FSE 2080- Funeral Law 3.2
According to the State Board website, what is the application fee for a funeral director intern?
$105
According to the State Board website, what is the application fee for a direct disposer?
$380
According to the State Board website, what is the renewal fee for a direct disposer?
$380
According to the State Board website, what is the renewal fee for a funeral director/embalmer?
$380
According to the State Board website, what is the application fee for a provisional funeral director?
$50
According to the State Board website, what is the renewal fee for a temporary funeral director license?
$50
According to the State Board website, what is the application fee for a funeral director/embalmer?
$700 for year 1 $512.50 for year 2
According to the State Board website, what is the renewal fee for a removal facility?
$755
According to the State Board website, what is the application fee for a centralized embalming facility?
$755 for year 1 $530 for year 2
According to the State Board website, what is the application fee for a funeral establishment?
$755 for year 1 $530 for year 2
According to the State Board website, what is the renewal fee for a direct disposal establishment?
$855
According to the State Board website, what is the renewal fee for a funeral establishment?
$905
According to the State Board website, what is the application fee for a direct disposal establishment?
$905 for year 1 $680 for year 2
Compare a visitation at a funeral establishment, a visitation at a visitation chapel and a visitation at a direct disposal establishment
-A Funeral Establishment can also house funeral arrangements and must be at least 1,250 sq feet. -Visitation Chapel may only be used for visitations and must be between 500-700 sq. feet. -Direct Disposal Establishment cannot be used for any visitation.
Discuss the difference between a provisional license and a temporary license
-Provisional License is only issued to a person who has already applied for a permanent license and has completed the FL internship as well as have been approved to take the FL Laws and Rules Examination. It is good for 6 months and may be renewed for another 6 months. -Temporary license is issued to person that has applied for a permanent license by endorsement and has been approved to take the FL Law and Rules Exam. It is good for 60 days and may be renewed for another 60.
What is the time requirement for a funeral director internship?
1 year
What is the time requirement for an embalmer internship?
1 year
What is the minimum square footage for a funeral establishment?
1,250 square feet
According to the State Board website, how many continuing education hours are needed by a funeral director/embalmer?
12 hours
What is the minimum age to obtain an embalmer's license?
18
What degree of crime are you guilty of if you store bodies without covering them?
1st degree misdemeanor
How long are direct disposer establishments required to keep signed contracts?
2 years
If a direct disposer establishment is granted probationary status, how long will the probation last?
24 months
At what temperature should a refrigeration unit be kept?
40 degrees or below
According to the State Board website, how many continuing education hours are needed by a direct disposer?
6 hours
What is the minimum square footage needed for a direct disposer establishment?
625 square feet
Who may obtain the vital statistical information needed to complete a death certificate at a direct disposal establishment?
A licensed Funeral Director
Who may obtain the vital statistical information needed to complete a death certificate at a funeral establishment?
A licensed Funeral Director
What must cinerator facility personnel have in place to minimize incidental commingling of cremated remains?
A written plan
What types of establishments may an embalming intern work as an intern?
An approved facility, such as a funeral home or centralized embalming facility
According to the State Board website, when are cinerator facilities inspected?
Annually
According to the State Board website, when are direct disposer establishments inspected?
Annually
According to the State Board website, when are funeral establishments inspected?
Annually
Who will become licensed by endorsement?
Anyone licensed in another state
Who may phone in an obituary for a funeral establishment?
Anyone working for the establishment.
Who may sell a casket?
Anyone, including Costco or Walmart
What are the educational requirements for a funeral director's license?
Associates in Science, graduation from an accredited mortuary school/program.
Where may a person serve a funeral directing internship?
At any approved facility
Who must be in charge of a centralized embalming facility?
At least 1 full time embalmer
If not the funeral director in charge, at what age, may a funeral director stop completing continuing education?
At the age of 75
According to the State Board website, how often is a centralized embalming facility license renewed?
Biennial
According to the State Board website, how often is a direct disposer license renewed?
Biennial
According to the State Board website, how often is a funeral director/embalmer license renewed?
Biennial
According to the State Board website, when is a cinerator facility license renewed?
Biennial
According to the State Board website, when is a direct disposal establishment renewed?
Biennial
According to the State Board website, when is a direct disposer's license renewed?
Biennial
According to the State Board website, when is a funeral director's license renewed?
Biennial
According to the State Board website, when is a funeral establishment facility license renewed?
Biennial
According to the State Board website, when is a removal service license renewed?
Biennial
According to the State Board website, when is an embalmer's license renewed?
Biennial
What is the educational requirements for a direct disposer?
College courses in mortuary law and a passing grade in college ethics course.
What type of supervision must be provided to an embalming intern?
Direct supervision
Who can be the full-time person in charge of a direct disposal establishment? List all types of persons who can be in charge.
Either a licensed Funeral Director or licensed Direct Disposer.
What type of supervision is required for a temporary license?
General supervision
Who may set the time of a funeral service at an establishment?
Licensed Funeral Director
Who may negotiate the financial arrangements for a funeral?
Licensed Funeral Director on an at-need basis
A certain funeral home has 2 funeral establishments. What is the minimum number of Funeral Directors this firm could employ?
Minimum of 2. 1 Funeral Director for each establishment,
What must be done with a license issued by the Board?
Must be displayed at the location in which the licensee is employed
What information must be displayed at the front entrance of a direct disposal establishment?
Name of the establishment and the name of the Direct Disposer in charge.
Can a funeral director arrange an identification viewing at a direct disposal establishment?
No
Can a funeral director working at a direct disposal establishment arrange for visitation?
No
Is it legal for your funeral home to give an honorarium to a nurse at a hospital if, after a death occurs, she/he asks the family to use your funeral establishment? Why or why not?
No
Is the transfer of remains from a temporary storage area into a mausoleum considered disinterment?
No
May a direct disposer conduct a direct burial?
No
May a direct disposer place an obituary in a newspaper?
No
Must a funeral director be present for a disinterment with reinterment in the same cemetery?
No
Must a funeral establishment have an embalming room in the facility or on the premises? Why or why not?
No. A Centralized Embalming Facility can be used.
Is it legal for a direct disposer to arrange a memorial service for the decedent 2 weeks after death?
No. A direct disposer does not arrange memorials
A funeral establishment has a retort which is licensed as a cinerator facility. The funeral home owner is a funeral director in charge of the funeral establishment. May this owner also be the individual in charge of the cinerator facility? Why or why not?
No. A licensed person can only be in charge of 1 facility.
May a pre-need sales agent who is registered under a funeral establishment arrange a funeral service on an at-need basis for the firm?
No. Only a licensed Funeral Director
Can the secretary of the funeral home call the minister at the local church to see if she is available to do a service for a family?
No. That would qualify as arranging services
If Federal Cremation Society, a direct disposal establishment, has a family that wants the deceased embalmed prior to cremation, may Federal contact a central embalming facility for the embalming? Why or why not?
No. They may use a central embalming facility. However, if the body is embalmed, it no longer qualifies under a direct disposal
Who can make funeral arrangements at a visitation chapel?
Nobody
When must the Report of Cases Embalmed or Bodies Handled be returned to the Board/Department?
On the 20th of each subsequent month.
How many bodies can be placed in retort at one time?
Only 1, unless permission is granted otherwise by a legally authorized person representing each body
Can a funeral establishment and a direct disposal establishment be located at the same street address?
Only if collocated prior to 7/1/2000
With whom can a removal service enter into contract?
Only with other licensed establishments.
When transporting a Hospice patient, the family requests that the funeral directors making the removal leave the decedent's head uncovered while in the removal vehicle. What should be done in this instance regarding the covering of the head and the transportation?
Per FL Statute, the remains must be kept covered during removal. The family can be advised of the same.
Describe the container which may be used for transportation of a body on an airplane.
Prevents the seepage of fluids, the escape of odor and must also be accompanied by a burial transit permit.
What information must be displayed at the front entrance of a funeral establishment?
The name of the Funeral Home and the Funeral Director in charge
Joseph Summers died on August 3rd and was cremated on August 7th. The declaration of intent for the distribution of cremated remains said the family would pick up the cremated remains. On what date may the establishment dispose of the cremated remains of Mr. Summers?
They can dispose on 12/7, which is 120 days later.
How long is the apprenticeship program?
Typically 3 years and can be extended to 5 years.
What functions can be performed at a visitation chapel?
Visitation only
If a person dies at Restin Peace Nursing Home at 2am on October 2nd, by when must the funeral director/embalmer embalm or refrigerate the body?
Within 24 hours
When contracting with a family, a direct disposer specifies that cremation will occur on Feb. 5th. During what time must the cremation occur?
Within 48 hours of the time that was specified in writing
Can a direct disposer make a removal for a funeral establishment?
Yes
Can a funeral director arrange for an identification viewing at a funeral establishment?
Yes
Can an unlicensed person furnish a standard printed price list to the public who inquire in person?
Yes
Can the owner of the funeral establishment be unlicensed?
Yes
May interns serve both the funeral directing and embalming internships at the same time?
Yes
Must a funeral director or direct disposer notify the consumer in writing the time of cremation?
Yes
Must a licensee by endorsement take the state law exam?
Yes
May a funeral director or direct disposer arrange for the cremation of a fetus who is only 12 weeks gestation even though there is no death certificate or burial transit permit?
Yes. A fetus under 20 weeks gestation does not require a death certificate/burial transit permit
May a direct disposer who is working at a funeral establishment arrange for a direct cremation at that firm?
Yes. They can arrange a direct cremation, just not a direct burial.
List the duties a funeral director can perform while working at a direct disposal establishment.
make removals, get vital statistical information, obtain permits, store and refrigerate dead bodies.
Where may a visitation chapel be established?
In the same county as the funeral establishment
