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AL Code § 34-13-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-13-54 - Transferability.

Section 34-13-54Transferability. No license to a cremationist, an embalmer, a funeral director, or a funeral establishment granted under or regulated by this chapter shall be transferable or assignable. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §10; Act 2017-433, §1.)
AL Code § 34-13-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-13-55 - Reinstatement of Expired Licenses.

Section 34-13-55Reinstatement of expired licenses. (a) When a licensee, for any reason, has allowed a license to expire, the board may reinstate the license if application for reinstatement is made within a period of 30 days from the date of expiration and is accompanied by payment of all penalties and fees, from the time of expiration to date of reinstatement. The penalties to be paid to the board shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) to reinstate licenses which have expired. (b) After the 30-day period has elapsed, a license may be reinstated only by complying with the provisions of this chapter relating to the issuance of an original license in addition to payment of all fees and penalties. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §24; Acts 1981, No. 81-200, p. 234, §4; Acts 1981, No. 81-709, p. 1190, §1; Act 2011-623, p. 1439, §1; Act 2017-433, §1.)
AL Code § 34-13-56.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-13-56.1 - Unlawful Practice Without a License.

Section 34-13-56.1Unlawful practice without a license. (a) It is unlawful for any person or entity, for hire or profit, to engage in, or hold himself, herself, or itself out as qualified to engage in any of the following without a valid license, certification, or registration issued by the board: (1) The practice of funeral directing. (2) The practice of embalming. (3) Practicing as an apprentice. (4) Operating a crematory. (5) Practicing as a cremationist. (b) Any person or entity who has been found to have engaged in the unlawful unlicensed practice of funeral directing, embalming, apprenticing, operating a crematory, or cremating shall be subject to a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation and other sanctions authorized by this chapter. (Act 2017-433, §2.)
AL Code § 34-13-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-13-57 - Executive Director to Provide Notice of Examination.

Section 34-13-57Executive director to provide notice of examination. Fifteen days before an examination, the executive director shall provide to all applicants and all funeral establishments in the state, in electronic format and on the website of the board, a notice listing the names of all persons admitted by the board to take the examination and setting out the time and place of the examination. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §39; Act 2014-125, p. 206, §1; Act 2017-433, §1.)
AL Code § 34-13-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 2 - Funeral Directors.|Section 34-13-70 - License Required; Filing of Application; Fee; Criminal History Background Check.

Section 34-13-70License required; filing of application; fee; criminal history background check. (a) No person shall engage in, or attempt to engage in, the practice or profession or business of a funeral director unless licensed to do so by the board. The board may issue licenses to funeral directors. (b) Any person desiring to engage in the business, profession, or practice of funeral director shall make application to the board and shall accompany his or her application by a fee to be established by the board, not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). (c) Commencing on October 1, 2017, in addition to the requirements of subsection (b), an applicant for a funeral director license shall submit to the board a form, sworn to by the applicant, that contains the name, date of birth, and Social Security number of the applicant, and two complete sets of fingerprints, for completion of a criminal history background check. The board shall submit the fingerprints to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for a state criminal history record check. The fingerprints shall be forwarded by the agency to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history background check shall be paid by the applicant. The board shall keep information received pursuant to this subsection confidential, except that information received and relied upon in denying the issuance of a funeral director license may be disclosed if necessary to support the denial. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §§9, 40; Acts 1981, No. 81-200, p. 234, §4; Acts 1981, No. 81-709, p. 1190, §1; Acts 1991, No. 91-196, p. 360, §3; Act 2011-623, p. 1439, §1; Act 2014-125, p. 206, §1; Act 2017-433, §1.)
AL Code § 34-13-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 2 - Funeral Directors.|Section 34-13-71 - Form and Contents of Application; Interview.

Section 34-13-71Form and contents of application; interview. An application for a license as a funeral director shall be in writing and verified on a form provided by and addressed to the board and filed with the executive director. The application shall specify the address of the applicant and shall be accompanied by the affidavits of at least two licensed embalmers or funeral directors to the effect that the applicant is of good character and has qualified himself or herself to become licensed as prescribed by this chapter. The board may require an applicant for license as a funeral director to submit to a personal interview. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §12; Act 2014-125, p. 206, §1; Act 2017-433, §1.)
AL Code § 34-13-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 2 - Funeral Directors.|Section 34-13-72 - Qualifications of Applicants; Examination Requirements; Fee.

Section 34-13-72Qualifications of applicants; examination requirements; fee. (a) An applicant for a funeral director's license is entitled to an examination if he or she satisfies all of the following: (1) Is a citizen of the United States or legally present in this state. (2) Is at least 18 years of age. (3) Has had practical experience as an apprentice for not less than two years within a period of three consecutive years, excluding time lost by interruptions caused by the active duty of the applicant in the military service of the United States or its allies during war or national emergency, and excluding time lost by interruptions which the board deems excusable as caused by circumstances beyond the control of the applicant. (4) Has completed apprenticeship not more than two years prior to taking the examination, excluding time lost under the circumstances mentioned in subdivision (3). (5) Has completed a course of instruction in an accredited mortuary or funeral service school or college which has been approved by the board pursuant to Section 34-13-50, or has completed a bachelor's degree program from an accredited school. (b) The board may certify an applicant to take an examination for a funeral director's license after verifying that the applicant has completed a course of instruction in funeral arts at an accredited mortuary or funeral service school or college meeting the criteria or standards defined in this chapter. The board may not issue a funeral director's license to any applicant who has not completed a two-year apprenticeship. (c) An applicant has two years from the expiration date of his or her last active apprentice certification to successfully complete the examination for a funeral director's license pursuant to this chapter. Any applicant who fails to successfully pass the examination is required to serve a new apprenticeship in accordance with this chapter. (d) The board shall establish and charge a reasonable examination fee, based on actual costs, for each applicant who sits for an examination. In no event shall the fee exceed fifty dollars ($50) above the actual cost of preparing and administering the examination. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §13; Acts 1983, No. 83-746, p. 1235, §1; Act 2008-91, p. 118, §3; Act 2011-623, p. 1439, §1; Act 2014-125, p. 206, §1.)
AL Code § 34-13-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 2 - Funeral Directors.|Section 34-13-73 - Scope of Examination.

Section 34-13-73Scope of examination. (a) The applicant for a funeral director's license, before the application is granted, shall successfully pass an examination upon, but not limited to, the following subjects: Funeral directing, the manners in which death may be determined, the laws governing the preparation and disposal of human dead bodies and the shipment of bodies dying from infectious or contagious diseases, and local health and sanitary ordinances in relation to funeral directing. The examination shall be prepared and graded as prescribed by rule of the board. The board may review and adopt, in whole or in part, examination questions, forms, examinations, and passing criteria proposed by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, or a successor organization, and may use the uniform nationwide conditions of the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, or other organization approved by the board. (b) The board shall examine applicants for a funeral director's license in all of the following subjects: (1) Mortuary management and administration. (2) Mortuary law. (3) Basic accounting principles. (4) Funeral directing. (5) Other courses of instruction in fundamental subjects as may be prescribed by the board. (c) All examination papers shall be kept on file by the board for at least three years. (d) To constitute a passing grade, an applicant shall earn an average score of at least 75 percent. (e) If the board is satisfied that an applicant has the requisite qualifications to practice the occupation of funeral directing, a license shall be issued authorizing the applicant to practice such occupation until October 1 of that year, at which time the license may be renewed as prescribed in this chapter. (f) The board may delegate the responsibility of conducting or administering a license examination to any qualified person or entity who is not a member of the board. (g) An applicant may take the required license examination during the time that his or her application for license is pending. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §14; Act 2009-12, p. 22, §3; Act 2011-623, p. 1439, §1; Act 2014-125, p. 206, §1.)
AL Code § 34-13-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 2 - Funeral Directors.|Section 34-13-74 - Application by Surviving Spouse Upon Death of Funeral Director; Operation Under Special Permit by Operator.

Section 34-13-74Application by surviving spouse upon death of funeral director; operation under special permit by operator. (a) When a licensed funeral director dies leaving a licensed funeral business with no licensed funeral director, the surviving spouse, or a surviving child of legal age, may make application for examination as a funeral director. The application shall be in writing, on a form prescribed by the board, and shall state the facts pertaining to the case. The board may certify the applicant for the examination prescribed for funeral directors, in which event the requirements with respect to prior experience and apprenticeship shall be waived. (b) When a licensed funeral director dies leaving a licensed funeral business with no licensed funeral director, the board may issue a special operating permit to the operator of the licensed funeral business for a period of up to 12 months, with the board having the right to extend the permit an additional reasonable time to afford the operator the opportunity of obtaining a licensed funeral director for the business. The operator shall pay a fee for the issuance of the special operating permit in an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100). (c) All human remains embalmed for a funeral establishment operating under a special operating permit and all funeral directing operations carried on under the permit shall be in conformance with all the requirements of this chapter which are not in conflict with this section. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §45; Act 2011-623, p. 1439, §1; Act 2017-433, §1.)
AL Code § 34-13-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 3 - Embalmers.|Section 34-13-90 - License Required; Fees.

Section 34-13-90License required; fees. (a) No person shall follow, engage in, or hold himself or herself out as engaged in the practice as an embalmer unless licensed to do so by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service. The board is granted authority to issue licenses to embalmers. (b) All persons shall qualify for examination in accordance with this chapter and shall be licensed as an embalmer only after due examination by the board and the payment of an examination and license fee to be established by the board, not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). (c) In addition, the board shall establish and charge a reasonable examination fee, based on actual costs, for each applicant who sits for an examination. In no event shall the fee exceed fifty dollars ($50) above the actual cost of preparing and administering such exam. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §10; Acts 1981, No. 81-200, p. 234, §4; Acts 1981, No. 81-709, p. 1190, §1; Acts 1991, No. 91-196, §3; Act 2011-623, p. 1439, §1.)
AL Code § 34-13-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 3 - Embalmers.|Section 34-13-91 - Application for Examination; Interview; Criminal History Background Check.

Section 34-13-91Application for examination; interview; criminal history background check. (a) The applicant for an embalmer's license shall make application to the board. The application shall be in writing and verified on a form provided by and addressed to the board and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee and by affidavits of at least two licensed embalmers to the effect that the applicant is of good moral character and has met all qualifications required for examination for license as prescribed by this chapter. The board may require an applicant for an embalmer's license to submit to a personal interview. (b) Commencing on October 1, 2017, in addition to the requirements of subsection (a), an applicant for an embalmer license shall submit to the board a form, sworn to by the applicant, that contains the name, date of birth, and Social Security number of the applicant, and two complete sets of fingerprints, for completion of a criminal history background check. The board shall submit the fingerprints to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for a state criminal history record check. The fingerprints shall be forwarded by the agency to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history background check shall be paid by the applicant. The board shall keep information received pursuant to this subsection confidential, except that information received and relied upon in denying the issuance of an embalmer license may be disclosed if necessary to support the denial. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §16; Act 2014-125, p. 206, §1; Act 2017-433, §1.)
AL Code § 34-13-92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 3 - Embalmers.|Section 34-13-92 - Qualifications of Applicants; Examination Requirements; Fee.

Section 34-13-92Qualifications of applicants; examination requirements; fee. (a) In order to qualify for a license as an embalmer, the applicant shall satisfy all of the following: (1) Be a citizen of the United States or legally present in this state. (2) Be over 18 years of age. (3) Be of good character. (4) Have completed a two-year course of apprenticeship under an embalmer or embalmers licensed and engaged in practice as an embalmer in this state, and shall have completed the required course of apprenticeship within a period of three consecutive years, excluding time lost by interruption caused by the active duty of the applicant in the military service of the United States or its allies during war or national emergency, and excluding time lost by interruptions which the board deems excusable as caused by circumstances beyond the control of the applicant. (5) Have completed a course of instruction in an embalming school or college which has been approved by the board as defined in Section 34-13-50. (6) Have completed the course of apprenticeship not more than two years before the date of examination, excluding time lost under the circumstances mentioned in subdivision (4). (b) The board may certify an applicant to take an examination for an embalmer's license after verifying that the applicant has graduated from an accredited mortuary or funeral service school or college meeting the criteria or standards defined in this chapter. The board may not issue an embalmer's license to any applicant who has not completed a two-year apprenticeship. (c) The board shall establish and charge a reasonable examination fee, based on actual costs, for each applicant who sits for an examination. In no event shall the fee exceed fifty dollars ($50) above the actual cost of preparing and administering the examination. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §17; Acts 1983, No. 83-746, p. 1235, §1; Act 2008-91, p. 118, §3; Act 2014-125, p. 206, §1.)
AL Code § 34-13-93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 3 - Embalmers.|Section 34-13-93 - Examination of Applicant for License.

Section 34-13-93Examination of applicant for license. The board may hold a public examination at least once each quarter for the purpose of examining applicants for an embalmer's license, at such time and place as the board may determine. Notice of the time and place of the meeting shall be provided electronically to the various applicants and shall be available on the website of the board at least 15 days before the meeting or examination. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §15; Act 2014-125, p. 206, §1.)
AL Code § 34-13-94 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 3 - Embalmers.|Section 34-13-94 - Scope and Conduct of Examination.

Section 34-13-94Scope and conduct of examination. (a) The board shall examine applicants for an embalmer's license in all of the following subjects: (1) Mortuary management and administration. (2) Legal medicine and toxicology. (3) Public health, hygiene, and sanitary science. (4) Mortuary science, to include embalming technique, in all aspects; chemistry of embalming, color harmony; discoloration, its causes, effect, and treatment; treatment of special cases; restorative art; funeral management; and professional ethics. (5) Anatomy and physiology. (6) Chemistry, organic and inorganic. (7) Pathology. (8) Bacteriology. (9) Sanitation and hygiene. (10) Public health regulations. (11) Other courses of instruction in fundamental subjects as may be prescribed by the board. (b) All examination papers shall be kept on file by the board for at least three years. (c) To constitute a passing grade, an applicant shall earn an average score of at least 75 percent. (d) The board may issue an embalmer's license to an applicant who receives a passing grade on a recognized national embalmer's examination approved by the board. (e) If the board is satisfied that the applicant has the requisite qualifications to practice the occupation of embalming, a license shall be issued to him or her authorizing him or her to practice such occupation until October 1 of that year, at which time the license may be renewed as prescribed in this chapter. (f) The board may delegate the responsibility of conducting or administering a license examination to any qualified person or entity who is not a member of the board. (g) An applicant may take the required license examination during the time that his or her application for license is pending. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §18; Act 2009-12, p. 22, §3; Act 2011-623, p. 1439, §1; Act 2014-125, p. 206, §1.)
AL Code § 34-13-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.|Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.|Division 4 - Funeral Establishments.|Section 34-13-110 - Operation Through Licensed Director or Embalmer; Name Requirements; Advertising Cremation or Cremation Services.

Section 34-13-110Operation through licensed director or embalmer; name requirements; advertising cremation or cremation services. (a) Any person, corporation, partnership, society or group owning or operating a funeral establishment coming within this chapter may do so only through the services of a licensed funeral director or embalmer. No person not licensed as a funeral director or embalmer shall be permitted to perform the functions of a funeral director or embalmer as herein defined or hold himself or herself out to the public as such by reason of his or her ownership in a funeral establishment or by reason of his or her ownership of stock owned in or office held in a corporation to own or operate a funeral establishment. After September 10, 1975, no firm or corporation authorized to own and operate a funeral establishment may change or amend its name or charter so as to include in its firm or corporate name the name of any person who is not individually licensed as a funeral director in this state; provided, that this sentence shall not be applicable to the name of any firm or corporation owning or operating a funeral establishment on September 10, 1975, so long as such firm or corporation remains under the same ownership. (b) If the business card of a funeral establishment contains the name of an individual, the individual shall be licensed by the board in accordance with this chapter, unless otherwise provided by this chapter or board rule. (c)(1) Any funeral establishment advertising cremation or cremation services that does not own a crematory shall include the following disclaimer in a clear and conspicuous manner on all advertisements and printed material: "This establishment does not own a crematory." (2) For the purposes of this subsection, an advertisement shall include, but is not limited to, a notice or announcement in a public medium, including the Internet, promoting the funeral establishment and any printed material containing the name of the funeral establishment. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §40; Act 2017-433, §1.)