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1
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An unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or enclosure without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the encasement of human remains and which is made of fiberboard, pressed wood, composition materials, or like materials

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Alternative Container

2
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Price lists which may be prepared for use in certain limited situations such as children/infants, for government agencies to provide for indigent persons, for agreements with religious groups, burial or memorial societies for members of their group

A

Alternative Price Lists

3
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Any item of service or merchandise described to a purchaser as a cash advance, accommodation, cash disbursement, etc

A

Cash Advance Items

4
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Any item obtained from a third part and paid for by the funeral provider on the purchaser’s behalf

A

Cash Advance Items

5
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May include Cemetery or crematory services, pallbearers, public transportation, clergy honoraria, flowers, musicians or singers, nurses, obituary notices, gratuities and death certificates

A

Cash Advance Items

6
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A rigid container which is designed for the encasement of human remains and which is usually constructed of wood, metal, fiberglass, plastic, or like material, and ornaments and lined with fabric

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Casket

7
Q

Charge, fee, or surcharge applied to consumers who purchase their casket from a source other than the funeral provider

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Casket Handling Fees

8
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A printed or typewritten list of the casket and alternative containers normally offered for sale by the funeral provider which do not require special ordering

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Casket Price List

9
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Must include retail price and enough descriptive information to enable consumers to identify the merchandise

A

Casket Price List

10
Q

Refers to the Federal trade Commission

A

Commission

11
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A heating process which incinerates human remains

A

Cremation

12
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Any person, partnership, or corporation that performs cremation and sells funeral goods

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Crematory

13
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A disposition of human remains by cremation without formal viewing, visitation, or ceremony with the body present

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Direct Cremation

14
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Date that the specific price list was put into use

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Effective Date

15
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Situation requiring immediate action or urgency

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Exigent Circumstances

16
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FTC recognizes that funeral provider might embalm without permission

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Exigent Circumstances

17
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An agency of federal government created in 1914 to promote free and fair competition by prevention of trade restraints, price fixing, false advertising, and other unfair methods of competition

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Federal Trade Commission

18
Q

On of the categories required to be itemized on the GPL involving services of the funeral provider in the locale where the death occurs and preparation for transfer to another funeral provider as selected by the family

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Forwarding remains

19
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Non of the 16 items required to be separately itemized on the GPL can be listed as free or no charge; items not required by the rule can be listed as

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Free items

20
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A service commemorating the deceased with the body present

A

Funeral Ceremony

21
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The goods which are sold or offered for sale directly to the public for use in connection with funeral services

A

Funeral Goods

22
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Any person, partnership, or corporation that sells or offers to sell funeral goods and funeral services to the public

A

Funeral Provider

23
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Any services which may be used to:

  • Care for and prepare deceased human bodies for burial, cremation, or other final disposition
  • Arrange, supervise, or conduct the funeral ceremony or the final disposition of deceased human bodies
A

Funeral Services

24
Q

A printed or typewritten list of goods and services offered for sale by a funeral provider with retail prices

A

General Price List

25
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The keystone of the Funeral Rule

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General Price List

26
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Ceremony commemorating the deceased at place of final disposition

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Graveside SErvice

27
Q

A disposition of human remains by burial without formal viewing, visitation, or ceremony with the body present, except for a graveside Service

A

Immediate Burial

28
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The method of price quotation by which each unit of service and/or merchandise is priced separately

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Itemization

29
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Statements required by the rule which cannot be modified or edited and must appear in a clear and conspicuous manner

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Mandatory Disclosures

30
Q

A ceremony commemorating the deceased without the body present

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Memorial Service

31
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Basic services is the only fee which the consumer cannot decline

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Non-Declinable Service Fee

32
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Funeral Provider should recover expenses for services, facilities, or unallocated overhead in this charge

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Non-Declinable SErvice Fee

33
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Any container which is designed for placement in the grave around the casket including, but not limited to, containers commonly known as burial vaults, grave boxes, and grave liners

A

Outer Burial Container

34
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Printed or type written list of outer burial containers normally offered for sale by the funeral provider which do not require special ordering

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Outer Burial Container Price List

35
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Use of a single dollar amount to identify the charge for a group or bundle of goods and/or services

A

Package Funerals

36
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Use of a single dollar amount to identify the charge for a group or bundle of goods and/or services

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Package Pricing

37
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Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, government or governmental subdivision or agency, or other entity

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Person

38
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One of the categories required to be itemized on the GPL that involves the services of the funeral provider after initial services have been provided by another firm at the locale of death

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Receiving Remains

39
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The basic services, not to be included in prices of other categories, that are furnished by a funeral provider in arranging any funeral, such as conducting the arrangements conference, planning the funeral, obtaining necessary permits, and placing obituary notices

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Services of Funeral Director and Staff

40
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An itemized written statement provided for retention to each person who arranges a funeral or other disposition; must include the goods and services selected and prices paid for each, itemization of cash advance items, and the total cost

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Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected

41
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Funeral provider must give consumers who call accurate information from the price lists and answer questions about offering and prices with readily available information

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Telephone Price Disclosure

42
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Funeral goods consumers purchase from a source other than the funeral provider

A

Third Party Merchandise

43
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The occurrence of situation that requires certain action

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Triggering event

44
Q

What is the Triggering Event for giving out the GPL

A

Face-to-face meeting

45
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Exist when a seller requires the purchase of unwanted items/services in order to obtain the desired item/service

A

Tying Arrangements

46
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In selling or offering to sell funeral goods or funeral services to the public, it is this for a funeral provider to fail to furnish accurate price information disclosing the cost to the purchaser for each of the specific funeral goods and services used in connection with the disposition of deceased human bodies

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Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices

47
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An unornamented casket made of wood which does not have a fixed interior lining

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Unfinished Wood Box

48
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The particular calendar year or other one-year period used by a funeral provider in keeping financial records for tax or accounting purposes

A

Accounting Year