Arizona Laws 32-1361. Licensed embalmers; supervision; certification of embalming
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.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1361
- Embalmer: means a person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter and who is engaged in embalming. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
- Embalming: means the implementation of reconstructive procedures and the process of disinfecting and preserving a dead human body to retard organic decomposition by treating the body to reduce the presence and growth of organisms. 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
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- 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
B. A licensed embalmer who embalms or supervises the embalming of a dead human body shall certify the embalming with the embalmer’s signature and license number.
C. For the purposes of this section, a person is on a pathway to licensure if both of the following apply:
1. The person has been employed by a funeral establishment for not more than three years.
2. The person intends to become licensed after assisting in embalming at least twenty-five dead human bodies or assisting in arranging and directing at least twenty-five funerals.