Bill Amendment: AZ HB2271 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular
Bill Title: Funeral establishment intern trainees
Status: 2013-05-07 - Governor Vetoed [HB2271 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2013-HB2271-SENATE_ADOPTED_AMENDMENT_Driggs_flr_amend_ref_Bill_adopted.html
Bill
Number: H.B. 2271
Driggs Floor Amendment
Reference to: House engrossed bill
Amendment drafted by: Jennifer Thomsen
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
The Driggs Floor Amendment updates the Arizona Revised Statutes by removing references to apprentice embalmers.
Fifty-first Legislature Driggs
First Regular Session H.B. 2271
DRIGGS FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2271
(Reference to House engrossed bill)
Page 1, strike lines 14, 15 and 16
Renumber to conform
Page 5, line 4, strike "an apprentice embalmer,"
Lines 19 and 20, strike "registered apprentice embalmer or"
Page 6, line 16, strike "or apprentice embalmer"
Page 7, strike line 39
Renumber to conform
Page 8, between lines 28 and 29, insert:
"Sec. 3. Repeal
Section 32-1324, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed."
Renumber to conform
Page 9, after line 10, insert:
"Sec. 5. Section 32-1325.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1325.01. Embalmer's assistants; qualifications; application for registration
A. An applicant for registration as an embalmer's assistant shall:
1. Have been registered as an apprentice embalmer for at least five continuous years.
2. 1. Not have had any disciplinary action taken against the person's registration by the board within the last five years.
3. 2. Pass a practical examination demonstrating the person's competence in embalming and safety procedures.
B. An applicant for registration as an embalmer's assistant shall submit a completed application on a form prescribed by the board. The application shall be subscribed under oath and shall be accompanied by:
1. Any educational, professional and employment information required by the board in its rules.
2. Proof of the applicant's employment as an apprentice embalmer at an establishment licensed under article 4 of this chapter under the supervision of an embalmer licensed under this article.
3. 2. A completed fingerprint card and the prescribed fingerprint background check fee.
4. 3. Any other information required by the board.
5. 4. All applicable fees pursuant to section 32‑1309.
C. If the board finds that the applicant meets the criteria for registration under this article and rules adopted by the board, the board shall issue an embalmer's assistant registration.
Sec. 6. Section 32-1330, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1330. Annual intern or apprentice embalmer report
A person who is registered as an apprentice embalmer or embalmer's assistant or licensed as an intern shall submit to the board, at the time that the person applies to renew the person's registration or license, an annual report on a form prescribed by the board. The report shall be subscribed under oath by the apprentice embalmer embalmer's assistant or intern and the supervising embalmer and shall contain information documenting each embalming that the apprentice embalmer embalmer's assistant or intern assisted in or performed.
Sec. 7. Section 32-1331, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1331. Renewal of licenses and registration; reinstatement of registration
A. Except as provided in section 32-4301, each license and each registration issued under this article expires on August 1 of each year.
B. A licensee or a registrant shall submit a renewal application and the applicable renewal fee pursuant to section 32‑1309 on or before July 1 of each year. A license or registration renewal fee is nonrefundable.
C. A licensee or a registrant who submits a renewal application and the applicable renewal fee after July 1 but before August 1 shall pay a late fee pursuant to section 32‑1309 in addition to the renewal fee.
D. A licensee who fails to submit a renewal application and the applicable fee on or before August 1 shall apply for licensure as an original applicant. A person who submits a license application within three years after the date that the person's license expires is not required to pass the national board examination or state equivalent examination.
E. A registered assistant funeral director who fails to submit a renewal application and the applicable renewal fee on or before August 1:
1. Is not eligible for renewal of the person's registration.
2. May apply for a funeral director license pursuant to this article.
F. An apprentice embalmer or embalmer's assistant who fails to submit a renewal application and the applicable renewal fee on or before August 1 may apply for reinstatement of the person's registration by submitting a completed reinstatement application on a form prescribed by the board and the applicable reinstatement fee within one year after the date that the person's registration expires.
G. An intern license may not be renewed more than three times.
Sec. 8. Section 32-1333, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1333. Notice of change in employment
A. An intern who is licensed or an apprentice embalmer or embalmer's assistant who is registered under this article shall notify the board in writing within ten business days after a change in employment. The notice shall include the names of the new establishment and, if applicable, the new supervising licensed funeral director or embalmer.
B. An embalmer or funeral director who is licensed under this article shall notify the board in writing within ten business days after a change in employment. The notice shall include the names of the former and the new establishment.
C. A responsible funeral director who is licensed under this article shall notify the board in writing within five business days after a change in employment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and other legal holidays.
Sec. 9. Section 32-1361, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1361. Prohibition of embalming by certain persons; certification of embalming
A. Only a licensed embalmer, a licensed intern, a registered embalmer's assistant, a registered apprentice embalmer or a student who assists a licensed embalmer in the embalming of dead human bodies pursuant to section 32‑1337 shall embalm a dead human body. A licensed intern, registered apprentice embalmer or student may only embalm a dead human body under the direct supervision of a licensed embalmer.
B. A licensed embalmer who embalms or supervises the embalming of a dead human body shall certify the embalming with the embalmer's signature and license number."
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