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Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS › Section R4-12-208 - Annual Intern, Apprentice Embalmer, or Embalmer's Assistant Report

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. To meet the
				requirements in A.R.S. §§
									32-1322(A),
				32-1324, or
				32-1325.01(B)(2),
				an intern, apprentice embalmer, or embalmer's assistant shall work a minimum of
				40 hours each week and a minimum of 160 hours each month during an internship
				or apprenticeship.
B. As required
				in A.R.S. §
									32-1330,
				an intern, an apprentice embalmer, or an embalmer's assistant shall submit the
				following on a form provided by the Board:
1.
				The name of the intern, apprentice embalmer, or embalmer's assistant;
2. The name of the funeral establishment
				employing the intern, apprentice embalmer, or embalmer's assistant;
3. The supervising embalmer's name and
				license number;
4. The beginning
				and ending dates being covered by the report;
5. The number of hours worked each week at
				the employing funeral establishment;
6. For each human body embalmed:
a. The name of the deceased;
b. The date of death;
c. A statement of whether an autopsy was
				performed; and
d. The supervising
				embalmer's signature and license number;
7. A statement signed by the intern,
				apprentice embalmer, or embalmer's assistant verifying the information on the
				report is true and correct;
8. A
				statement signed by the responsible funeral director verifying the intern;
				apprentice embalmer, or embalmer's assistant has been employed by the
				responsible funeral director; and
9. A statement signed by the supervising
				embalmer verifying supervision of the intern, apprentice embalmer, or
				embalmer's assistant.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS › Section R4-12-209 - State Equivalent Examination

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A. The funeral service science section of the
				state equivalent examination shall consist of no fewer than 70 written
				questions covering the following subjects:
1.
				Embalming practices and procedures;
2. Methods of determining whether proper
				embalming practices and procedures are being or have been followed for the
				preservation of the human body and prevention of the spread of
				disease;
3. Laws and regulations
				and approved practices governing the preparation, burial, and disposal of human
				bodies; and
4. Methods of shipping
				human bodies when the cause of death is an infectious or contagious
				disease.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS › Section R4-12-211 - Renewal

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A. An applicant for
				a renewal of a license, registration, or endorsement shall file a renewal
				application so the Board receives it on or before the following dates:
1. July 1 for an intern, embalmer, funeral
				director, funeral establishment, cremationist, or crematory license;
2. July 1 for an embalmer's assistant
				registration; or
3. July 31 for a
				prearranged funeral sales establishment endorsement or prearranged funeral
				salesperson registration.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS › Section R4-12-212 - Reinstatement

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A. An applicant
				requesting reinstatement under A.R.S. §§
									32-1331,
				32-1391.12(C),
				or
				32-1391.14(C)
				 shall submit to the Board:
1. An application form that contains the
				applicant's:
a. Name,
b. Social security number,
c. Residence and practice
				addresses,
d. Telephone number,
				and
e. Signature, and
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 3 - REGULATORY PROVISIONS › Section R4-12-303 - Misrepresentation of Legal or Cemetery Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. In selling or offering to sell funeral
				goods or funeral services to funeral services consumers, it is a deceptive act
				or practice for a funeral establishment, funeral director, embalmer, or agents
				or employees of a funeral establishment to:
1.
				Represent that state or local law requires that a deceased person be embalmed
				when such is not the case, or fail to disclose that embalming is not required
				by law except where burial or cremation will not occur within 24 hours or where
				the body is not refrigerated immediately after death.
2. Represent that state or local law requires
				a casket for direct cremation, or represent that a casket (other than an
				unfinished wood box) is required for direct cremations.
3. Represent that state or local laws or
				regulations, or particular cemeteries require burial vaults, grave boxes or
				grave liners when such is not the case, or fail to disclose to persons
				arranging funerals that state law does not require the purchase of an outside
				receptacle.
4. Represent that
				federal, state or local laws, or particular cemeteries or crematories require
				the purchase of any funeral goods or funeral services when such is not the
				case.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 3 - REGULATORY PROVISIONS › Section R4-12-304 - Telephone Price Disclosures Requirement

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A. Each funeral establishment shall tell
				persons who contact the establishment by telephone and ask about terms,
				conditions or prices of funeral goods or funeral services offered that price
				information is available over the telephone. The funeral establishment shall
				provide accurate information from the funeral price list required by
				R4-12-305
				which reasonably answers the question and any other information which
				reasonably answers the question about the retail prices of funeral goods or
				funeral services readily available for sale to the caller.
B. If the caller requests a funeral price
				list, the funeral establishment shall mail its funeral price list required by
				R4-12-305 to the caller. If a funeral establishment mails a funeral price list
				to a caller, it may charge a reasonable postage and handling fee not to exceed
				two dollars. The establishment shall mail the price list to the caller within
				five days after receipt of the handling charge, or if the establishment does
				not require a handling charge, within seven days after the caller's price list
				request.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 3 - REGULATORY PROVISIONS › Section R4-12-305 - Price Lists Requirement

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A. Each
				funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer shall provide a casket
				price list, an outside receptacle price list and a general price list in the
				form and in the manner required by Federal Trade Commission rules
				16 CFR 453.2(b)(2), (3) and
				(4) issued pursuant to the Federal Trade
				Commission Act as amended and in effect on June 1, 1984. The items required by
				the Federal rules shall be included before additional items.
B. A copy of Federal Trade Commission rule
				16 CFR
				453.2(b) is on file with the
				Secretary of State and is incorporated by reference.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 3 - REGULATORY PROVISIONS › Section R4-12-306 - Merchandise Price Card Requirement

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Each funeral establishment shall place a price card on each
				  casket, container and outside receptacle the establishment makes available for
				  sale to funeral services consumers. Each price card shall be placed on or
				  attached to each item of merchandise in a conspicuous manner which permits a
				  potential purchaser to see the information on the price card when standing near
				  the casket or other item of merchandise. Each price card shall conspicuously
				  disclose the separate retail price of the merchandise item available for sale.
				  Price cards on caskets or outside receptacles shall also disclose the
				  construction or type, manufacturer or assembler, and model number or popular
				  name of the casket or outside receptacle. Price cards on containers shall also
				  disclose the construction or type and manufacturer or assembler of the
				  container. Photographs or accurate pictures of merchandise items may be used if
				  conspicuously displayed with the price card information required by this
				  Section.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 3 - REGULATORY PROVISIONS › Section R4-12-307 - Funeral Goods and Services Memorandum

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A. Each funeral establishment, funeral
				director or embalmer shall give an itemized written or printed memorandum of
				funeral goods and services ("statement") for retention to each potential
				purchaser of funeral goods or services at the conclusion of the discussion of
				any funeral arrangements and before the establishment enters into a contract
				with a purchaser of funeral goods or services. The itemized statement shall
				list at least the following information:
1.
				The name and address of the funeral establishment;
2. A caption entitled "Statement of Funeral
				Goods and Services Selected";
3.
				The funeral goods and services selected by that person and the prices to be
				paid for each item, specifically itemized cash advance items, the total cost of
				the goods and services selected and other information contained in or indicated
				by the "Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected" format in Appendices
				B or C (following
				R4-12-565
				) to these rules.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 3 - REGULATORY PROVISIONS › Section R4-12-312 - Equipment and Sanitation Requirements

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A. The Board recommends that the following
				instruments, equipment and supplies be maintained in the preparation room of a
				funeral establishment:
1. 1 set metal or
				rubber drain tubes (large, medium, small)
2. 1 set metal injection tubes (large,
				medium, small)
3. 1 grooved
				director or equal
4. 1 aneurysm
				needle
5. 1 large trocar
6. 1 small trocar
7. 1 scalpel
8. 1 pair scissors
9. 6 hemostats
10. 2 forceps
11. 1 hypodermic syringe
12. hypodermic needles (assorted)
13. aspirator
14. suture needles
15. suture thread
16. disinfectant
17. 1 set of cream or liquid
				cosmetics
18. 1 powder
				brush
19. 1 application
				brush
20. wax for restorative
				work
21. soap
22. cotton
23. head rest
24. hardening compound
25. arterial embalming fluid
26. cavity embalming fluid
27. embalming machine or percolator gravity
				injector and bulb syringe if latter used
28. sheets or covers for remains.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 4 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section R4-12-413 - Continuing Education Hours Required

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A. Unless a funeral director or embalmer
				obtains a waiver under
				R4-12-414,
				the funeral director or embalmer shall complete 12 credit hours or more of
				continuing education every calendar year as follows:
1. At least three credit hours in mortuary
				sciences;
2. At least three credit
				hours in ethical considerations in business practices and state and federal
				laws; and
3. At least six other
				credit hours intended to enhance professional development or
				competence.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 4 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section R4-12-414 - Waiver of Continuing Education

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A.
				The Board shall waive the continuing education requirements in
				R4-12-413
				for a funeral director or an embalmer whose license or registration has been
				placed on inactive status or who was serving in the United States Armed Forces
				in time of war.
B. The Board may
				waive the continuing education requirements in
				R4-12-413
				upon request and for good cause, which includes:
1. For an embalmer's assistant, that the
				embalmer's assistant:
a. Was serving in the
				United States Armed Forces in time of war, or
b. Has not practiced as an embalmer's
				assistant during the year in which continuing education is required;
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 4 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section R4-12-415 - Continuing Education Determinations

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A. To obtain a Board determination that
				continuing education satisfies the requirements of A.R.S. §
									32-1338 and
				R4-12-413, a licensee or registrant shall submit a written request to the Board
				before submission of a renewal application.
B. A request under subsection (A) shall
				contain:
1. A brief summary of the continuing
				education;
2. The date and place
				where the continuing education was provided;
3. The number of credit hours of the
				continuing education;
4. The name
				of the individual providing the continuing education, if available;
				and
5. The name of the organization
				providing the continuing education, if applicable.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 4 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section R4-12-416 - Documentation of Continuing Education

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A licensee or registrant shall submit a written document of
				  completed continuing education with a renewal application that includes:
1. The name of the licensee or
				registrant;
2. The title of each
				continuing education;
3. A brief
				summary of the content of each continuing education;
4. The date of completion of each continuing
				education;
5. The number of credit
				hours of each continuing education; and
6. A statement, signed and dated by the
				licensee or registrant, verifying that the information in the document is true
				and correct.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 5 - PREARRANGED FUNERAL AGREEMENTS › Section R4-12-523 - Surety Bond Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. A
				funeral establishment applying for a prearranged funeral sales endorsement
				shall provide the Board with the number of prearranged funeral agreements sold
				during the immediately preceding calendar year and provide the applicable
				surety bond as follows:
1. $15,000 if the
				establishment sold fewer than 100 prearranged funeral agreements during the
				immediately preceding calendar year;
2. $30,000 if the establishment sold 100 or
				more, but fewer than 250 prearranged funeral agreements during the immediately
				preceding calendar year; or
3.
				$50,000 if the establishment sold 250 or more prearranged funeral agreements
				during the immediately preceding calendar year.
The amount of the surety bond shall be increased by $5,000
				  for each salesperson currently registered by the Board for the
				  establishment.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 5 - PREARRANGED FUNERAL AGREEMENTS › Section R4-12-541 - Consumer Disclosures

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A. The
				consumer notice required by A.R.S. §
									32-1391.08(A)
				and (C) shall be conspicuously printed on
				either the first or signature page of the prearranged funeral
				agreement.
B. At the time the
				purchaser signs the agreement the funeral establishment shall provide a copy of
				the prearranged funeral agreement for retention by the purchaser.
C. At the time of the inquiry or solicitation
				the funeral establishment shall provide a copy of its current price list for
				retention by the person who inquires about or is personally solicited regarding
				a prearranged funeral agreement.
D.
				Pursuant to A.R.S. §
									32-1373,
				each contract for prearranged funeral services also shall contain one of the
				following notices, as appropriate, conspicuously printed near the top of the
				first page:
1. THIS FUNERAL CONTRACT IS
				FUNDED BY INSURANCE.
2. THIS
				FUNERAL CONTRACT IS FUNDED BY A PREARRANGED FUNERAL TRUST ACCOUNT.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 5 - PREARRANGED FUNERAL AGREEMENTS › Section R4-12-545 - Deceptive, Misleading or Professionally Negligent Practices

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In selling or offering to sell prearranged funerals, or in
				  handling the trust funds or accounts of a prearranged funeral consumer, it is a
				  deceptive, misleading or professionally negligent practice for anyone licensed
				  under Title 32, Chapter 12, A.R.S. or his agent:
1. To misstate or omit to state any material
				fact upon which a prearranged funeral consumer detrimentally relies concerning
				the transaction or the prearranged funeral.
2. To represent or imply that the prices of
				funeral goods and services to be provided pursuant to a fixed price prearranged
				funeral agreement are guaranteed, frozen or otherwise an absolute economic
				certainty.
3. To guarantee or
				promise that the funeral establishment will be in business at any indefinite
				time in the future.
4. To fail to
				disclose to the purchaser or beneficiary within ten business days after a
				request, the most currently available information concerning the purchaser's
				principal payments, all earned interest on the principal and total service fees
				charged concerning that purchase.
5. To intentionally mislead or deceive by
				entering into a contract with a prearranged funeral purchaser, while any blank
				in the contract other than for the account number has not been
				completed.
6. To enter into a
				prearranged funeral agreement to provide funeral goods and services not
				regularly sold by the funeral establishment at the time of execution of the
				agreement.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 5 - PREARRANGED FUNERAL AGREEMENTS › Section R4-12-546 - Description of Casket

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A prearranged funeral agreement shall be deemed misleading
				  unless it describes the following information concerning any casket to be
				  provided under the agreement:
1.
				Specific construction and type.
2.
				Interior fabric.
3. Manufacturer
				and model number or popular name.
4. Special features, if any.
5. Casket retail price.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 5 - PREARRANGED FUNERAL AGREEMENTS › Section R4-12-548 - Possession of Trust Account Passbook

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
With respect to individual trust accounts, the funeral
				  establishment shall offer a prearranged funeral purchaser the option of either
				  obtaining a copy of the financial institution passbook, certificate of deposit,
				  or other similar documentation of the prearranged funeral trust account for his
				  personal possession, or authorizing the funeral establishment to maintain such
				  documentation on behalf of the purchaser. This Section does not apply to common
				  trust accounts.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 5 - PREARRANGED FUNERAL AGREEMENTS › Section R4-12-551 - Certificate of Entitlement

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The certificate of entitlement which a funeral establishment
				  delivers to the financial institution servicing a prearranged funeral trust
				  account or accounts shall contain the following information:
1. Name of the funeral
				establishment.
2. Name and location
				of financial institution.
3.
				Prearranged funeral trust account number(s).
4. The amount of trust funds to be withdrawn
				as the annual service fee.
5.
				Certification by the funeral establishment that it is contractually entitled to
				an annual service fee for the preceding calendar year pursuant to the terms of
				the prearranged funeral agreement(s).
The certificate shall be signed and dated by the owner or
				  responsible funeral director of the establishment and sworn to before a notary
				  public. On receipt of an appropriately completed certificate of entitlement,
				  the financial institution shall release a portion of the trust funds equal to
				  the annual service fee to the funeral establishment. The portion of trust funds
				  released to the establishment shall not exceed 10 percent of the interest which
				  has accrued on the trust funds during the preceding calendar
				  year.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 5 - PREARRANGED FUNERAL AGREEMENTS › Section R4-12-552 - Certificate of Performance

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. The
				certificate of performance which a funeral establishment delivers to the
				financial institution servicing a prearranged funeral trust account after the
				death of the beneficiary of a prearranged funeral agreement shall contain the
				following information:
1. Name of the funeral
				establishment.
2. Name and location
				of financial institution and trust account number
3. Name of deceased beneficiary.
4. Certification of the total charges for the
				funeral goods and services provided in the funeral arrangements.
5. Certification that it provided the funeral
				goods and services pursuant to the prearranged funeral agreement.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 5 - PREARRANGED FUNERAL AGREEMENTS › Section R4-12-554 - Statement of Accrued Taxes

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The statement of accrued taxes which a funeral establishment
				  delivers to the financial institution servicing a prearranged funeral trust
				  account or accounts shall contain the following information:
1. Name of the funeral
				establishment.
2. Name and location
				of financial institution.
3.
				Prearranged funeral trust account number(s).
4. Statement identifying the person by whom
				taxes are due and payable concerning income earned from funds deposited in the
				trust account(s). The statement shall describe the taxing authority to which
				the taxes are due, the amount of taxes due and payable concerning each trust
				account and the fiscal period the taxes concern. The statement shall be signed
				and dated by the owner or responsible funeral director and one other employee
				of the establishment. On receipt of an appropriately completed statement of
				accrued taxes, the financial institution shall release a portion of the trust
				funds equal to the accrued taxes, payable to the taxing authority, to the
				funeral establishment.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 5 - PREARRANGED FUNERAL AGREEMENTS › Section R4-12-556 - Notice of Trust Account Transfer

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. If a funeral establishment directs a
				financial institution to transfer a common prearranged funeral trust account
				pursuant to A.R.S. §
									32-1391.04(C),
				it shall provide written notice by first class mail to the last known address
				of each participant not less than ten business days before transfer of the
				account. The notice shall advise each participant that the account is being
				transferred and give the name and location of the new financial institution and
				trust account number. The notice also shall contain a conspicuous statement
				that the establishment will provide specific information concerning the trust
				account status upon request.
B. If
				a funeral establishment is sold, or its name or location is changed or the
				prearranged funeral trust account is in any way transferred to another entity,
				the funeral establishment shall notify the Board of the disposition of the
				trust account within ten business days after the change in the status of the
				trust account. The funeral establishment also shall provide written notice by
				certified mail to the last known address of each participant in the prearranged
				funeral trust account within thirty business days after the change in the
				status of the trust account. The notice shall advise each participant of the
				change of status of the trust account and shall contain a conspicuous statement
				that the establishment, or its successor in interest, will provide specific
				information concerning the trust account status upon request.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 5 - PREARRANGED FUNERAL AGREEMENTS › Section R4-12-559 - Purchaser Cancellation Requests

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The written request from a purchaser of a prearranged funeral
				  agreement or designated person to terminate the agreement and refund the trust
				  funds shall contain the following information:
1. Name of funeral establishment.
2. Full name of the prearranged funeral
				purchaser or designated person making the request.
3. Statement of purchaser or designated or
				legally responsible person requesting refund of the trust funds.
The cancellation request shall be signed by the purchaser,
				  designated or legally responsible person. Within five days following receipt of
				  a properly signed cancellation request, the financial institution shall release
				  the trust funds, payable to the person making the cancellation request, to the
				  establishment for refund to the requesting person.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 5 - PREARRANGED FUNERAL AGREEMENTS › Section R4-12-561 - Annual Report Format

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A. The
				annual report concerning prearranged funeral sales and trust account activities
				filed by funeral establishments pursuant to A.R.S. §
									32-1391.15
				shall contain the information indicated by the annual report format in Appendix
				E (following
				R4-12-565
				). If a funeral establishment does not offer or sell prearranged funerals on or
				after January 1, 1985, it shall annually provide to the Board the information
				required by Appendix E concerning:
1. Each
				prearranged funeral trust account established before the effective date of this
				Article and in existence during any portion of the preceding calendar year
				and;
2. Trust account deposits,
				withdrawals and service fees during the preceding calendar year.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 5 - PREARRANGED FUNERAL AGREEMENTS › Section R4-12-565 - Records Retention Requirement

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Each funeral establishment shall retain and make available
				  for inspection by Board representatives true and accurate copies of the
				  following records during the term of the prearranged funeral agreement and for
				  three years following the death of the beneficiary or the termination of the
				  agreement:
1. The prearranged funeral
				agreement.
2. Each notice of the
				transfer of the trust account to another financial institution, together with a
				record of the names and last known addresses of the purchasers and the dates on
				which the notice was mailed.
3. The
				certificate of performance from the funeral establishment stating that it
				provided the requested funeral goods and services which is delivered to a
				financial institution.
4. Each
				certificate from the funeral establishment concerning entitlement to service
				fees concerning the trust account.
5. Each statement of accrued taxes from the
				funeral establishment concerning the trust account.
6. Each cancellation or termination request
				from a purchaser.
7. Detailed
				financial institution statements and accounting records concerning the trust
				account.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 5 - PREARRANGED FUNERAL AGREEMENTS › Appendix D - Prearranged Funeral Endorsement Bond

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The corporate surety bond delivered to the Board with a
				  prearranged funeral sales endorsement application shall contain the following
				  language:
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 6 - CREMATORY AND CREMATION REGULATION › Section R4-12-612 - Crematory Requirements

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In
				  addition to the requirements in A.R.S. §
									32-1394,
				  the responsible cremationist of a crematory shall ensure:
1. The crematory is maintained free from dirt
				and debris,
2. Equipment and
				supplies maintained in the crematory do not impede passage through the
				crematory, and
3. Human remains
				that are not embalmed are held in a refrigerated holding facility at the
				crematory or sent to a funeral establishment or another crematory for
				refrigeration.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 6 - CREMATORY AND CREMATION REGULATION › Section R4-12-613 - Requirements for a Funeral Establishment That Provides for Cremation

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A. A funeral
				establishment that owns a crematory on or off the funeral establishment's
				premises shall designate a responsible cremationist.
B. The responsible
				funeral director of a funeral establishment that provides for cremation shall
				ensure that:
1. The cost of cremation is
				included on its general price list required by A.R.S. §
										32-1371;
2. A price card for cremation is placed as
				required by A.R.S. §
										32-1372;
3. If the funeral establishment contracts
				with a licensed crematory to perform the cremation; the information required in
				A.R.S. §
										32-1373(A)
				and (B) is provided to the purchaser of the
				cremation;
4. A consumer who
				chooses cremation is informed that human remains may be cremated in a cremation
				container capable of being entirely consumed or reduced to fine residue during
				the cremation process, such as a casket, unfinished wood box, or fiberboard
				container; and
5. Caskets or
				containers constructed of metal or of a substance that may emit harmful fumes
				when subjected to the cremation process are not sold or used for
				cremation.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 6 - CREMATORY AND CREMATION REGULATION › Section R4-12-631 - Records Requirements for Crematories and Funeral Establishments That Provide for Cremation

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A. The
				responsible cremationist of a crematory or funeral establishment that provides
				for cremation shall ensure for each cremation performed that the following
				records are established and maintained for five years from the date of the
				cremation:
1. The name of the decedent and
				date of death;
2. The authorization
				document required by A.R.S. §
										32-1365.01,
				if applicable or a record of the oral or written consent of the authorizing
				agent that meets the requirements in A.R.S. §
										32-1365.02;
				and
3. A copy of the
				completed disposition-transit permit that meets the requirements in A.R.S.
				§
										36-326
				and A.A.C. R9-19-302.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 12 - Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers › Article 6 - CREMATORY AND CREMATION REGULATION › Section R4-12-633 - Disposition of Records

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A. If the
				crematory of a funeral establishment that provides for cremation or a crematory
				changes ownership , the responsible funeral director or responsible
				cremationist shall ensure the records described in
				R4-12-631
				are provided to the new responsible funeral director of the funeral
				establishment or responsible cremationist of the crematory.
B. If a funeral establishment that provides
				for cremation or a crematory ceases operations, within 20 days from the date of
				cessation, the responsible funeral director of the funeral establishment that
				provides for cremation or responsible cremationist of a crematory shall ensure
				that the records required in
				R4-12-631
				are:
1. Provided to the Board office in
				person or by certified delivery mail; or
2. Provided to another funeral establishment
				or crematory and the location of the records is provided to the
				Board.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 13 - RECODIFIED

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Title 4, Chapter 13, the
			 rules of the Industrial Commission, has been recodified to Title 20, Chapter 5
			 pursuant to A.A.C.
			 R1-1-102
			 (Supp. 95-1).
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 14 - RECODIFIED

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Title 4, Chapter 14, the
			 rules of the Department of Insurance, has been recodified to Title 20, Chapter
			 6 pursuant to
			 R1-1-102
			 (Supp. 95-1).
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 15 - Board of Massage Therapy › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R4-15-101 - Definitions

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In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. §
									32-4201,
				  in this Chapter:
1. "Accredited" means
				approved by the:
a. New England Association
				of Schools and Colleges,
b. Middle
				States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools,
c. North Central Association of Colleges and
				Schools,
d. Northwest Association of
				Schools and Colleges,
e. Southern
				Association of Colleges and Schools,
f. Western Association of Schools and
				Colleges,
g. National Commission for
				Certifying Agencies, or
h.
				Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 15 - Board of Massage Therapy › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R4-15-102 - Fees

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A. The Board shall
				charge the following fees that are nonrefundable, unless A.R.S. §
									41-1077
				applies:
1. Application for a license,
				$195;
2. Reinstatement of a
				license, $125;
3. Duplicate
				license, $25;
4. License renewal,
				$95; and
5. Delinquent renewal of a
				license, $40.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 15 - Board of Massage Therapy › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R4-15-103 - Ethical Standards

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Pursuant to A.R.S. §
									32-4203(A)(6),
				  the Board is adopting the following ethical standards, which a licensee is
				  required to meet:
1. When a licensee
				agrees to provide massage therapy to a client, the licensee shall:
a. Inform the client and other health care
				practitioners, if applicable, of the licensee's qualifications, education, and
				experience;
b. Provide only those
				massage therapies that are within the licensee's qualifications, education, and
				experience;
c. Provide massage
				therapy only when the licensee believes that it will be advantageous to the
				client;
d. Refer the client to
				other health care practitioners after evaluating the client for any
				contraindications and the referral is within the best interests of the
				client;
e. Provide draping that
				ensures the safety, comfort, and privacy of the client;
f. Respect the client's right to refuse,
				modify, or terminate treatment;
g.
				Safeguard the confidentiality of all client information unless disclosure is
				requested by the client in writing, medically necessary, required by law, or
				necessary for the protection of the public; and
h. Refrain from engaging in sexual activity
				with the client even if the client attempts to sexualize the
				relationship.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 15 - Board of Massage Therapy › Article 2 - LICENSING › Section R4-15-201 - Qualifications; Application for a Regular License

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A. To meet the requirements in A.R.S. §
									32-4222(B),
				an applicant who submits an application:
1.
				Before January 1, 2008 shall complete 500 classroom and clinical hours of
				supervised instruction at a Board-recognized school, and
2. On and after January 1, 2008 shall
				complete 700 classroom and clinical hours of supervised instruction at a
				Board-recognized school.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 15 - Board of Massage Therapy › Article 2 - LICENSING › Section R4-15-203 - Application for a License by Reciprocity

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An applicant for a license by reciprocity shall meet the
				  requirements in A.R.S. §
									32-4223
				  and:
1. Submit an application packet
				that contains the information in
				R4-15-201(B)(1)(a),
				(b), (c), (d), (e), (i), (j), (k), (m), (n),
				(B)(2), and photograph required by
				R4-15-201(B)(1)(f)
				and:
a. If the applicant wishes to
				demonstrate that the applicant meets the requirements in A.R.S §
										32-4223(A)(1),
				the name of the state where the applicant was licensed continuously for five
				years immediately before the date of the application;
b. If the applicant wishes to demonstrate
				that the applicant meets the requirements in A.R.S. §
										32-4223(A)(2),
				whether the applicant holds a current certification from the NCBTMB or another
				agency that meets the standards of the National Commission for Certifying
				Agencies; and
c. A notarized
				statement, signed by the applicant, stating that the information on the
				application form is true and correct;
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 15 - Board of Massage Therapy › Article 2 - LICENSING › Section R4-15-204 - Board-recognized School

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A.A massage
				therapy school or bodywork therapy school in this state that is offered by a
				community college or approved by the Arizona State Board for Private
				Postsecondary Education is a Board-recognized school.
B. A massage therapy school or bodywork
				therapy school in another state that is approved by an agency similar to the
				Board for Private Postsecondary Education and that wishes to be a
				Board-recognized school shall:
1. Have a
				program that meets requirements that are substantially equivalent to those
				imposed by the Board for Private Postsecondary Education in A.R.S. Title 32,
				Chapter 30 and 4 A.A.C. 39; and
2.
				Submit an application packet to the Board that includes:
a. The name, address, and telephone number of
				the massage therapy school or bodywork therapy school;
b. The same information required by the Board
				for Private Postsecondary Education in
				R4-39-103(B);
				and
c. Documentation from the
				agency similar to the Board for Private Postsecondary Education that states the
				applicant meets the requirements of the agency.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 15 - Board of Massage Therapy › Article 2 - LICENSING › Section R4-15-205 - Application for Renewal of a License

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An applicant for a renewal license shall submit:
1. An application form that contains the
				licensee's:
a. Name;
b. Massage therapy license number;
c. Massage therapy license expiration
				date;
d. Birthdate;
e.
				Residence and practice addresses;
f. Residence and
				practice telephone numbers;
g.
				Mailing address;
h. E-mail
				address;
i. Alien status
				declaration if the licensee is not a citizen or national of the United
				States;
j. Declaration of whether
				the licensee has been charged with or convicted of a felony or an offense
				involving moral turpitude or prostitution, solicitation, or a related offense
				or entered into a plea of no contest during the two-year period immediately
				preceding the renewal application date and, if so the licensee shall provide
				the following information:
i. The charged
				felony or offense;
ii. The date of
				conviction;
iii. The court having
				jurisdiction over the felony or offense;
iv. The probation officer's name, address,
				and telephone number, if applicable;
v. A copy of the notice of expungement, if
				applicable; and
vi. A copy of the
				restoration of civil rights, if applicable;
k. Declaration that the licensee has
				completed the continuing education required by A.R.S. §
										32-4225(E)
				 during the two-year period immediately
				preceding the renewal application date or if audited, the documentation
				required in
				R4-15-303(B);
				and
l. Signature and date of
				submission; and
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 15 - Board of Massage Therapy › Article 2 - LICENSING › Section R4-15-207 - Licensing Time-frames

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A.The
				overall time-frame described in A.R.S. §
									41-1072(2)
				 for each type of approval granted by the
				Board is listed in Table 1. The applicant and the Executive Director of the
				Board may agree in writing to extend the overall time-frame. The substantive
				review time-frame shall not be extended by more than 25 percent of the overall
				time-frame.
B. The administrative
				completeness review time-frame described in A.R.S. §
									41-1072(1)
				 for each type of approval granted by the
				Board is set forth in Table 1 and begins when the Board receives an
				application.
1. If the application packet is
				not complete, the Board shall send to the applicant a written notice specifying
				the missing document or incomplete information. The administrative completeness
				review time-frame and the overall time-frame are suspended from the postmark
				date of the notice until the date the Board receives a complete application
				packet from the applicant.
2. If an
				application is complete, the Board shall send a written notice of
				administrative completeness to the applicant.
3. If the Board grants the license during the
				time provided to assess administrative completeness, the Board shall not issue
				a separate written notice of administrative completeness.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 15 - Board of Massage Therapy › Article 2 - LICENSING › Table 1 - Time-frames (in Days)

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Type of Approval
Statutory Authority
Overall Time-frame
Administrative Completeness Time-frame
Substantive Review Time-frame
Regular license
						  R4-15-201
A.R.S. §
												32-4222
120
60
60
License by Reciprocity
						  R4-15-203
A.R.S. §
												32-4223
120
60
60
Board-recognized school
						  R4-15-204
A.R.S. §
												32-4228
120
60
60
Renewal License
A.R.S. §
												32-4225
60
30
30
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 15 - Board of Massage Therapy › Article 3 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section R4-15-301 - Required Continuing Education Hours

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A.During the two-year period immediately
				preceding license expiration, a licensee applying for a renewal license shall
				complete 24 hours or more of continuing education.
B.A licensee may complete a maximum of 12
				continuing education hours from a distance learning format to satisfy the
				requirement in subsection (A).
C.A
				licensee shall not carry over hours from one renewal period to another renewal
				period.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 15 - Board of Massage Therapy › Article 3 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section R4-15-302 - Approval of Continuing Education

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The following continuing education is approved by the
				  Board:
1. Continuing education that is
				taught by an association, corporation, or organization:
a. Accredited by the National Commission for
				Certifying Agencies, or
b. Approved
				by the NCBTMB.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 15 - Board of Massage Therapy › Article 3 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section R4-15-303 - Documentation of Completion of Continuing Education

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A.When renewing a license, a licensee shall
				submit on a renewal application an affirmation of completion of 24 hours of
				continuing education.
B.The Board
				may annually and randomly select a minimum of 10% of active licenses for an
				audit of continuing education and require the following information:
1. The name of the licensee,
2. The title of the continuing
				education,
3. The subject matter of
				the continuing education,
4. The
				date of the continuing education,
5. The hours completed,
6. The location where the continuing
				education took place, and
7. The
				name of the instructor providing the continuing education.