Lesson 4 and 5 for Exam 3 Funeral Establishment, Cemeteries; Disinternment and Exhumation, Cremation

Question 1

fixed place of business used in care and preparation for funeral and/ disposition of bodies

Answer 1

funeral establishment

Question 2

funeral establishment restrictions

Answer 2

ordinances, building codes, covenants, nuisance, regulatory specifications

Question 3

laws passed by muncipal governing body such as a town/city

Answer 3

ordinances

Question 4

laws passed by a municipality by virtue of police power which regulates the kind of building, residences/business, that may be built and used in different parts (zones) of the municipality

Answer 4

zoning ordinances

Question 5

regulations which control requirements for business and residential buildings regarding fire and safety, maintenance and operation, occupancy and use, appearace- designs, materials used in construction, parking spaces, plumbing, electrical, restrooms, signs, etc.

Answer 5

building codes

Question 6

provisions in a deed limiting the use of property and prohibiting certain uses; deed restrictions

Answer 6

restrictive covenants

Question 7

contracts dealing with transfer of ownership; seller agrees not to compete for a specified amount of time; nor in a specified geographical area; both enforceable by law if deemed reasonable

Answer 7

covenants not to compete

Question 8

invasion of landowners use of property which interferes with public/another landowners use and enjoyment of their property

Answer 8

nuisance

Question 9

acts, occupations/structures which are nuisances at all times and under all circumstances; may be prejudicial to public morals, dangerous to life; injurious to public rights; FH is not this

Answer 9

nuisances per se

Question 10

acts, occupations/structures which are not nuisances per se but may become nuisances in fact by circumstances of the location/manner in which it is operated; FH may become this

Answer 10

nuisance in fact

Question 11

regulatory specifications

Answer 11

federal and state standards; federal standards

Question 12

federal standards

Answer 12

OSHA; EPA, ADA

Question 13

rules related to embalming procedures, FH personnel protection and safety

Answer 13

OSHA (occupational safety and health act)

Question 14

rules concerning use and control of formaldehyde and chemicals used by embalmers

Answer 14

EPA

Question 15

provide individuals with full use and enjoyment of public accommodations; requires business to remove architectual, communication, and transportation barriers for physcially impaired

Answer 15

ADA

Question 16

fixed location; licensed personnel; access to rolling stock; facilities for conducting funerals; display room with proper number of caskets; adequate prep room

Answer 16

state standards

Question 17

area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposition of dead bodies

Answer 17

cemetery

Question 18

accessible for burial by any member of public; may include designated “sections” veterans, children, specific regligious groups

Answer 18

public cemetery

Question 19

accessible for burial by only those who are granted permission

Answer 19

private cemetery

Question 20

created by an act of U.S congress; typically restricted to eliglible veterans of armed forces and eligible dependents

Answer 20

national cemetery

Question 21

inherent power of government to take private property for public use

Answer 21

eminent domain

Question 22

dictated by police power due to the need to dispose of dead for public health reasons

Answer 22

cemetery location

Question 23

removal of corpse previously buried in earth; removal of entombed body/cremains from their repository

Answer 23

disinterment; exhumation