Alaska Statutes (Last Updated: January 11, 2017)

Section 08.42.020. License required for the practice of mortuary science.

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   (a) A person may not engage in the practice of mortuary science or hold out as being engaged in the practice unless licensed as an embalmer or funeral director by the department.  A person holding a license as a funeral director may not embalm or restore a dead human body, take charge of the remains of a person dead of a communicable disease, or prepare for transportation by common carrier a human body dead of a communicable disease.
   (b)   [Repealed, Sec. 62 ch 21 SLA 1991]. 
   (c) In the event the dead body is to be disposed of in a manner not requiring embalming, the department may issue a permit to an unlicensed person for the care and disposition of dead human bodies for compensation.  This permit otherwise in no way licenses the holder to practice mortuary science.

Notes

Implemented As

12 AAC 50.300

History

(Sec. 1 ch 197 SLA 1976; am Sec. 32, 33 ch 94 SLA 1987; am Sec. 62 ch 21 SLA 1991)

                    
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