500.00. The estate's administrator sends a check for $ 8,500.00. How should the funeral director handle the overpayment?

Return the overpayment immediately

A contract under seal is called

Formal

A proportional reduction of a legacy when the funds or assets out of which such legacy are payable are not sufficient to pay it in full is

Abatement

A principal owes which of the following duties to the agent?

Compensation