GA Funeral Juris study plan

Map the Georgia Board of Funeral Service statutory framework by outlining the licensing statute and the Board's adopted rules chapter by chapter, noting which provisions govern licensees versus establishments.

Define each licensure category (funeral director, embalmer, funeral director/embalmer combination, apprentice, establishment) and list the qualification requirements and allowed scope of practice for each.

Build a flashcard set of at least 40 terms and citations covering license issuance, renewal, reinstatement, and lapsed-license consequences.

Identify the Board's disciplinary authority and the grounds for sanction, distinguishing them from criminal penalties under separate Georgia law.

Trace the pre-need funeral contract statute and separate the seller's obligations from the contract beneficiary's rights.

Outline continuing education and reporting duties a licensee owes the Board each renewal cycle, including recordkeeping the licensee must retain.

Summarize the inspection and enforcement process, from complaint intake through Board hearing, in a numbered flow.

Write 15 original practice questions on Board rules and grade them against your own notes, flagging any item you cannot answer with confidence.

Diagram the embalming process from arterial injection through drainage, labeling each step with its purpose and the consequence of skipping it.

Explain the chemistry of the four standard embalming fluids (arterial, cavity, pre-injection, accessory) and match each to its indication.

Describe the vascular anatomy relevant to selecting injection and drainage sites, including common anomalies a practitioner must anticipate.

List the OSHA bloodborne pathogen and formaldehyde exposure requirements that apply to the preparation room, and state how each is documented.

Differentiate the embalming approaches required for autopsied, traumatized, edematous, and decomposed remains, stating the technical adjustment for each.

Explain the legal and ethical limits on embalming authorization, including who may consent and when embalming is not required by Georgia law.

Describe the restorative art principles used for facial reconstruction and how they interact with viewing and identification obligations.

Practice explaining an embalming procedure and its costs to a hypothetical family in plain language, then critique your own explanation for jargon.

Sequence the arrangement conference from first contact through signed authorization, listing the disclosures and elections that must be documented at each stage.

Explain the FTC Funeral Rule requirements that govern the arrangement conference, including the general price list, itemization, and the consumer's right to choose only the goods and services they want.

Analyze three ethical dilemmas in funeral directing (conflicting family instructions, undisclosed prepayment, upselling) using a stated decision framework.

Describe the transfer-of-custody chain, including who signs for the deceased and how the chain is evidenced in the file.

Draft the full document set for a representative funeral (authorization to embalm, burial-transit permit, contract, statement of goods and services) and verify each field against the governing requirement.

Explain Georgia's requirements for disposition permits, death certificate filing, and the funeral director's role in each, noting the deadline for each filing.

Summarize the consumer-protection statutes that reach funeral providers, including price disclosure, misrepresentation, and prepaid-contract handling.

Build a records-retention table showing how long each record type must be kept and who may inspect it.

Explain the accounting flow of a funeral home, from pre-need trust funding through at-need receivables and reconciliation of trust accounts.

Describe the business-license, zoning, and facility requirements that apply to opening or relocating a Georgia funeral establishment.

Analyze the employment-law and independent-contractor issues that arise with removal personnel and on-call staff.

Work through three consumer-complaint scenarios and write the corrective action a manager should document for each.

Take a timed 100-question mixed-domain practice exam under exam conditions and score each domain separately.

Review every missed item, classify the error as knowledge gap, misreading, or rule confusion, and re-study only the cited source for each.

Re-drill the 20 highest-yield facts across all four domains using spaced repetition over the final week.

Simulate the logistics of exam day: confirm testing requirements, allowed materials, and timing strategy for each domain.