PA Funeral Juris study guide
PA Funeral Juris · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors regulates the licensure and practice of funeral directors in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Its statutory functions include licensure and registration of persons and registration of corporations engaging in the care, preparation and disposition of the bodies of deceased persons, and providing penalties. The PA Funeral Juris study guide has 4 sections and about 1,666 words.
01Funeral Directing Practice Act and Board Regulations
This domain tests the statutory skeleton of Pennsylvania funeral directing: who may practice, what the State Board of Funeral Directors can license and discipline, and how the Funeral Director Law (Act of 1952, as amended, 63 P.S. § 479.1 et seq.) and its regulations in 49 Pa.
457 words, about 2 min02Funeral Service Law and Regulatory Compliance
This domain tests the web of law surrounding a Pennsylvania funeral: the Funeral Director Law, 49 Pa. Code Chapter 13, the Vital Statistics Law and death registration, preneed contract rules, and the federal FTC Funeral Rule.
438 words, about 2 min03Funeral Directing Practice and Standards of Care
This domain tests the hands-on standard: who has the legal right to direct disposition, what the funeral director owes the decedent and the family, and how identification, embalming, and cremation are handled defensibly. Obtain written authorization from the person entitled to control disposition under Pennsylvania's statutory priority order - a person designated in a signed writing, then the surviving spouse, then adult children, parents, siblings, and so on.
377 words, about 2 min04Ethics, Professional Conduct, and Disciplinary Standards
This domain tests judgment: the fiduciary duty a funeral director owes a grieving family, truthful dealing, conflicts of interest, and the discipline that follows when those duties fail. Fiduciary posture: the family relies on the director's expertise, so pricing, embalming, casket, and vault recommendations must reflect the family's stated needs, not the firm's margin.
394 words, about 2 min