Arizona Laws 32-1324. Multiple funeral director license; display; nontransferrability
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 funeral establishment.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1324
- Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
- Director: means the director of the department. 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
- 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
- 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
B. The department shall review the application for a multiple funeral director license, and, if it is reasonable to believe that the funeral establishments can be adequately supervised and managed by the applicant, the department shall issue the license.
C. A funeral director who holds a multiple funeral director license shall display the license at the funeral establishment to which the license is issued. Unless otherwise stated in this article, a multiple funeral director license is renewable at the same time as the funeral establishment license. A multiple funeral director license is not transferable without prior approval of the department.