2006 Alabama Code - Section 34-13-53 — Renewal of licenses; authorization; attestation of identity; records.

(a) Every licensed funeral director, every licensed embalmer, and every licensed operator shall pay annually a fee for renewal of his or her license. The renewal fees shall be set by the board at a rate not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) for licensed embalmers and funeral directors and shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for licensed operators.

(b) All licenses granted under this chapter shall expire on October 1, following their issuance or renewal, and shall become invalid unless renewed as provided in this section. There shall be no proration of licenses.

(c) The board shall mail on or before August 1 of each year to each licensed funeral director, to each licensed embalmer, and to each licensed operator addressed to him or her at his last address, a notice that his or her renewal fee is due and payable and that, if such fee is not paid by October 1, the license shall lapse.

(d) At the time, or before, a licensee changes place of employment, residence address, or makes any other change in status which is of record at the board office, the licensee shall report such change of status, on a form provided by the board, to the executive secretary.

(Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §22; Acts 1981, No. 81-200, p. 234, §4; Acts 1981, No. 81-709, p. 1190, §1; Acts 1983, No. 83-746, p. 1235, §1; Act 2002-239, p. 498, §1.)