A. After a formal hearing, the department may deny or refuse to renew a license or may take disciplinary action against any embalmer, funeral director, alkaline hydrolysis operator or other person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter for any of the following reasons:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1366

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Alkaline hydrolysis: means a form of final disposition that includes all of the following:

    (a) Reducing a dead human body to essential elements through a water-based dissolution process using alkaline chemicals, heat, agitation and pressure to accelerate natural decomposition. See Arizona Laws 32-1301

  • Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Disciplinary action: means an action taken to revoke or suspend a license, to impose probationary requirements or civil penalties or to issue a letter of censure or reprimand to any person who is subject to this chapter and who violates any provision of this chapter or rules. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Embalmer: means a person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter and who is engaged in embalming. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Embalming: means the implementation of reconstructive procedures and the process of disinfecting and preserving a dead human body to retard organic decomposition by treating the body to reduce the presence and growth of organisms. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Funeral directing: means arranging, directing or providing a service in the disposition of dead human bodies for compensation. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Funeral director: means a person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter and who is engaged in funeral directing. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Funeral establishment: means a business at a specific location that is licensed pursuant to this chapter and that is devoted to the care, storage or preparation for final disposition or transportation of dead human bodies. 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
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Responsible funeral director: means a person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter, who is engaged in funeral directing and who manages and is accountable for a funeral establishment. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Unprofessional conduct: includes the following acts, whether occurring in this state or elsewhere:

    (a) Committing a class 1 or 2 felony. See Arizona Laws 32-1301

1. Commission of an act of unprofessional conduct.

2. Repeated or continuing negligence or any other professional incompetence in the practice of funeral directing, embalming or alkaline hydrolysis.

3. Violation of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter.

4. Violation of Title 44, Chapter 10, Article 7.

B. After a formal hearing, the department may deny or refuse to renew a license or take disciplinary action against a responsible funeral director for a violation of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter by an employee of the licensed funeral establishment that the responsible funeral director manages.

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