Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.

Section 34-13-5 - Courts Having Jurisdiction; Initiation of Proceedings. - District courts shall have jurisdiction in all criminal prosecutions arising...

Section 34-13-6 - Recourse by a Licensee Against Unreasonable Orders or Wrongful Interpretations by the Board. - In the event a licensee under this chapter should have...

Section 34-13-7 - Embezzlement, Abstracting, or Willfully Misapplying Moneys Collected; Bribery. - Any person who embezzles, abstracts, or willfully misapplies any of...

Section 34-13-8 - Certified Copy of Official Documents. - On application of any person and payment of the cost...

Section 34-13-9 - Pricing Requirements. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-10 - Violations. - Unless otherwise provided herein, violation of any part of this...

Section 34-13-11 - Authorizing Agent; Right of Disposition. - (a) A person, who is at least 18 years of...

Section 34-13-12 - Truthfulness of Documentary Information; Rights and Obligations of Funeral Establishment; Liability. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Article 2 - Board of Funeral Service.

Section 34-13-20 - Creation; Composition; Qualifications of Members; Appointment and Removal From Board. - (a) There is established the Alabama Board of Funeral Service,...

Section 34-13-21 - Membership Districts. - There are created, for the purpose of this chapter, seven...

Section 34-13-22 - Meetings; Quorum. - The Alabama Board of Funeral Service shall hold not less...

Section 34-13-23 - Officers; Rulemaking Authority; Compensation; Executive Director; Disposition of Funds. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-24 - Oath of Members. - Every member of the board, after appointment and before entering...

Section 34-13-25 - Hearings to Be Public; Record of Proceedings. - All hearings provided for by this chapter shall be conducted...

Section 34-13-26 - Adoption and Enforcement of Rules; Hearings, Investigations, Subpoena Power, Etc. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-339 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-13-27 - Seal; Scope of Rules and Regulations. - The board shall adopt a common seal, which may be...

Section 34-13-28 - Annual Report. - Repealed by Act 2011-623, p. 1439, §2, effective October 1,...

Section 34-13-29 - Audit and Payment of Expenses. - All necessary expenses incurred in giving examinations to applicants and...

Section 34-13-31 - Appeal From Decision of Board. - (a) Whenever, by decision, final order, or other final determination...

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...

Article 4 - Donor Eye Enucleation Licenses.

Section 34-13-150 - Issuance. - Repealed by Act 2011-623, p. 1439, §2, effective October 1,...

Section 34-13-151 - Promulgation of Standards, Procedures, Regulations, etc., by Board of Funeral Service. - Repealed by Act 2011-623, p. 1439, §2, effective October 1,...

Section 34-13-152 - Compliance by Licensee With Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. - Repealed by Act 2011-623, p. 1439, §2, effective October 1,...

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Code of Alabama Title 34 - Professions and Businesses. Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.

Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 13 - Funeral Services.