A. The department shall prepare and distribute to funeral establishments a consumer information pamphlet that provides the following information:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1376

  • Department: means the department of health services. 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
  • Human remains: means a lifeless human body or parts of a human body that allow a reasonable inference that death occurred. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215

1. The meaning of terms used in funeral arrangements.

2. Legal requirements concerning funerals and the disposition of human remains.

3. A description of illegal practices.

4. A description of required disclosures to funeral consumers.

5. A description of the department’s responsibilities, including where complaints may be filed.

6. Other relevant information.

B. A funeral establishment shall provide a copy of the consumer information pamphlet for retention to each person who personally inquires about funeral arrangements or funeral goods and services.