§ 34-13-3 — Construction and Application of Chapter

Alabama § 34-13-3

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 34: Professions and Businesses
• Ch. 13: Funeral Services
• Art. 1: General Provisions

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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to give any cemetery or cemetery authority or any other person or entity the right to enter into or engage in any funeral home operation or the practice of embalming or funeral directing or any related funeral home or funeral directing activities. Nor shall this chapter include any temporary or occasional or extra help to assist in the conduct of a funeral employed on such basis by a funeral director, provided such funeral is under the direct supervision of a licensed funeral director. Nor shall this chapter require an out-of-state student to obtain an Alabama apprenticeship for the purposes of attending mortuary school in the state, as long as the student has an existing active apprenticeship or internship in his or her state of residence.

Legislative History

(Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §11; Act 2017-433, §1; Act 2018-450, §1.)