Inspection Of Funeral Home and Funeral Service Businesses Flashcards
Definition: used exclusively for the holding of dead human bodies if arterial embalming is not a function of the funeral home establishment and is distinct from the viewing room, chapel, or any other part of a funeral home establishment
Holding room
Definition : a specific failure to comply with the requirements set forth by the board
Deficiency
Definition : means having or controlling directly or indirectly at least 10% interest in the corporation, partnership, association, organization, or other business entity.
Ownership
10%
Definition: means an area with a minimum of 120 square feet which is used exclusively to prepare dead human bodies for final disposition if arterial or cavity injection is a function of the funeral home establishment, and which is separate an distinct from the viewing room, chapel, or any other part of a funeral establishment
Preparation room
Definition: means a funeral director who is responsible to the Board for compliance with the Maryland Morticians Act for all operations of a funeral establishment including, but not limited to, the administration of pre-need accounts
Supervising Funeral Director
Definition: means a mortician who is responsible to the Board for compliance with the Maryland Morticians Act for all operations of a funeral establishment including, but not limited to, the administration of preened accounts
Supervising Mortician
The board shall issue a funeral establishment license to a funeral establishment that has complied with all federal, state an local laws; submitted an application to the Board ____ days before opening business; paid the application fee and operates in accordance with Health Occupations Article Title 7
60 days before
A license is not transferable and may not be renewed for a term longer than ___ years
2
The funeral establishment shall prominently display on a sign, not smaller than _______, located either immediately outside or immediately inside the main entrance, in letters not less than 1 inch high, the name of each licenses who holds 10% or more interest.
5 inches by 11 inches
The funeral establishment shall notify the Board, on a form provided by the Board, of a change of supervising mortician or supervising funeral director within ____ days of any change
10 days
The funeral establishment may not operate without a supervising mortician or supervising funeral director, who shall be continuously responsible, for more than ____ calendar days
30 calendar days
The funeral establishment shall ensure that medical waste is picked up by a licensed medical waste disposer not less often than every ___ days from the date generated
60 days
**if not using a disposal company, a written plan approved by the board will be accepted. However the waste must still be disposed of within 60 days
Each funeral establishment shall be inspected on a _______ basis
Biennial basis.
***or in furtherance of an investigation or upon the sale or change of ownership of the establishment.
The preparation room shall be a minimum of ______ square feet
120 square feet
*****the holding room shall be a minimum of 120 square feet also
The drain pipe for the water supply shall be at least ____ in diameter.
2 inches
