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CA EMBALMERS ACTUAL EXAM WITH
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Every licensed funeral establishment and funeral director who holds unembalmed human remains for a period longer than twenty-four (24) hours shall cause the body to be - ANSWERS-refrigerated at an approved facility with sufficient capacity
As used in this chapter, a storage room is a suitable room, other than a chapel, viewing or visitation room, office, supply room, closet or other room open to public access, which is used by a licensed funeral establishment for - ANSWERS- the storage or holding of human remains prior to effecting disposition.
A storage room may be maintained in conjunction with an - ANSWERS-embalming or preparation room
licensed funeral establishment may share a preparation and/or a storage room with other licensed funeral establishments, upon approval by the bureau, under the following conditions:
Cemetery and Funeral Bureau California Code of Regulations
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(a) the licensed funeral establishments are - ANSWERS-under common ownership or have a contractual agreement to share a preparation and/or storage room;
a mortuary science program must be accredited by - ANSWERS-American Board of Funeral Service Education
When can an embalmer remove tissue from human remains for transplant, or therapeutic, or scientific purposes specified in, and pursuant to, the provisions of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act? - ANSWERS-if such embalmer has completed a course in tissue removal for transplant, or therapeutic, or scientific purposes approved by the Medical Board of California of the State of California
No embalmer's license is _________, and only the licensee may engage in the practice of embalming under the license. - ANSWERS-assignable
Except as provided in Section 102805 of the Health and Safety Code, whenever the name of any licensed embalmer is subscribed to any certificate, the purport of which is that he or she has performed any act mentioned in the certificate, the licensed embalmer shall actually - ANSWERS-sign his or her name thereto
apprentice embalmer under the supervision of his or her licensed supervising embalmer
or by a student in a program accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education under the supervision of a licensed embalmer
Certificates of apprenticeship issued pursuant to this article shall expire when the holder has been issued a license as an embalmer, or _____ years from the date of registration, whichever first occurs. - ANSWERS-
All registered apprentice embalmers shall comply with the following requirements during their period of apprenticeship: Shall file a report of apprenticeship as follows:
Upon application for leave of absence for a period in excess of ____ - ANSWERS- 15 days
All registered apprentice embalmers shall comply with the following requirements during their period of apprenticeship: Shall file a report of apprenticeship as follows:
Upon suspending apprenticeship to - ANSWERS-attend a mortuary science program.
All registered apprentice embalmers shall comply with the following requirements during their period of apprenticeship: Shall file a report of apprenticeship as follows:
Upon application for reregistration after - ANSWERS-suspension or revocation of registration if a complete report of previous registration has not been filed.
Apprenticeships: A leave of absence, including any extensions, shall not be approved for a longer period than an aggregate of - ANSWERS-one year
Upon termination of a leave of absence, the apprentice shall report that fact to the bureau within _____ of his or her resumption of apprenticeship by returning to the bureau, his or her certificate of registration accompanied by a statement as to the resumption of apprenticeship which statement shall be certified as correct by the funeral director in whose establishment he or she is to resume his or her duties and by the embalmer under whose supervision he or she is to resume his or her apprenticeship. - ANSWERS-10 days
Failure to report within 10 days after the expiration date of any leave of absence shall be cause for - ANSWERS-cancellation of the registration of an apprentice.
An apprentice who has had his or her certificate of apprenticeship suspended or revoked may, within ____ after the suspension or revocation apply for reregistration upon compliance with the law in effect at the time he or she so applies and payment of the apprentice application fee - ANSWERS-one year
The apprenticeship required by this article shall be served in a licensed funeral establishment that shall have been previously approved for apprenticeship training by the bureau. In order to qualify for approval, the funeral establishment shall submit to the bureau an application, accompanied by the fee fixed by this chapter, showing:
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a _____ from acting as the supervising embalmer of an apprentice pursuant to this section. - ANSWERS-trade embalmer
a person who is an independent California licensed embalmer who embalms dead human bodies on a contractual basis for one or more California licensed funeral establishments. - ANSWERS-trade embalmer
Every license issued shall be _______ in the place of business or employment of the licensee. - ANSWERS-displayed conspicuously
All accusations against licensees shall be filed with the bureau within______ after the performance of the act or omission alleged as the ground for disciplinary action; - ANSWERS-two years
False or misleading advertising as a funeral establishment, funeral director, or embalmer constitutes a ground for ______. - ANSWERS-disciplinary action.
_______, after a death or while a death is impending, of funeral directing or embalming business by the licensee, or by the agents, assistants or employees of
the licensee, when such solicitation is authorized or ratified by the licensee, constitutes a ground for disciplinary action. This section does not prohibit general advertising. - ANSWERS-Solicitation
_______ by the licensee of persons known as "cappers" or "steerers" or "solicitors," or other such persons to solicit, after a death or while a death is impending, funeral directing or embalming business constitutes a ground for disciplinary action. - ANSWERS-Employment
Employment, directly or indirectly, of any apprentice, agent, assistant, embalmer, employee or other person, on part or full time, or on commission, for _______ constitutes a ground for disciplinary action. - ANSWERS-the purpose of calling upon individuals or institutions by whose influence human remains may be turned over to a particular funeral director or embalmer
_____ or ____ an _____ person to practice funeral directing or embalming constitutes a ground for disciplinary action. - ANSWERS-Aiding / abetting / unlicensed
_______ language in the course of the preparation for burial, removal, or other disposition of, or during the funeral service for, human remains, or within the immediate hearing of the family or relatives of a deceased, whose remains have not yet been interred or otherwise disposed of constitutes a ground for disciplinary action. - ANSWERS-profane, indecent, or obscene
_____which has previously been used as a receptacle for, or in connection with the burial or other disposition of, human remains constitutes a ground for disciplinary action - ANSWERS-Using any casket or part of a casket
In order to inter decently the body of the deceased, the coroner may apply to a judge of the superior court of his county for an order permitting him to: (c) collect any - ANSWERS-indebtedness or claim that is owing or due the deceased.
Any funeral director, physician, or other person who has charge of a deceased person's body, when death occurred as a result of any of the causes or circumstances described in this section, shall immediately notify the coroner. Any person who does not notify the coroner as required by this section is guilty of a - ANSWERS-misdemeanor
means a combustible, closed container resistant to leakage of bodily fluids into which the body of a deceased person is placed prior to insertion in a cremation chamber for cremation. - ANSWERS-Cremation container
means a hydrolyzable body wrapping into which the body of a deceased person is placed prior to insertion into a hydrolysis chamber. - ANSWERS-Hydrolysis container
Hydrolysis container: The wrapping must consist of - ANSWERS-100-percent protein-based material, such as silk, suede, leather, feather, fur, or wool.
means a structure, room, or other space in a building or structure containing niches for inurnment of cremated human remains in a place used, or intended to be used, and dedicated, for cemetery purposes. - ANSWERS-columbarium
means a building or structure containing both a crematory and columbarium. - ANSWERS-Crematory and columbarium
means the disposition of human remains by entombment or burial in a cemetery, or burial in a cemetery, or burial at sea - ANSWERS-Interment
means placing cremated remains in a cremated remains container suitable for placement, burial, or shipment. - ANSWERS-Inurnment
means the placing of a container holding cremated remains in a crypt, vault, or niche. - ANSWERS-Placement
means the process of placing human remains in a crypt or vault. - ANSWERS- Entombment
means a space of earth in a burial park, used, or intended to be used, for the disposition of human remains. - ANSWERS-Grave
means a space in a mausoleum of sufficient size, used or intended to be used, to entomb uncremated human remains. - ANSWERS-"Crypt" or "vault"
means a space in a columbarium used, or intended to be used, for the placement of cremated human remains. - ANSWERS-Niche
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recognizable dead human fetus of less than 20 weeks uterogestation not disposed of by ______ - ANSWERS- interment shall be disposed of by incineration.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, recognizable anatomical parts, human tissues, anatomical human remains, or infectious waste following conclusion of scientific use shall be disposed of by - ANSWERS-interment, incineration, or any other method determined by the state department to protect the public health and safety.
1st to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person, the location and conditions of interment, and arrangements for funeral goods and services to be provided - ANSWERS-power of attorney for health care
An agent under a power of attorney for health care who has the right and duty of disposition under Division 4.7 (commencing with Section 4600) of the Probate Code, except that the agent is liable for the costs of disposition only in either of the following cases:
(A) Where the agent makes a - ANSWERS-specific agreement to pay the costs of disposition.
An agent under a power of attorney for health care who has the right and duty of disposition under Division 4.7 (commencing with Section 4600) of the Probate Code, except that the agent is liable for the costs of disposition only in either of the following cases:
(B) Where, in the absence of a specific agreement, the agent makes decisions concerning disposition that incur costs, in which case the agent is liable only for the - ANSWERS-reasonable costs incurred as a result of the agent's decisions, to the extent that the decedent's estate or other appropriate fund is insufficient.
2nd to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person, the location and conditions of interment, and arrangements for funeral goods and services to be provided - ANSWERS-competent surviving spouse
3rd to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person, the location and conditions of interment, and arrangements for funeral goods and services to be provided - ANSWERS-The sole surviving competent adult child of the decedent
4th to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person, the location and conditions of interment, and arrangements for funeral goods and services to be provided - ANSWERS-The surviving competent parent or parents of the decedent.
5th to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person, the location and conditions of interment, and arrangements for funeral goods and services to be provided - ANSWERS-The sole surviving competent adult sibling of the decedent or, if there is more than one surviving competent adult sibling of the decedent, the majority of the surviving competent adult siblings
6th to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person, the location and conditions of interment, and arrangements for funeral goods and services to
means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. - ANSWERS-Anatomical gift
means a deceased individual whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this chapter, a fetus. - ANSWERS-decedent
means a witness other than the spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or guardian of the individual who makes, amends, revokes, or refuses to make an anatomical gift, or another adult who exhibited special care and concern for the individual - ANSWERS-Disinterested witness
means a donor card or other record used to make an anatomical gift. The term includes a statement recorded on the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry or other donor registry - ANSWERS-Document of gift
means an individual whose body or part is the subject of an anatomical gift. - ANSWERS-Donor
means a database that contains records of anatomical gifts and amendments to or revocations of anatomical gifts, including, but not limited to, the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry. - ANSWERS-Donor registry
means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of human eyes or portions of human eyes. - ANSWERS-Eye bank
eans a person designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as an organ procurement organization. - ANSWERS- Organ procurement organization
means an eye bank, organ procurement organization, or tissue bank. - ANSWERS- Procurement organization
means an individual 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 an individual who has made a refusal. - ANSWERS-Prospective donor
means an individual determined to be qualified to remove or process parts by an appropriate organization that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law. The term includes an enucleator. - ANSWERS-Technician
means a hospital that furnishes organ transplants and other medical and surgical specialty services required for the care of transplant patients. - ANSWERS- Transplant hospital
Death Act: An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of - ANSWERS-circulatory and respiratory functions
No embalmer shall embalm a dead body without obtaining written or oral permission of a person who has the right to control the disposition of the remains pursuant to Section 7100, except that prior authorization is not required if embalming is necessary in order to comply with applicable laws or regulations, or ________ - ANSWERS-is necessary to avoid irreparable deterioration of the dead body, in which case, a good faith effort shall be made to obtain permission.
Except as provided in subdivision (b), the bodies of persons who have died from any cause shall not be received for transportation by a common carrier unless the body has been embalmed and prepared by a licensed embalmer and placed in a - ANSWERS-sound casket and enclosed in a transportation case.
A dead body, which cannot be embalmed or is in a state of decomposition, shall be received for transportation by a common carrier if the body is placed in an airtight metal casket enclosed in a strong transportation case or _____ - ANSWERS-or in a sound casket enclosed in an airtight metal or metal-lined transportation case.
A dead body, which cannot be embalmed or is in a state of decomposition, shall be received for transportation by a common carrier if the body is placed in an ______ or in a sound casket enclosed in an airtight metal or metal-lined transportation case. - ANSWERS-airtight metal casket enclosed in a strong transportation case
All hearses and first-call or pickup cars under the control and operation of the funeral establishment and the equipment therein shall be kept clean and sanitary
and free from noxious or deleterious odors at all times. Such vehicles shall be cleansed with a - ANSWERS-suitable and effective disinfectant
All hearses and first-call or pickup cars under the control and operation of the funeral establishment and the equipment therein shall be kept clean and sanitary and free from noxious or deleterious odors at all times. Such vehicles shall be cleansed with a suitable and effective disinfectant, - ANSWERS-immediately after being used to transport human remains dead of any contagious disease, or as soon thereafter as practical, so as not to endanger the public health or safety.
Attire While Embalming - ANSWERS-clean and sanitary smock or gown covering the person from neck to below the knees
impervious gloves
and the body being embalmed shall at all times be - ANSWERS-so covered as to insure the privacy of said body.
All such waste materials shall be disposed of in accordance with - ANSWERS-State and local health and sanitation requirements or in such a manner as not to endanger the public health and safety
All instruments, appliances and equipment used in the embalming or other preparation and handling of human remains shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected - ANSWERS-immediately at the conclusion of each individual case
