2012 Code of Alabama
Title 34 - PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES.
Chapter 13 - FUNERAL SERVICES.
Section 34-13-111 - License required; inspections; transfer of license.
(a) No funeral establishment or branch thereof for the preparation, disposition, and care of dead human bodies shall be opened or maintained unless duly licensed by the board. No funeral establishment or branch shall be moved without obtaining a new funeral establishment license from the board.
(b) The board shall set a fee, not exceeding one hundred fifty dollars ($150), that shall be in addition to the license fee for the first inspection of any funeral establishment seeking a license under Section 34-13-72 made for the purpose of determining whether such funeral establishment has fulfilled the requirements for licensure pursuant to this chapter. The board shall set a fee, not exceeding one hundred fifty dollars ($150), for each reinspection necessitated by failure of any funeral establishment to pass such first inspection. The board, or a representative of the board, shall annually conduct a minimum of one unannounced inspection of funeral establishments and branches, with an inspection fee of not more than one hundred dollars ($100). The inspection fee shall be submitted to the board within 45 days after the inspection. Any funeral establishment that does not submit the inspection fee within 45 days shall be charged a late penalty fee, as established by the board. A funeral establishment, or branch thereof, that is used for the preparation, disposition, and care of dead human bodies shall meet and conform to this chapter and to such other lawful standards and requirements as may be determined by rule of the board in furtherance of this chapter; and, for failure to do so, the board may revoke such license in accordance with the procedure set forth in this chapter.
(c) Applications for transfer of a license to another location in the same county shall be made upon blanks furnished by the board and shall be accompanied by a fee of not more than seventy-five dollars ($75). The fee for a new branch or location for a funeral establishment shall be $250. Any change in ownership shall be immediately reported to the board.
(Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §44; 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 2011-623, p. 1439, §1.)Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Alabama may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
