Title 32 — Professions and Occupations
44 chapters · 1,581 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 32-1301 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Accredited" means being recognized or authorized by the American board of funeral service education. 2. "Alkaline hydrolysis" means a form of final disposition that includes all of the following: (a) Reducing a dead huma…
A.R.S. § 32-1302 Advisory committee; members; appointment; terms; compensation; meetings; duties
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A. An advisory committee is established to collaborate with and advise the director about matters relating to the regulation of the funeral services industry. The advisory committee consists of seven members who are appointed by the director. The advisory committee shall include:…
A.R.S. § 32-1307 Powers and duties of department
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A. The department shall: 1. Administer and enforce this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. 2. Maintain a record of the name and the mailing or employer's business address of each licensee. 3. Investigate alleged violations of this chapter and the rules adopte…
A.R.S. § 32-1308 Fees and monies collected; civil penalties
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B. All civil penalties collected under this chapter shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in the state general fund.
A.R.S. § 32-1309 Fees
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A. The department shall establish and collect application fees in an amount to be determined by the department for each of the following: 1. A funeral director license. 2. An embalmer license. 3. A funeral director or embalmer license for a person who does not reside in this stat…
A.R.S. § 32-1310 Availability of information and records; complaints; release to public
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A. All examination materials, records of examination grading and performance, and transcripts of educational institutions concerning applicants and licensees are confidential and are not public records. B. Information received and records kept by the department for the purposes o…
A.R.S. § 32-1311 Immunity
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A. Employees and agents of the department are immune from personal liability with respect to acts done and actions taken in good faith and in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. B. Any person who reports or provides information to the department in good faith is not subj…
A.R.S. § 32-1321 License requirement; persons not required to be licensed; nontransferability; display
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A. A person shall not advertise or engage in funeral directing, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis or embalming without having a valid license issued by the department. B. This article does not prohibit: 1. A person from performing removals or arrangements or from directing funeral s…
A.R.S. § 32-1322 Embalmers and funeral directors; qualifications for licensure
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A. An applicant for licensure as an embalmer shall: 1. Pass the funeral service science section of the national board examination. 2. Pass the embalmer state laws and rules examination. 3. Be a graduate of an accredited or provisionally accredited school of mortuary science. 4. H…
A.R.S. § 32-1323 Embalmers and funeral directors; application for licensure
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A. An applicant for licensure as an embalmer or funeral director shall submit a completed application on a form prescribed by the department. The application shall be subscribed under oath and shall be accompanied by: 1. Any educational, professional and employment information re…
A.R.S. § 32-1324 Multiple funeral director license; display; nontransferrability
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A. An applicant for a license as a funeral director who is proposing to manage and supervise the operations of more than one funeral establishment shall apply on a form prescribed by the department. The application shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee for the additional fun…
A.R.S. § 32-1326 Embalmers and funeral directors; temporary licenses
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The department may issue a temporary embalmer or funeral director license to a person who is not licensed in this state in cases of emergency or public disaster or for educational purposes if the person holds an active license in good standing issued by the funeral services licen…
A.R.S. § 32-1327 National board examination
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A. A person who desires to take the national board examination shall submit to the department: 1. An examination application on a form prescribed by the department. 2. Documentation of a high school diploma or its equivalent. 3. Documentation of the person's graduation from an ac…
A.R.S. § 32-1328 State laws and rules examination
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A. The department shall administer a state laws and rules examination at least once every three months. When the department receives a license application, it shall schedule the applicable state laws and rules examination for the applicant. B. Each state laws and rules examinatio…
A.R.S. § 32-1329 Reexamination
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A. An applicant who fails to pass the national board examination or the state laws and rules examination may retake the examination within one year after the date that the applicant filed a license application with the department. A person who desires to retake the state laws and…
A.R.S. § 32-1333 Notice of change in employment
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A. An embalmer or funeral director who is licensed under this article shall notify the department in writing within ten business days after a change in employment. The notice shall include the names of the former and the new establishment. B. A responsible funeral director who is…
A.R.S. § 32-1334 Inactive status
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A. A licensed embalmer, funeral director, cremationist or alkaline hydrolysis operator who retires from practicing embalming, funeral directing, cremation or alkaline hydrolysis and who is not currently practicing embalming, funeral directing, cremation or alkaline hydrolysis in …
A.R.S. § 32-1335 Out-of-state licensees
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A. A person who holds an embalmer or funeral director license in good standing that was issued by the funeral services licensing authority of another jurisdiction and who desires an embalmer or funeral director license in this state shall meet the requirements and qualifications …
A.R.S. § 32-1336 Department recognition; colleges of funeral service education or mortuary science
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The department shall recognize any college of funeral service education or mortuary science that is either: 1. Accredited or provisionally accredited by the American board of funeral service education. 2. Approved by an accrediting agency that is recognized by the United States d…
A.R.S. § 32-1338 Continuing education requirements; waiver
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A. A person who is licensed pursuant to this article shall complete continuing education designed to educate the person regarding current skills and procedures and developments in the funeral industry. The department may prescribe in its rules the number of hours of continuing ed…
A.R.S. § 32-1339 Fingerprinting of applicants; background checks
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An applicant for a license under this article other than a temporary license shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the department of health services for the purpose of conducting a state and federal criminal records check pursuant to section 41-1750 and Public Law 92-544. Th…
A.R.S. § 32-1341 Alkaline hydrolysis facilities; license required
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A person may not advertise or operate an alkaline hydrolysis facility without first obtaining an alkaline hydrolysis facility license issued by the department.
A.R.S. § 32-1342 Alkaline hydrolysis facilities; requirements
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A. An alkaline hydrolysis facility licensed under this article must meet all of the following: 1. Have a building or structure that complies with applicable local and state building codes, zoning laws and ordinances and wastewater management and environmental standards and that c…
A.R.S. § 32-1343 Alkaline hydrolysis operators; licensure; application; qualifications; fingerprinting
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A. An applicant for an alkaline hydrolysis operator license shall submit a completed application on a form prescribed by the department. The application shall be subscribed under oath and shall be accompanied by the applicable fee pursuant to section 32-1309 and any additional in…
A.R.S. § 32-1344 Alkaline hydrolysis facilities; licensure requirements; application
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A. An application for an alkaline hydrolysis facility shall be in a form prescribed by the department. If the applicant is a business entity, the entity shall direct a natural person who is an owner of the entity to submit its application. The application shall be subscribed unde…
A.R.S. § 32-1345 Display of license
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An alkaline hydrolysis facility shall display its license in a location that enables any member of the public who enters the alkaline hydrolysis facility to observe and read the license.
A.R.S. § 32-1346 Alkaline hydrolysis facilities; nontransferability of license; interim permits; confidentiality; definition
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A. An alkaline hydrolysis facility license issued by the department is not transferable or subject to sale or assignment, whether by a voluntary or involuntary process. B. If a change of ownership of an alkaline hydrolysis facility occurs, the licensee shall notify the department…
A.R.S. § 32-1347 Change of name or location
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A. The owner of a licensed alkaline hydrolysis facility who desires to change the name of the alkaline hydrolysis facility shall submit an application on a form prescribed by the department. The application shall be subscribed under oath and shall be accompanied by the applicable…
A.R.S. § 32-1361 Licensed embalmers; supervision; certification of embalming; exception for embalmer's assistants
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A. Only a licensed embalmer may embalm a dead human body, except that another person who is employed by a funeral establishment and on a pathway to licensure may embalm a dead human body under the direct supervision of a licensed embalmer. B. A licensed embalmer who embalms or su…
A.R.S. § 32-1362 Enucleation of eyes by licensed embalmers
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An embalmer who is licensed in this state may enucleate the eyes of a dead human body for the purposes specified in and pursuant to title 36, chapter 7, article 3 if the embalmer has completed a course in eye enucleation approved by the Arizona medical board.
A.R.S. § 32-1363 Use of funeral director title; unlawful use
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A. A person who is licensed as a funeral director under article 2 of this chapter shall be known as a "funeral director", "undertaker" or "mortician" or any other title that clearly indicates that the person is engaged in the business of funeral directing. B. It is unlawful for a…
A.R.S. § 32-1364 Crimes against the dead; classification
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A. It is unlawful for a person, without the authority of law or as normally required to store, prepare, disinfect or embalm a dead human body according to standards of practice in the funeral industry, to mutilate a dead human body. B. It is unlawful for a person, without the aut…
A.R.S. § 32-1365 Violations; classification
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A. It is unlawful: 1. For an embalmer or embalmer's assistant who knows or should know of a fact that is sufficient to raise suspicion of a crime related to the cause of death or a crime against a dead human body to embalm a dead human body without the permission of the county me…
A.R.S. § 32-1365.01 Lawful disposition of dead human body; authorization document; legally competent adults; immunity
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A. A legally competent adult may prepare a written statement directing the cremation or other lawful disposition of the legally competent adult's own remains pursuant to section 36-831. The written statement may but need not be part of the legally competent adult's will. B. The l…
A.R.S. § 32-1365.02 Authorizing agents; consent for cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, disinterment or embalming; definition
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A. Except as provided in section 32-1365.01 and in subsection E of this section, it is unlawful to cremate, use alkaline hydrolysis or disinter a dead human body without prior written consent of the authorizing agent. B. Except as provided in section 32-1365.01, it is unlawful to…
A.R.S. § 32-1366 Grounds for disciplinary action
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A. After a formal hearing, the department may deny or revoke 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: 1. Commission of …
A.R.S. § 32-1367 Investigations; disciplinary proceedings; civil penalty; probationary terms
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A. The department shall conduct an investigation when the department receives a complaint that appears to show the existence of any grounds for disciplinary action under this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. B. The department on its own initiative may investigat…
A.R.S. § 32-1369 Cease and desist orders; injunctive relief; civil penalty
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A. In addition to all other remedies, if it appears to the department, either on complaint or otherwise, that any person has engaged in or is engaging in any act, practice or transaction that constitutes a violation of this chapter, of title 44, chapter 10, article 7 or of any ru…
A.R.S. § 32-1371 List of prices of funeral goods and services offered
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A. The department shall adopt rules that require every licensee to give a standardized written or printed price list for retention to each person who personally inquires about funeral arrangements or prices of funeral goods and services. A funeral establishment shall offer each p…
A.R.S. § 32-1372 Display of merchandise prices; rules
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The department shall adopt rules that require each funeral establishment to place a price card in a conspicuous place with each casket, alternative container, outer burial container, alkaline hydrolysis container or other item of funeral goods available for purchase. A funeral es…
A.R.S. § 32-1373 Statement of funeral goods and services
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A. A licensee shall not enter into a contract to furnish funeral goods and services in connection with the burial or other disposition of a dead human body until the licensee has first delivered to the potential purchaser a written or printed statement of funeral goods and servic…
A.R.S. § 32-1374 Price list requirement
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When a licensee makes arrangements by interstate telecommunications to perform services in this state with any person residing outside this state, the licensee shall provide the written price list required pursuant to section 32-1371 electronically unless the person does not have…
A.R.S. § 32-1375 Price lists; telephone information
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A. A licensee or authorized employee shall provide accurate information about the retail prices of funeral goods and services readily available for sale at the funeral establishment at which the licensee or authorized employee is employed to any person inquiring about these price…
A.R.S. § 32-1376 Consumer information pamphlet
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A. The department shall prepare and distribute to funeral establishments a consumer information pamphlet that provides the following information: 1. The meaning of terms used in funeral arrangements. 2. Legal requirements concerning funerals and the disposition of human remains. …
A.R.S. § 32-1377 Rules; relation to federal trade commission regulations
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Except as authorized by this article, rules adopted by the department to implement this article shall be at least as stringent as federal trade commission regulations relating to funeral industry practices as authorized by the federal trade commission act as amended and in effect…
A.R.S. § 32-1378 Transportation protection agreements
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[Repealed or reserved.]
A.R.S. § 32-1381 Funeral establishments; license required
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A person shall not advertise or operate for compensation a funeral establishment without first obtaining a funeral establishment license pursuant to this article or an interim permit issued by the department pursuant to section 32-1388.
A.R.S. § 32-1382 Funeral establishment requirements; responsible funeral director; universal precautions
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A. A funeral establishment licensed pursuant to this article shall: 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) If the funeral establishment embalms on-site, a …
A.R.S. § 32-1383 Application; qualifications for funeral establishment licensure
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A. An applicant for a funeral establishment license shall submit a completed application on a form prescribed by the department. The application shall be subscribed under oath and shall be accompanied by the applicable fee pursuant to section 32-1309 and any additional informatio…
A.R.S. § 32-1385 Retention of records
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A funeral establishment shall maintain copies of consumer price lists, outer burial container price lists, casket price lists, statements of funeral goods and services and any other documents related to the arrangement or direction of funeral or embalming services for three years…