Code of Alabama
Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.
Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.

Division 1 - General Provisions.

Section 34-13-50 - Board Recognition of Schools and Colleges. - The Alabama Board of Funeral Service shall recognize and approve...

Section 34-13-51 - Reciprocity of Licenses. - (a) The board may recognize and issue, without examination and...

Section 34-13-52 - Execution and Display of Licenses. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-53 - Renewal of Licenses; Authorization; Attestation of Identity; Records. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-54 - Transferability. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-55 - Reinstatement of Expired Licenses. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-56.1 - Unlawful Practice Without a License. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-57 - Executive Director to Provide Notice of Examination. - Fifteen days before an examination, the executive director shall provide...

Division 2 - Funeral Directors.

Section 34-13-70 - License Required; Filing of Application; Fee; Criminal History Background Check. - (a) No person shall engage in, or attempt to engage...

Section 34-13-71 - Form and Contents of Application; Interview. - An application for a license as a funeral director shall...

Section 34-13-72 - Qualifications of Applicants; Examination Requirements; Fee. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-73 - Scope of Examination. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-74 - Application by Surviving Spouse Upon Death of Funeral Director; Operation Under Special Permit by Operator. - (a) When a licensed funeral director dies leaving a licensed...

Division 3 - Embalmers.

Section 34-13-90 - License Required; Fees. - (a) No person shall follow, engage in, or hold himself...

Section 34-13-91 - Application for Examination; Interview; Criminal History Background Check. - (a) The applicant for an embalmer's license shall make application...

Section 34-13-92 - Qualifications of Applicants; Examination Requirements; Fee. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-93 - Examination of Applicant for License. - The board may hold a public examination at least once...

Section 34-13-94 - Scope and Conduct of Examination. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Division 4 - Funeral Establishments.

Section 34-13-110 - Operation Through Licensed Director or Embalmer; Name Requirements; Advertising Cremation or Cremation Services. - (a) Any person, corporation, partnership, society or group owning or...

Section 34-13-111 - License Required; Inspections; Transfer of License; Change of Ownership. - (a) No funeral establishment or branch thereof for the preparation,...

Section 34-13-112 - Employment of Embalmer or Director by Other Establishments; Supervision and Control; Licensing of Establishment Not to License Embalmer or Director. - (a) All applications for a license to operate a funeral...

Section 34-13-113 - Application for License; Inspection of Establishment; Issuance of License. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-114 - Reissuing License Upon Change of Name. - (a) An operator of a funeral establishment licensed under subsections...

Section 34-13-115 - Revocation, Suspension, or Refusal to Renew License. - (a) The board may revoke, suspend, place on probation, or...

Section 34-13-116 - Penalty for Failure to Register. - Any person, firm, partnership, society, group, or corporation who has...

Section 34-13-117 - Disposition of Remains. - Disposition of human remains shall occur within 48 hours after...

Division 4A - Cremation Services.

Section 34-13-120 - License Required; Crematory Requirements; Application and Inspection; Records; Violations; Rulemaking Authority. - (a) No person, firm, corporation, association, entity, or funeral establishment,...

Section 34-13-120.1 - License Requirements; Certification. - No person may conduct, maintain, manage, or operate a cremation...

Section 34-13-121 - Cremation Procedures; Authorization; Identification of Remains; Records. - (a) Human remains shall not be cremated under either of...

Section 34-13-122 - Disposition of Cremated Remains. - (a) The authorizing agent shall provide to the funeral establishment...

Section 34-13-123 - Violations. - The board may refuse to grant, refuse to renew, suspend,...

Division 5 - Apprentices.

Section 34-13-130 - Apprentice Requirements; Application; Term of Apprenticeship. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-131 - Annual Renewal of Certificate. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-132 - Annual Report of Apprentices. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-133 - Leave of Absence. - The board has power to grant leaves of absence and...

Section 34-13-134 - Grounds for Suspension, Revocation, etc., of Certificates; Reregistration. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...