A certificate holder receives a notice of delinquency by certified mail. Within how long may the renewal fee still be paid with no penalty or late fee?Answer: 5 business days of receipt. Source: R.S. 37:844(A)
A proprietor dies and the survivor seeks a special work permit in a managerial position. Within how long after the death must it be applied for?Answer: 60 days. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1901
A temporary license applicant must show at least one year of practice during what prior period?Answer: The prior 3 years. Source: R.S. 37:842(D)
After how many years is an internship considered stale, null and void?Answer: 10 years. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.901
An embalmer and funeral director intern assists in at least thirty funerals and how many embalming operations?Answer: 30. Source: R.S. 37:842(B)
By what date each year must a funeral director, an embalmer or a funeral establishment renew?Answer: December 31. Source: R.S. 37:844(A)
For a license by endorsement, how long must the applicant have worked in Louisiana under a temporary license?Answer: At least 3 months. Source: R.S. 37:842(C)
For how long is a temporary license issued?Answer: Not more than 6 months. Source: R.S. 37:831(83)
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Licenses, internship and renewal, continued
For how long may a survivor's special work permit be issued?Answer: Not more than 12 months. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1901
For how long must an approved continuing education provider keep its program records?Answer: At least 3 years. Source: R.S. 37:854(E)
How does R.S. 37:844 treat a renewal fee sent through the mail?Answer: It is timely if mailed on or before the due date. Source: R.S. 37:844(B)
How many college semester hours must an applicant for a funeral director license have completed?Answer: At least 30. Source: R.S. 37:842(A)
How many contact hours must an intern complete during the internship?Answer: 1,560. Source: R.S. 37:842(A)
How many hours of continuing education must an active licensee complete each licensing period?Answer: 4. Source: R.S. 37:854(A)
How much of the internship may a funeral director intern be credited with before finishing the thirty semester hours?Answer: Up to two-thirds. Source: R.S. 37:842(A)
In how many funerals must a funeral director intern have actively assisted?Answer: At least 30. Source: R.S. 37:842(A)
Of the thirty semester hours, how many must be basic freshman courses such as English, mathematics and accounting?Answer: 21. Source: R.S. 37:842(A)
Under LAC 46:XXXVII.509, what is true of an applicant who fails an examination?Answer: The applicant is not entitled to the return of the examination fee. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.509
Under the board's rules, from what date each year may an application to renew a funeral director license be submitted?Answer: Any time after October 1. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.701
What becomes of a licensee who meets every requirement of the chapter except the continuing education hours?Answer: The licensee becomes an inactive licensee. Source: R.S. 37:854(G)
What happens to an applicant found with material that may be used to assist in the examination?Answer: The fee is forfeited and the applicant is ejected. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.511
What is the ceiling in R.S. 37:845 on the annual renewal fee for an individual license?Answer: $80. Source: R.S. 37:845
What is the longest an internship may run?Answer: 48 months. Source: R.S. 37:842(A)
What is the minimum age for a Louisiana funeral director license?Answer: 18. Source: R.S. 37:842(A)
What is the most continuing education that may be carried over to later licensing periods?Answer: 8 hours. Source: R.S. 37:854(A)
What is the most R.S. 37:845 lets the board charge a person applying for a funeral director's license?Answer: $250. Source: R.S. 37:845
What is the shortest internship R.S. 37:842 allows?Answer: 9 months, or 39 weeks. Source: R.S. 37:842(A)
What passing grade do the board's rules set for the license examinations?Answer: Not less than 75 percent. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.513
When an internship ends, how soon must the affidavit of the intern and the supervisor be filed with the board?Answer: Not later than 15 days. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.907
When is an intern's monthly report due, and when is it delinquent?Answer: Due on the 10th of the month, delinquent on the 15th. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.909
Where must a certificate holder display the certificate?Answer: In a conspicuous place in the office or place of business. Source: R.S. 37:843(B)
Which courses does R.S. 37:842 say are not accepted toward the required semester hours?Answer: Remedial classes and courses such as music, the arts and sports. Source: R.S. 37:842(A)
Which licensee does R.S. 37:854 excuse from continuing education?Answer: One aged 65 or older at renewal who has been licensed ten consecutive years. Source: R.S. 37:854(B)
Which of these does LAC 46:XXXVII.503 list as a subject of the funeral director examination?Answer: Funeral service law. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.503
The board and definitions 20
An "intern" learns funeral directing or embalming under a licensee who is where?Answer: Available on the same premises for consultation. Source: R.S. 37:831(60)
At least how often must the board meet?Answer: Once a year. Source: R.S. 37:840(B)
The consumer member is a full voting member of the board with one exception. What may the consumer member not do?Answer: Take part in grading individual examinations. Source: R.S. 37:832(B)
The eight licensed members are four embalmers and four funeral directors. For how long must each have lived in Louisiana?Answer: At least 5 years. Source: R.S. 37:832(B)
How long is a term on the board?Answer: 4 years. Source: R.S. 37:832(A)
How long is an "hour of continuing education" as R.S. 37:831 defines it?Answer: 50 consecutive minutes. Source: R.S. 37:831(52)
How many consecutive four-year terms may a board member serve?Answer: 2. Source: R.S. 37:832(C)
How many members make a quorum of the board under R.S. 37:839?Answer: 4. Source: R.S. 37:839
How many members sit on the Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors?Answer: 9. Source: R.S. 37:832(A)
How many of the nine board members are consumer members chosen from the state at large?Answer: 1. Source: R.S. 37:832(B)
How often does the board elect its officers?Answer: Annually, at its first regular meeting. Source: R.S. 37:837
In the definitions of R.S. 37:831, what is a "change of ownership"?Answer: A transfer of more than 50 percent of the stock or assets. Source: R.S. 37:831(18)
What does R.S. 37:831 call the non-binding exchange of information before death that does not result in a preneed funeral contract?Answer: Prearrangement. Source: R.S. 37:831(69)
What is the most a board member may receive as a per diem while on board business?Answer: $100. Source: R.S. 37:838(B)
When a board seat falls vacant, how soon after notice from the board must the governor fill it?Answer: Within 30 days. Source: R.S. 37:834
Which of these is NOT "funeral merchandise" as R.S. 37:831 defines it?Answer: An urn. Source: R.S. 37:831(46)
Which parish is the board's domicile, the only place it may be sued?Answer: Orleans Parish. Source: R.S. 37:833
Who appoints the members of the Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors?Answer: The governor, subject to Senate confirmation. Source: R.S. 37:832(A)
Who is an "authorizing agent" under R.S. 37:831?Answer: A person legally entitled to authorize the cremation of human remains. Source: R.S. 37:831(7)
Within how many days of appointment must a new board member take the oath of office?Answer: 10 days. Source: R.S. 37:836
Funeral establishments and embalming 24
A branch establishment that the main establishment's licensed personnel can practically serve is exempt from most facility rules if it is within what radius?Answer: 40 miles. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1107
A funeral director transports a body for disposition. What must the container do, under LAC 46:XXXVII.1501?Answer: Eliminate direct contact by those not licensed to handle the dead. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1501
A funeral establishment closes. Within how long must its license be returned to the board?Answer: 15 days. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1111
A funeral establishment will hold a body longer than how many hours after death before it must be embalmed or refrigerated?Answer: 30 hours. Source: R.S. 37:848(D)
A licensed establishment changes its name or its location. What do the board's rules require?Answer: A new license is obtained and a fee paid. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1103
An "Opening Soon" sign stands on a vacant lot. Within how long must there be ongoing construction or expected completion, or the sign come down?Answer: 1 year. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1113
Besides a Louisiana-licensed embalmer and funeral director, who may embalm in a funeral establishment?Answer: A registered intern supervised by a state-licensed embalmer and funeral director. Source: R.S. 37:842(F)
For what is a funeral establishment license issued?Answer: A specific name and location. Source: R.S. 37:842(G)
How long before the projected opening must the application for a license at a new funeral establishment be made?Answer: At least 2 weeks. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1101
How many seated persons must an establishment's parlors or chapel comfortably hold?Answer: At least 30. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1107
In which kind of funeral establishment are embalming facilities and display rooms not required?Answer: A branch establishment. Source: R.S. 37:842(F)
The practices and beliefs of a religious group prohibit embalming. What does R.S. 37:848(D) say?Answer: Nothing in the subsection requires embalming in that case. Source: R.S. 37:848(D)
What is the minimum number of adult caskets a funeral establishment must have in its display room?Answer: 6. Source: R.S. 37:842(F)
What may a parish or city not require of a funeral home that meets all funeral home licensing requirements?Answer: A limousine franchise or license for its funeral and wedding limousines. Source: R.S. 37:852
What must the register book or log in the embalming room record for each body embalmed?Answer: The name of the body, the place if elsewhere, the date and time, and the embalmer's name, signature and license number. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1107
When a body is refrigerated in place of embalming, what temperature does R.S. 37:848 set?Answer: Not above 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Source: R.S. 37:848(D)
When an establishment, or more than 50 percent of the stock of the corporation holding its license, is sold, how soon must seller and purchaser notify the board?Answer: Within 10 days. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1101
When is a licensed funeral director not required to supervise a disinterment?Answer: When disinterment and reburial are in the same cemetery under its designated sexton. Source: R.S. 37:848(A)
Which of these may hold a body for more than thirty hours without embalming, under R.S. 37:848(D)(6)?Answer: A licensed hospital or medical school. Source: R.S. 37:848(D)
Which three things must be affixed, on a permanent-type material, to every casket a funeral establishment uses for burial?Answer: The name of the deceased, the date of death and the name of the funeral home. Source: R.S. 37:853(A)
Who may be in the embalming room while a body is being embalmed, under LAC 46:XXXVII.1107?Answer: Licensed embalmers and other authorized persons and officials doing their duties. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1107
Who must manage a licensed funeral establishment?Answer: A Louisiana-licensed funeral director, not on a temporary license, working full time. Source: R.S. 37:842(F)
With whom may a licensed funeral establishment not share its establishment or equipment for the conduct of business?Answer: Any person who is not himself maintaining a licensed funeral establishment. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1107
Within what radius of the funeral establishment must its manager live, under the board's rules?Answer: 70 miles. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1105
Discipline, advertising and disclosure 23
A funeral home receives money over and above the amount owed for merchandise and services. What does LAC 46:XXXVII.111(G) require?Answer: No use for operating expenses, and a refund arranged within 30 days. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.111
After a petition to revoke or suspend a license is filed, how much notice of the hearing must the licensee be given?Answer: Not less than 15 days. Source: R.S. 37:846(B)
After an informal meeting on an alleged violation, what may the board do by majority vote?Answer: Dismiss the complaint or call for a formal hearing. Source: R.S. 37:847(B)
An advertiser calls itself "independent" or "not in the trust". When is that not misleading under LAC 46:XXXVII.107?Answer: When the advertiser shows that a trust or combine exists and that other funeral directors form a monopoly. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.107
An establishment charges for buying a cash advance item, or keeps a rebate on it. Which disclosure must it make?Answer: "We charge you for our services in obtaining" the items, which it names. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.111
The board obtains an injunction under R.S. 37:849. What is true of it?Answer: It is not suspended by bond or appeal. Source: R.S. 37:849
How do the board's rules class the use of pressure sales tactics, such as a bait and switch plan?Answer: As an unethical and/or deceptive practice. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1301
How must the price of funeral merchandise offered by a licensed establishment be shown to the public?Answer: Prominently displayed on or immediately next to the merchandise. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.111
In what form must a petition to revoke or suspend a license be filed with the board?Answer: In affidavit form only. Source: R.S. 37:846(B)
R.S. 37:846(A)(2) bars paying a third party as an inducement for business. Which of these does it expressly allow?Answer: Discounted or free funeral goods and services for infants or an indigent family. Source: R.S. 37:846(A)
What fine does R.S. 37:850 set for a violation of Part I of the chapter?Answer: $500 to $2,500 for each offense. Source: R.S. 37:850(A)
What is a "capper", "steerer" or "runner"?Answer: A person who, for money or other consideration, procures business for a licensee by deceit, trick or fraud. Source: R.S. 37:831(14)
What term of imprisonment does R.S. 37:850 allow for each offense?Answer: 30 to 180 days. Source: R.S. 37:850(A)
When may a funeral establishment respond to a death call?Answer: Only when properly contacted and requested. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.113
When must the written statement of prices required by the mandatory disclosure rule be given?Answer: When arrangements are completed, before the service or merchandise is provided. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.111
Which advertising do the board's rules deem misleading?Answer: Advertising the price of caskets alone, without saying the price leaves out other merchandise and services. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.107
Which conviction is listed as a ground for discipline in R.S. 37:846(A)?Answer: Conviction of any felony. Source: R.S. 37:846(A)
Which of these is a ground for discipline under R.S. 37:846?Answer: At-need solicitation of sales of funeral goods and services. Source: R.S. 37:846(A)
Which of these must the written statement under LAC 46:XXXVII.111(A) show, to the extent then known?Answer: The method of payment. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.111
Which refusal is a ground for discipline under R.S. 37:846(A)(13)?Answer: Refusing to surrender a body or cremated remains to the person entitled to custody. Source: R.S. 37:846(A)
While a body is being embalmed, what does the attire rule, LAC 46:XXXVII.109, require of the body?Answer: That it be covered at all times so as to insure its privacy. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.109
Whom does R.S. 37:851 exempt from the chapter?Answer: A member of the resident medical staff of a legally incorporated hospital. Source: R.S. 37:851
Within how many days of the board's decision must an appeal be filed in court, before the findings become final?Answer: 15 days. Source: R.S. 37:846(B)
Preneed funeral contracts 23
A buyer signs a preneed funeral contract. What is it until a funeral director authorized by the establishment also signs?Answer: An offer to purchase. Source: R.S. 37:862(B)
A funeral establishment wants to transfer cash deposited in a pre-need account. What is its first step under LAC 46:XXXVII.1703?Answer: Written notice by certified mail to each consumer, asking for authorization. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1703
A preneed funeral contract is irrevocable during the funeral recipient's life. When is the buyer entitled to the money back?Answer: Only by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Source: R.S. 37:864(D)
A trust-funded revocable contract is cancelled. How soon must the establishment forward the notice to the financial institution?Answer: Within 10 business days. Source: R.S. 37:864(C)
At death, the funds apportioned to goods and services that are not guaranteed exceed their current retail price. Where does the surplus go?Answer: To the refund designee, or to the recipient's estate if there is none. Source: R.S. 37:865(G)
At death, the funds apportioned to guaranteed funeral goods and services fall short of their current retail price. Who bears the difference?Answer: The funeral establishment, which may bill no one for it. Source: R.S. 37:865(G)
By when must money a buyer delivers on a preneed funeral contract be deposited in trust or delivered to an insurance company?Answer: Not later than five business days after the ten-day cancellation period ends. Source: R.S. 37:865(B)
Guaranteed funeral goods chosen in a preneed contract are unavailable at death. What must the establishment do?Answer: Offer similar goods or services of equal quality, value and workmanship. Source: R.S. 37:863
How does a buyer cancel a revocable preneed funeral contract after the first ten days?Answer: By written notice sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the establishment. Source: R.S. 37:864(C)
How must preneed money deposited in trust be held?Answer: In individual accounts or certificates of deposit naming the establishment and the funeral recipient. Source: R.S. 37:865(B)
How often does the board inspect the records used to complete the annual report of funeral trust accounts?Answer: At least once annually. Source: R.S. 37:865(D)
In what form is the annual report of funeral trust accounts filed with the board?Answer: A sworn affidavit certifying that the report is true and correct. Source: R.S. 37:865(D)
May a funeral establishment avoid the trust requirement by constructive delivery of goods or by posting a surety bond?Answer: No; R.S. 37:865(C) allows it in no manner or form. Source: R.S. 37:865(C)
May a funeral establishment charge a fee when a person exercises the right to cancel a preneed funeral contract?Answer: No; no surcharge, fee or other penalty may be imposed. Source: R.S. 37:864(E)
The preneed part does not apply to an entity that exclusively operates a cemetery authority, unless it does what?Answer: Sells or contracts for merchandise or services commonly furnished by a funeral home. Source: R.S. 37:867
Under the board's rules, by what date each year is the report on prepaid funeral services or merchandise filed?Answer: December 31. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1701
Unless the right is waived, within how many days after signing may a buyer cancel a preneed funeral contract for a full refund?Answer: 10 days. Source: R.S. 37:864(A)
What fine does R.S. 37:866 set for a violation of the preneed part of the chapter?Answer: $500 to $5,000 for each offense. Source: R.S. 37:866(A)
What is the smallest typeface in which a preneed funeral contract may be printed?Answer: 10 point. Source: R.S. 37:862(A)
What must a funeral establishment present before it is paid from a funeral trust account or a preneed insurance policy?Answer: A certified copy of the funeral recipient's death certificate. Source: R.S. 37:865(F)
When may a buyer waive the ten-day right to cancel a preneed funeral contract?Answer: When an application by the buyer or funeral recipient for government benefits is pending. Source: R.S. 37:864(B)
Which use of preneed funds does R.S. 37:865(A) prohibit?Answer: Paying the operating expenses of the funeral establishment. Source: R.S. 37:865(A)
Who may enter into a preneed funeral contract in Louisiana?Answer: Only a duly licensed funeral establishment. Source: R.S. 37:861
Cremation and right of disposition 29
A decedent left a notarial testament saying he did not wish to be cremated. Who may serve as authorizing agent for cremation?Answer: No one. Source: R.S. 37:876(E)
A decedent left no notarial testament or notarized declaration about disposition. Who is first in priority to serve as authorizing agent for cremation?Answer: The surviving spouse, if no petition for divorce was pending. Source: R.S. 37:876(A)
A decedent made several notarial testaments or notarized declarations about cremation. Which one controls?Answer: The one that is dated last. Source: R.S. 37:876(G)
A funeral director follows the directions of a person who represents himself as having the prior right to arrange the funeral. What does R.S. 37:855 say of liability?Answer: There is no liability for the funeral director, the establishment or an employee. Source: R.S. 37:855(B)
A funeral establishment knows of a dispute over the release of cremated remains. What may it do?Answer: Refuse to release them until the dispute is resolved or a court orders release. Source: R.S. 37:880(A)
A service member dies in a manner covered by 10 U.S.C. 1481 after executing DD Form 93. Who has the right to serve as authorizing agent for cremation?Answer: The Person Authorized to Direct Disposition named on the form. Source: R.S. 37:876(F)
After how long may unclaimed cremated remains be disposed of in any manner permitted by law?Answer: 60 days from the date of cremation. Source: R.S. 37:880(B)
The authorization that R.S. 37:876 requires cannot be obtained. What is then required?Answer: A final judgment of a district court. Source: R.S. 37:876(C)
Besides being witnessed by a funeral director of the arranging establishment or notarized, how may the authorizing agent's signature be made?Answer: Before two witnesses who sign the form. Source: R.S. 37:877(B)
Besides the signed cremation authorization form, what must a crematory authority receive before it cremates?Answer: A completed and executed burial-transit permit. Source: R.S. 37:877(B)
By what date each year must a crematory retort operator and a crematory authority renew?Answer: May 15. Source: R.S. 37:874
How does R.S. 37:871 treat the crematory of the Bureau of Anatomical Services at the LSU Health Sciences Center?Answer: The Part does not apply to it, but the board inspects it each year. Source: R.S. 37:871(C)
How may cremated remains be shipped?Answer: By a method with an internal tracing system and a signed delivery receipt. Source: R.S. 37:879(J)
In the priority list of R.S. 37:876, who comes directly after a majority of the surviving adult children?Answer: A majority of the surviving adult grandchildren. Source: R.S. 37:876(A)
May a crematory authority require that human remains be placed in a casket before cremation?Answer: No; a cremation container, which may be a casket, is enough. Source: R.S. 37:878
May the remains of more than one adult be cremated at the same time in the same retort?Answer: No; it is prohibited. Source: R.S. 37:879(F)
Under R.S. 37:877, who is ultimately responsible to ensure that pacemakers or other hazardous implants are removed before cremation?Answer: The authorizing agent. Source: R.S. 37:877(B)
What happens to the cremation container at the crematory?Answer: It is cremated with the remains, which stay in it. Source: R.S. 37:878(A)
What is the minimum age for a license as a crematory retort operator?Answer: 21, or 18 if legally emancipated. Source: R.S. 37:872(B)
What may a cremation retort in a licensed Louisiana crematory be used for?Answer: Only the cremation of human remains. Source: R.S. 37:879(B)
What must a crematory authority do with the rules it adopts for operating its facility?Answer: Forward a copy of them to the board. Source: R.S. 37:884(B)
What must a crematory's log show, under LAC 46:XXXVII.1207?Answer: Each body received, when it was received, and when the cremation began and was completed. Source: LAC 46:XXXVII.1207
What must be done with cremated remains before they are scattered?Answer: They are removed from their closed container. Source: R.S. 37:880(C)
What must be shown on the outside of a temporary container used to return cremated remains?Answer: The deceased's name, the crematory authority's name and that the container is temporary. Source: R.S. 37:879(J)
What must the authorizing agent warrant about the remains on the cremation authorization form?Answer: That they contain no pacemaker or other hazardous implant. Source: R.S. 37:877(B)
When does a person lose any right to control the disposition of a decedent's remains?Answer: When a warrant or a judicial finding of probable cause for a listed homicide names that person for the decedent's death. Source: R.S. 8:655(F)
When may one adult and one or more children be cremated at the same time in the same retort?Answer: Only with specific written authorization from all authorizing agents. Source: R.S. 37:879(G)
Where may a crematory be built?Answer: On or next to a cemetery, in or next to a funeral establishment, or where zoning and state law allow. Source: R.S. 37:873(C)
Who is personally liable for damage resulting from the representations in a signed cremation authorization form?Answer: The person who signed it as authorizing agent. Source: R.S. 37:883(A)
How this list was compiled: Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 37, Chapter 10, Embalming and Funeral Directors: Part I, General Provisions (R.S. 37:831 to 37:855), Part II, Preneed Funeral Plans (37:861 to 37:867) and Part III, Crematory and Cremation Regulation (37:871 to 37:884), with R.S. 8:655, each section read on October 15, 2026 on the Louisiana Legislature's site through the links of the Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors' own law page (https://www.lsbefd.state.la.us/laws-rules-regulations); and the board's rules, Louisiana Administrative Code Title 46, Part XXXVII, read the same day in the board's copy (https://www.lsbefd.state.la.us/assets/Title%2046%20PROFESSIONAL%20AND%20OCCUPATIONAL%20STANDARDS.pdf) and in the Office of the State Register's copy. The exam facts (50 items, 1 hour, pass score 75) are from the Laws Exam candidate handbook of the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards that the board links for its Louisiana Regulations and Rules Exam (https://www.lsbefd.state.la.us/assets/docs/Laws%20Exam%20Candidate%20Hanbook%20-%202024.pdf, updated May 20, 2024). Each question names its section. Licence: Own work. Every question, every wrong choice and every explanation was written for this site from the text of the section it cites. Short quoted phrases are from the Revised Statutes and the Administrative Code, which are public. Nothing is taken from the board's examination, from the examination vendor or from any study guide or other practice test.
How it works
Unofficial study guide for the Louisiana laws exam for funeral directors: 153 questions, each citing its statute or rule. Not affiliated with the Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors or the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards.
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What the Louisiana laws exam is
The board lists it for candidates as the Louisiana Regulations and Rules Exam (LRR). It is one of the state Laws Exams in the candidate handbook of the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, which the board links.
What is here, and what is not
Six topics from R.S. 37:831 to 37:884 (general provisions, preneed funeral plans, cremation) and the board's rules in LAC 46:XXXVII, with R.S. 8:655 on the right of disposition. No outline with section weights is published. The Federal Trade Commission's Funeral Rule, the Sanitary Code and the vital records statutes are not asked.
A body held more than 30 hours after death is embalmed, or refrigerated at no more than 45 degrees Fahrenheit (R.S. 37:848).
Preneed: cancel within 10 days for a full refund; money in trust within 5 business days after (R.S. 37:864, 37:865).
Unclaimed cremated remains may be disposed of 60 days after the cremation (R.S. 37:880).
Questions and answers
Is there a study guide for the Louisiana laws exam for funeral directors?
The candidate handbook names state study material for Arkansas and Nevada, not Louisiana. The board's Laws, Rules and Regulations page links every statute and its rules. This page is unofficial practice on that law, and none of its questions comes from the exam.
How many questions are on the Louisiana laws exam?
The Laws Exam candidate handbook the board links, updated May 20, 2024, lists Louisiana at 50 items in 1 hour. Check the board's site for the current handbook before you schedule.
What score passes the Louisiana funeral director laws exam?
The handbook lists a pass score of 75 for Louisiana, scored as a percentage, and LAC 46:XXXVII.513 requires a passing grade of not less than 75 percent. A practice exam here uses the same mark and promises nothing about the real one.
What does the Louisiana funeral law exam cover?
The handbook says the state licensing board develops the exam and that each question is tied to a state law, rule, statute or regulation. The board's law page puts R.S. 37:831 to 37:884 and LAC 46:XXXVII first.