Arizona Laws 32-1327. National board examination
A. A person who desires to take the national board examination shall submit to the department:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1327
- Accredited: means being recognized or authorized by the American board of funeral service education. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
- Department: means the department of health services. 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
- 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
- Provisionally accredited: means being granted candidacy status by the American board of funeral service education. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
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 accredited or provisionally accredited school of mortuary science.
4. All applicable fees pursuant to section 32-1309.
B. A person who takes the national board examination must achieve a passing score according to the standards of the international conference of funeral service examining boards.
C. The department shall accept a passing score that an applicant achieved on the national board examination taken within the five years immediately preceding the date that the applicant filed a license application with the department.