問題一覧
1
All deaths must be medically certified (completion of medical certificate of death).
True
2
What does PEPEDA stand for?
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Document Act
3
What is the medical certificate of death?
it is the document that contains the official manner and cause of death
4
What piece of information is not required to be provided for the death registration document?
the cause and manner of death
5
What does it mean when a physician verifies death?
the physician will confirm the death by assigning it a manner and cause of death
6
Who is responsible to issue a "Form 4"?
medical examiner
7
When obtaining personal information from the executor or next-of-kin, which statement would be false?
you must obtain consent in writing
8
The Bodies of Deceased Persons Regulations are regulated under which act?
Public Health Act
9
By law, how would a funeral director generally acquire consent from a family to obtain private information?
informed consent
10
All deaths must be issued a death certificate.
False
11
All deaths that occur in the province must have a burial permit issued.
True
12
Which of the following would legally require a burial permit? (Choose all that apply)
burial in a cemetery, cremation, transportation if a body out of the province
13
The main purpose of the Bodies of Deceased Persons Regulations is to regulate the practice of routine handling of deceased bodies.
True
14
The medical school university does not have a right to refuse a body of an individual that has registered as a donor of the program.
False
15
Which act would funeral service professionals be more bound to?
PIPEDA
16
What are two Canadian federal pieces of legislation that deals with privacy?
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, The Privacy Act
17
The province of Alberta had a specific definition of death.
False
18
Which party would typically not recieve a copy of the burial permit?
the family
19
What are the qualifications of a medical examiner?
must be a physician
20
Which statement would best define death?
the final and irreversible cessation of brain function, respiration and heartbeat
21
Who has legal authority to pronounce death?
all answers are correct
22
Where must a burial permit be located when shipping a body out of the province or country?
it must be attached to the outside of the casket/container
23
A medical school university will generally accept all types of bodies for medical education.
False
24
Which body disease is not to be embalmed in the province of Alberta?
CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease)
25
Under normal circumstances, what must not appear on the death certificate?
the cause of death
26
Who may issue a death certificate?
the Registrar of Vital Statistics
27
Generally, who is responsible to forward the proper information to Vital Statistics so that a death may be registered?
funeral director
28
Who takes control of the scene and body when there is a sudden and unexpected death?
medical examiner
29
Once a body is no longer needed for a medical school university for medical education, what happens to the body?
the university will arrange cremation
30
When can a burial permit be issued?
once the death is registered and the medical certificate of death is signed and completed
31
Whose duties, roles and responsibilities are primarily regulated under the Fatalities Inquiries Act?
medical examiner
32
Who has legal authority to medically certify death?
medical physician or medical examiner
33
The Chief Medical Examiner is responsible to investigate sudden and unexpected deaths.
True
34
All deaths in a province just be registered.
True
35
What is a "Form 4" document?
a document that verifies that the medical examiner has examined the medical certificate of death
36
Who has the responsibility of issuing a burial permit?
registrar of Vital Statistics
37
The Bodies of Deceased Persons Regulations includes a list of diseases that requires additional and discussion handling protocols.
True
38
In Alberta, there is no law requiring the formal pronouncement of death by a qualified medical practitioner.
True
39
In Alberta, all bodies, no matter what the cause of death is, may be embalmed.
False
40
What is needed in order to register a death in the province of Alberta?
the personal information about the deceased provided by the family
41
Which Act primarily regulates the use of a dead intact human body by a medical school university for the purpose of medical education?
Human Tissue and Organ Donation Act
42
Every death in the province of Alberta requires a "Form 4".
False
43
Which of the following would not fall under a "safeguard" principle of business measure?
obtaining the individuals consent when collecting information
44
Jennifer is a pre-need counselor that is meeting a client at the funeral home. She needs to contact the local cemetery with details about a plot. She phones the cemetery and they ask her for information about the family and next-of-kin so they can search their records. What information would not be appropriate to share with the cemetery office?
the deceased's SIN and health number
45
What is a death certificate?
legal proof of death