§ 32-1321 License requirement; persons not required to be licensed; nontransferability; display
§ 32-1322 Embalmers and funeral directors; qualifications for licensure
§ 32-1323 Embalmers and funeral directors; application for licensure
§ 32-1324 Multiple funeral director license; display; nontransferrability
§ 32-1326 Embalmers and funeral directors; temporary licenses
§ 32-1327 National board examination
§ 32-1328 State laws and rules examination
§ 32-1329 Reexamination
§ 32-1331 Renewal of licenses
§ 32-1333 Notice of change in employment
§ 32-1334 Inactive status
§ 32-1335 Out-of-state licensees
§ 32-1336 Department recognition; colleges of funeral service education or mortuary science
§ 32-1338 Continuing education requirements; waiver
§ 32-1339 Fingerprinting of applicants; background checks

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 32 > Chapter 12 > Article 2 - Licensing and Registration

  • Accredited: means being recognized or authorized by the American board of funeral service education. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • 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

  • Alkaline hydrolysis facility: means a building or structure containing one or more alkaline hydrolysis vessels for alkaline hydrolysis. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Alkaline hydrolysis operator: means a person who is trained to carry out the process of alkaline hydrolysis. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Cremation: means the heating process that reduces human remains to bone fragments by combustion and evaporation. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Cremationist: means a person who operates a crematory retort, who performs the actual cremation of human remains and who may be licensed pursuant to article 6 of this chapter. 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
  • 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • Licensee: means a person to whom the department has issued a license under this chapter. 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

  • 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
  • Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. 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
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215