2009 Alabama Code
Title 34 — PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES.
Chapter 13 — FUNERAL SERVICES.
Section 34-13-94 Scope and conduct of examination.

Scope and conduct of examination.

(a) The board shall examine applicants for an embalmer's license in all of the following subjects:

(1) Mortuary management and administration.

(2) Legal medicine and toxicology.

(3) Public health, hygiene, and sanitary science.

(4) Mortuary science, to include embalming technique, in all aspects; chemistry of embalming, color harmony; discoloration, its causes, effect, and treatment; treatment of special cases; restorative art; funeral management; and professional ethics.

(5) Anatomy and physiology.

(6) Chemistry, organic and inorganic.

(7) Pathology.

(8) Bacteriology.

(9) Sanitation and hygiene.

(10) Public health regulations.

(11) Other courses of instruction in fundamental subjects as may be prescribed by the board.

(b) To constitute a passing grade, an applicant shall receive an average mark of not less than 70 percent on all subjects. Where the applicant has received a mark of less than 70 percent in one or more subjects, such applicant shall not be passed, notwithstanding that his or her average mark may be higher than 70 percent.

(c) The board may issue an embalmer's license to an applicant who receives a passing grade on a recognized national embalmers examination approved by the board.

(d) If the board is satisfied that the applicant has the requisite qualifications to practice the occupation of embalming, a license shall be issued to him or her authorizing him or her to practice such occupation until October 1 of that year, at which time the license may be renewed as prescribed in this chapter.