Title 32, Professions and Occupations

A person is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor who: 1. Not licensed as a dentist, practices denture technology without certification as provided by this article. 2. Exhibits or displays a certificate, diploma, degree or identification of another or a forged or fraudulent certificate…

A. A dentist may dispense drugs, except schedule II controlled substances that are opioids, and devices kept by the dentist if: 1. All drugs and devices are dispensed in packages labeled with the following information: (a) The dispensing dentist's name, address and telephone numb…

A. The board may establish a confidential program for the treatment and rehabilitation of dentists, dental therapists, denturists and dental hygienists who are impaired by alcohol or drug abuse. This program shall include education, intervention, therapeutic treatment and posttre…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Mobile dental facility" means a facility in which dentistry is practiced and that is routinely towed, moved or transported from one location to another. 2. "Permit holder" means a dentist, dental hygienist, denturist or …

A. Beginning January 1, 2012, every mobile dental facility and, except as provided in subsection B, every provider, program or entity using portable dental units in this state must obtain a permit pursuant to this article. B. A licensee who does not hold a permit for a mobile den…

A. An individual or entity that seeks a permit to operate a mobile dental facility or portable dental unit must submit an application on a form provided by the board and pay an annual registration fee prescribed by the board by rule. The permit must be renewed annually not later …

A. A permit holder must: 1. Comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances dealing with radiographic equipment, flammability, sanitation, zoning and construction standards, including construction standards relating to required access for pers…

A. The permit holder of a mobile dental facility or portable dental unit must obtain appropriate informed consent, in writing or by verbal communication, that is recorded by an electronic or digital device from the patient or the parent or guardian of the patient authorizing spec…

A. A permit holder for a mobile dental facility or portable dental unit that provides dental services to a patient shall refer the patient for follow-up treatment with a licensed dentist or the permit holder if treatment is clinically indicated. A permit holder or licensee who fa…

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. 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. 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. The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all fees and other monies collected under this chapter in the health services licensing fund established by section 36-414. B. All civil penalties collected under this chapter shall be deposited, pursuant to…

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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…

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 …

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. 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…

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 person may not advertise or operate an alkaline hydrolysis facility without first obtaining an alkaline hydrolysis facility license issued by the department.

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. 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. 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…

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. 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. 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. 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…

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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…