Historical Note

ture, conference, class, or instruction related to funeral practices.

7.        “Credit hour” means 60 minutes of participation in con- tinuing education.

8.        “Day” means calendar day.

9.        “Direct cremation” means cremation of human remains without a formal viewing, ceremony, or visitation of the human remains except for identification purposes.

10.     “Disposition-transit permit” means the document that meets the requirements in A.R.S. § 36-326 and A.A.C. R4-19-302.

11.     “Endorsement” means a written authorization issued by the Board to a funeral establishment to offer or sell prear- ranged funeral agreements under 4 A.A.C. 12, Article 5.

12.     “Fraud,” “misleading,” or “false” means the actions described in A.R.S. § 44-1522.

13.     “Funeral establishment that provides for cremation” means a funeral establishment defined in A.R.S. § 32- 1301(25) that owns a crematory on or off the funeral establishments premises or contracts with a crematory for cremation.

14.     “Immediate burial” means a disposition of human remains, other than direct cremation, without a formal viewing, ceremony, or visitation except for identification purposes.

15.     “Harmful” means to cause damage or impairment to an individual’s body.

16.     “Manager” means an individual who manages according to A.R.S. § 32-1301.

17.     “Party” has the meaning in A.R.S. § 41-1001.

18.     “Permanent” means everlasting and existing perpetually.

19.     “Previous owner” means a person who owned 10 percent or more of a funeral establishment before the current owner.

20.     “Refrigerated” means the act of maintaining human remains at or below a temperature of 38 degrees Fahren- heit.

21.     “Registrant” means an individual authorized by the Board to act as an embalmer’s assistant or a prearranged funeral salesperson.

22.     “Unfinished wood box” means an unornamented recepta- cle or casket for human remains.

23.     “Week” means seven consecutive days.

Historical Note

Adopted effective June 16, 1981 (Supp. 81-3). Amended

effective January 2, 1985 (Supp. 85-1). Amended by final

rulemaking at 7 A.A.R. 1441, effective March 14, 2001 (Supp. 01-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 681, effective April 3, 2004 (Supp. 04-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 2648, effective November 9, 2014 (Supp. 14-3).