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

Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 4-12-303

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 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.

B. Failure to substantially comply with the provisions of this Section shall be deemed to be evidence of gross negligence, repeated or continuous negligence or other professional incompetence.

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