§ 32-1393 Crematories; license required; employee training
§ 32-1394 Crematory requirements; responsible cremationist
§ 32-1394.01 Application; qualifications for cremationist licensure; licensure requirement for responsible cremationists
§ 32-1394.02 Renewal of cremationist licenses
§ 32-1395 Application; qualifications for licensure
§ 32-1396 Renewal of crematory licenses
§ 32-1396.01 Display of license
§ 32-1397 Nontransferability of crematory licenses; change of ownership; interim permit; definition
§ 32-1397.01 Crematories; change of name
§ 32-1397.02 Crematories; change of location
§ 32-1398 Crematories; prohibited acts; disciplinary actions
§ 32-1398.01 Crematories; disciplinary proceedings
§ 32-1399 Crematories; rules; standards of practice

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 32 > Chapter 12 > Article 6 - Cremation

  • Authorizing agent: means a person who is legally entitled to order the cremation, disinterment or embalming of human remains pursuant to Section 32-1365. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Business entity: includes any corporation, association, limited liability company, professional corporation, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, business trust, trust, joint venture and other business entity. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Casket: means a rigid container that is designed to permanently encase human remains and that is usually constructed of wood, metal or synthetic substances and ornamented and lined with fabric. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Change of ownership: means a transfer of a controlling legal or equitable interest in a licensed funeral establishment or crematory resulting from a sale or merger. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Cremated remains: means the remaining bone fragments after cremation. 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
  • Cremation container: means a leak and spill resistant, rigid, combustible, closed receptacle into which human remains are placed before cremation. 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
  • Crematory: means a building or portion of a building that is licensed pursuant to article 6 of this chapter and that houses a retort in which only human remains are cremated. 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
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
  • Holding facility: means a designated area for retaining human remains. 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
  • 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

  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
  • Responsible cremationist: means a licensed cremationist who manages a crematory. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Retort: means an enclosed space within which cremation takes place. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • supervision: means that a licensed embalmer has responsibility for and is within sight and sound of a person who is embalming a dead human body or assisting in embalming a dead human body. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Temporary container: means a receptacle that is usually made of cardboard, rigid plastic or another similar material and that is designed to hold processed cremated remains until they are placed in an urn or another permanent container. 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
  • Urn: means a receptacle into which processed cremated remains are placed for disposition. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215