The department shall recognize any college of funeral service education or mortuary science that is either:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1336

  • 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
  • Provisionally accredited: means being granted candidacy status by the American board of funeral service education. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

1. Accredited or provisionally accredited by the American board of funeral service education.

2. Approved by an accrediting agency that is recognized by the United States department of education and the council on postsecondary accreditation and requires a course of instruction in funeral service education or mortuary science that is equivalent to the course of instruction required by the American board of funeral service education.