Week 7 Qualifications & Oversight Flashcards
the process by which a person engages in learning the practice of funeral directing and/or embalming under instruction, direction, or personal supervision of a duly licensed funeral director and/or embalmer
apprenticeship (internship/resident training)
any carrier required by law to convey passengers or freight without refusal if the approved fare or charge is paid (e.g., airline, train, etc.)
common carrier
provides transportation for compensation only to those with whom it desires to do business (e.g., livery service)
contract carrier
the attention reasonably expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a person who seeks to satisfy a legal requirement or to discharge an obligation
due diligence
a person, properly licensed, who disinfects, preserves, and/or restores a dead human body
embalmer
a person properly licensed, engaged in, or conducting, or holding himself/herself out as being engaged in preparing, other than by embalming, for the burial or disposition of dead human bodies
funeral director (funeral service practitioner)
between two or more states
interstate
within a state
intrastate
those who transport only in particular instances and only for those they choose to contract with (e.g., funeral home vehicles and livery)
private carrier
the relationship existing between two states whereby each extends some privileges of licensure to licensees of the other state
reciprocity
the registration, preparation, transcription, collection, compilation, and preservation of data pertaining to births, adoptions, deaths, stillbirths, marital status, etc.
vital statistics
a governmental body created by legislation empowered to make and enforce rules and regulations
administrative agency
the rules and regulations created by federal and state administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA, FTC, state board rules and regulations)
administrative law
an action against society as a whole in violation of constitution, statutes, or ordinances (e.g., treason, felony, misdemeanor)
crime
a facility used in the care and preparation for the funeral and/or final disposition of dead human bodies
funeral establishment
