California Embalmer's Exam questions with verified
answers
B&PC 7634 Tissue Removal Ans✓✓-Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, a licensed embalmer, at the request of a licensed physician, may remove tissue
from human remains for transplant, or therapeutic, or scientific
purposes specified in, and pursuant to, the provisions of the Uniform Anatomical
Gift Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 7150) of
Part 1 of Division 7 of the Health and Safety Code), if such embalmer has
completed a course in tissue removal for transplant, or therapeutic, or scientific
purposes approved by the Medical Board of California of the State of California.
B&PC 7640 Embalmer Description Ans✓✓-An embalmer is one who is duly
qualified to disinfect or preserve human remains by the injection or external
application of antiseptics, disinfectants or preservative fluids; to prepare human
bodies for transportation which are dead of contagious or infectious diseases; and
to use derma surgery or plastic art for restoring
mutilated features; and who is duly licensed as an embalmer under the laws of the
State of California.
B&PC 7641 Embalmer Licensure Ans✓✓-It is unlawful for any person to
embalm a body, or engage in, or hold himself or herself out as engaged in practice
as an embalmer, unless he or she is licensed by the bureau. However, this
section shall have no effect on students and instructors of embalming in
embalming colleges approved by the bureau.
CCR 1215 Attire While Embalming Ans✓✓-Every person, while engaged in
actually embalming human remains, shall be attired in a clean and sanitary smock
or gown covering the person from neck to below the knees, and shall, while so
engaged, wear impervious gloves; and the body being embalmed shall at all times
be so covered as to insure the privacy of said body.
,CCR 1216 Sanitation (a) Prep Rooms Ans✓✓-All preparation, embalming or
storage room shall, at all times, be kept and maintained in a clean and sanitary
condition.
CCR 1216 Sanitation (b) Receptacles and Waste Materials Ans✓✓-Every
preparation, embalming or storage room shall be provided with proper and
convenient receptacles for refuse, bandages, cotton and other waste materials and
supplies. All such waste materials shall be disposed of in accordance with State
and local health and sanitation requirements or in such a manner as not to endanger
the public health and safety.
CCR 1216 Sanitation (c) Instruments Ans✓✓-All instruments, appliances and
equipment used in the embalming or other preparation and handling of human
remains shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected immediately at the
conclusion of each individual case.
CCR 1216 Sanitation (d) Areas Open to the Public Ans✓✓-All areas of a
funeral establishment which are open to public use or occupancy shall be kept and
maintained in a clean and orderly condition so as not to endanger the public health
and safety.
CCR 1221 Care and Preparation for Burial (a) Ans✓✓-The care and preparation
for burial or other disposition of all human remains shall be strictly private, and no
one shall be allowed in the embalming or storage room while human remains are
being embalmed or prepared for disposition, except the licensed funeral director
and his duly authorized officers and/or employees, licensed embalmers and their
duly registered apprentices, instructors of the science of embalming in embalming
schools or colleges duly accredited by the Board and their students, and except
public officials in the discharge of their duties; provided, that this rule shall not
apply to duly accredited nurses employed in a case, nor to members of the
, immediate family of the deceased as defined by section 7100 of the Health and
Safety Code.
CCR 1221 Care and Preparation for Burial (b) Ans✓✓-All human remains
being transferred into or out of a funeral establishment or storage facility, except in
a casket, shall be covered and kept out of the public view, to the extent reasonably
possible.
CCR 1222 Embalming Fluids Ans✓✓-No embalming fluids shall be used in
embalming which contain heavy minerals or metallic substances which have a
poisonous effect, such as arsenic, lead and mercury.
CCR 1223 Embalming, Preparation, and Storage Rooms (a) Ans✓✓-No
embalming, preparation or storage room shall be located in any public storage,
mini-storage, mini-warehouse, multi-unit storage complex or similar facility used
by members of the general public for the storage of goods. Any existing
embalming, preparation or storage room located in a prohibited facility shall be
relocated and brought into full compliance with this section, within twelve (12)
months of this subsection's effective date.
CCR 1223 Embalming, Preparation, and Storage Rooms (b) Ans✓✓-Every
licensed funeral establishment shall maintain in its embalming, preparation and/or
storage room, a sufficient supply of a suitable and effective disinfectant to provide
for the cleansing and disinfection of the facility and its contents.
CCR 1223 Embalming, Preparation, and Storage Rooms (c) Ans✓✓-Every
licensed funeral establishment and funeral director who holds unembalmed human
remains for a period longer than 24 hours shall cause the body to be refrigerated at
an approved facility with sufficient capacity as defined under section 1223.1(d).
