THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING.
(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.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.
Article 3 - Licenses, Examinations, and Registration.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 34-13-50 - Board Recognition of Schools and Colleges.
Section 34-13-51 - Reciprocity of Licenses.
Section 34-13-52 - Execution and Display of Licenses.
Section 34-13-53 - Renewal of Licenses; Authorization; Attestation of Identity; Records.
Section 34-13-54 - Transferability.
Section 34-13-55 - Reinstatement of Expired Licenses.
Section 34-13-56.1 - Unlawful Practice Without a License.
Section 34-13-57 - Executive Director to Provide Notice of Examination.