A. A person who desires to take the national board examination shall submit to the department:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1327

  • Accredited: means being recognized or authorized by the American board of funeral service education. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • License: means a written authorization that is issued by the department and that entitles a person to act as a funeral director or embalmer or to operate a funeral establishment, crematory or alkaline hydrolysis facility in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • National board examination: means the test or tests given by the international conference of funeral service examining boards to determine the entry level knowledge and skills of a person regarding funeral directing and embalming. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Provisionally accredited: means being granted candidacy status by the American board of funeral service education. See Arizona Laws 32-1301

1. An examination application on a form prescribed by the department.

2. Documentation of a high school diploma or its equivalent.

3. Documentation of the person’s graduation from an accredited or provisionally accredited school of mortuary science.

4. All applicable fees pursuant to section 32-1309.

B. A person who takes the national board examination must achieve a passing score according to the standards of the international conference of funeral service examining boards.

C. The department shall accept a passing score that an applicant achieved on the national board examination taken within the five years immediately preceding the date that the applicant filed a license application with the department.