State v. Perez

Arizona, by statute, has established a detailed system for the licensing of persons engaging in embalming and funeral directing. An apprentice embalmer, within 30 days after beginning a course of instruction and training under a qualified practicing embalmer, shall make an application for a certificate of registration with the State Board, A.R.S. § 32-1326. When the apprentice embalmer applies for a certificate of qualification to practice embalming, he shall show that he has had two years practical training and instruction as an apprentice under a qualified practicing embalmer, that he is a graduate of a standard four-year high school course, a graduate of a regular course of instruction in a college of embalming approved by the State Board, has embalmed no less than 50 human bodies, A.R.S. § 32-1322. He must further take and pass a written examination on anatomy, embalming, and subjects taught by a recognized school of embalming and an oral examination which shall be of a demonstrative nature, conducted upon a cadaver, A.R.S. § 32-1323. If thereafter an embalmer seeks a certificate of qualification as a funeral director, he must show that he has been for not less than one year a qualified practicing embalmer associated with a qualified practicing funeral director, A.R.S. § 32-1330.