Arizona Laws 32-1382. Funeral establishment requirements; responsible funeral director
A. A funeral establishment licensed pursuant to this article shall:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1382
- Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
- Director: means the director of the department. 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 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
- Manage: means :
(a) That a responsible funeral director exercises control and oversight over all employees of a funeral establishment and over funeral transactions, including caring for dead human bodies, funeral services and activities and documenting and retaining records. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
- Preparation: means washing, shaving, dressing or arranging hair on, applying cosmetics to or positioning bodily features on a dead human body and placing the dead human body in a casket. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
- 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
- Universal precautions: means the universal blood and fluid precautions recommended by the centers for disease control of the United States public health service to prevent the transmission of bloodborne and bodily fluid-borne infectious diseases. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
1. Provide separate rooms for each of the following:
(a) An area inside the funeral establishment that may be used as a chapel for conducting funeral services.
(b) A preparation room that meets minimum requirements adopted by the department, that is maintained at all times in a sanitary and professional manner, that has sanitary flooring, drainage and ventilation and that is equipped with instruments and supplies necessary to protect the health and safety of the public and the employees of the funeral establishment in connection with preparing and embalming dead human bodies. This paragraph does not prohibit the embalming of a body at a central location.
(c) A display area for displaying funeral goods or for displaying funeral goods by photograph or electronic means.
2. Provide access to hearses or funeral coaches that are properly equipped for transporting dead human bodies and that are kept in a sanitary and professional manner.
3. Employ and designate a responsible funeral director to manage and supervise the daily operation of the funeral establishment. The responsible funeral director is responsible for the funeral establishment complying with the laws of this state and the rules of the department. The funeral establishment or the responsible funeral director shall designate a licensed funeral director to act as an interim responsible funeral director.
B. All employees of a funeral establishment who handle dead human bodies shall use universal precautions and shall exercise reasonable care to minimize the risk of transmitting any communicable disease from a dead human body.