Alabama State Law Exam Study Guide Updated RATED
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accredited school
A school or college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a
course of instruc on of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college
terms and which gives a course of instruc on in the fundamental subjects including, but not
limited to, the following:
COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE
A school or college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a
course of instruc on of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college
terms and which gives a course of instruc on in the fundamental subjects including, but not
limited to, the following:
Fundamental Subjects
a. Mortuary management and administra on.
b. Legal medicine and toxicology as it pertains to funeral direc ng.
c. Public health, hygiene, and sanitary science.
d. Mortuary science, to include embalming technique, in all its aspects; chemistry of
embalming, color harmony; discolora on, its causes, effects, and treatment; treatment of
special cases; restora ve art; funeral management; and professional ethics.
e. Anatomy and physiology.
f. Chemistry, organic and inorganic.
g. Pathology.
h. Bacteriology.
i. Sanita on and hygiene.
j. Public health regula ons.
k. Other courses of instruc on in fundamental subjects as may be prescribed by the Alabama
Board of Funeral Service.
Alkaline hydrolysis
The technical process that reduces human remains to bone fragments using heat, water, and
chemical agents.
American Board of Funeral Service Educa on
, That funeral service educa onal organiza on which is an agency granted official recogni on by
the United States Secretary of Educa on and which is composed of members represen ng the
American Associa on of College of Mortuary Science, the Conference of Funeral Service
Examining Board of the United States, Inc., the Na onal Associa on of Colleges of Mortuary
Science, and the University Mortuary Science Educa on Associa on and which has as its object
the furtherance of educa on in the field of funeral service and in fields necessary to, or allied
with, the field of funeral service, and further to formulate standards of funeral service
educa on and to grant accredita on to qualified schools and colleges of mortuary science and
to do all things incidental to the foregoing.
Appren ce embalmer
Any person engaged in the study of the art of embalming under the instruc ons and supervision
of a licensed embalmer prac cing in this state.
APPRENTICE FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Any person opera ng under or in associa on with a funeral director for the purpose of learning
the business or profession of funeral director, to the end that he or she may become licensed
under this chapter
Authorizing agent
A person at least 18 years of age, except in the case of a surviving spouse or parent, who is
legally en tled to order the crema on or final disposi on of par cular human remains.
Board
The Alabama Board of Funeral Service.
Cash Advance Items
Any item of service or merchandise described to a purchaser using the term cash advance,
accommoda on, cash disbursement, or similar term. A cash advance item is also any item
obtained from a third party and paid for by a funeral provider on behalf of a purchaser.
Cash Advance Items
a. Cemetery or crematory services.
b. Pallbearers.
c. Public, or other, transporta on.
d. Clergy honoraria.
e. Flowers.
f. Musicians or singers.
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accredited school
A school or college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a
course of instruc on of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college
terms and which gives a course of instruc on in the fundamental subjects including, but not
limited to, the following:
COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE
A school or college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a
course of instruc on of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college
terms and which gives a course of instruc on in the fundamental subjects including, but not
limited to, the following:
Fundamental Subjects
a. Mortuary management and administra on.
b. Legal medicine and toxicology as it pertains to funeral direc ng.
c. Public health, hygiene, and sanitary science.
d. Mortuary science, to include embalming technique, in all its aspects; chemistry of
embalming, color harmony; discolora on, its causes, effects, and treatment; treatment of
special cases; restora ve art; funeral management; and professional ethics.
e. Anatomy and physiology.
f. Chemistry, organic and inorganic.
g. Pathology.
h. Bacteriology.
i. Sanita on and hygiene.
j. Public health regula ons.
k. Other courses of instruc on in fundamental subjects as may be prescribed by the Alabama
Board of Funeral Service.
Alkaline hydrolysis
The technical process that reduces human remains to bone fragments using heat, water, and
chemical agents.
American Board of Funeral Service Educa on
, That funeral service educa onal organiza on which is an agency granted official recogni on by
the United States Secretary of Educa on and which is composed of members represen ng the
American Associa on of College of Mortuary Science, the Conference of Funeral Service
Examining Board of the United States, Inc., the Na onal Associa on of Colleges of Mortuary
Science, and the University Mortuary Science Educa on Associa on and which has as its object
the furtherance of educa on in the field of funeral service and in fields necessary to, or allied
with, the field of funeral service, and further to formulate standards of funeral service
educa on and to grant accredita on to qualified schools and colleges of mortuary science and
to do all things incidental to the foregoing.
Appren ce embalmer
Any person engaged in the study of the art of embalming under the instruc ons and supervision
of a licensed embalmer prac cing in this state.
APPRENTICE FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Any person opera ng under or in associa on with a funeral director for the purpose of learning
the business or profession of funeral director, to the end that he or she may become licensed
under this chapter
Authorizing agent
A person at least 18 years of age, except in the case of a surviving spouse or parent, who is
legally en tled to order the crema on or final disposi on of par cular human remains.
Board
The Alabama Board of Funeral Service.
Cash Advance Items
Any item of service or merchandise described to a purchaser using the term cash advance,
accommoda on, cash disbursement, or similar term. A cash advance item is also any item
obtained from a third party and paid for by a funeral provider on behalf of a purchaser.
Cash Advance Items
a. Cemetery or crematory services.
b. Pallbearers.
c. Public, or other, transporta on.
d. Clergy honoraria.
e. Flowers.
f. Musicians or singers.
