R9-9B-202. Application for a Multiple Funeral Director License

A. An applicant for a multiple funeral director license shall submit to the Department an application that contains: 1. The following, in a Department-provided format: a. The applicant’s name, residence address, email address, and telephone number; b. The applicant’s mailing address, if different from the residence address; c. The applicant’s funeral director license number; d. Whether the applicant is a U.S. military veteran or the spouse of an individual on active duty in the U.S. military; e. The date the applicant’s funeral director license was originally issued by the Department; f. Whether the applicant has a current license or certificate as a funeral director in another state and, if so, for each state: i. The state of licensure or certification, ii. Date of initial licensure or certification, and iii. The applicant’s professional license or certification number; g. The number of years that the applicant has been licensed or certified as a funeral director in Arizona or another state; h. Whether the applicant has, within the previous five years: i. Had a professional license or certificate suspended, revoked, or had disciplinary action taken against the professional license or certificate; or ii. Voluntarily surrendered a professional license or certificate in lieu of disciplinary action; i. Whether the applicant has, since the applicant submitted the application specified in R9-9B-201(B) or (C), been convicted of or entered into a plea of no contest to a felony or a misdemeanor in this or another state and, if so; i. The date of the conviction, ii. The state or jurisdiction of the conviction, iii. An explanation of the crime of which the applicant was convicted or entered into a plea of no contest to, and iv. The disposition of the case; j. The name, address, and license number, issued under Article 3 of this Subchapter, of the funeral establishment for which the applicant: i. Currently acts as the responsible funeral director, and ii. Is applying to act as the responsible funeral director; k. The distance, stated in miles, between: i. The applicant’s residence address and the current funeral establishment, ii. The applicant’s residence address and the funeral establishment for which application is being made, and iii. The current funeral establishment and the funeral establishment for which application is being made; l. The number of licensed funeral directors at each of the funeral establishments; m. The number of licensed embalmers at each of the funeral establishments; n. Whether either or both of the funeral establishments has a prearranged funeral sales endorsement and, if so: i. The endorsement license number of each of the funeral establishments, and ii. The number of individuals at each of the funeral establishments selling prearranged funerals; o. The number of funerals conducted at each of the funeral establishments during the 12 months immediately preceding the application, including whether the services provided for the deceased individual involve: i. Burial with a formal viewing, ceremony, or visitation; ii. Immediate burial; iii. Entombment; iv. Cremation, including method of cremation; v. An anatomical gift; or vi. Another type of final disposition of the deceased individual; p. The number of transportations of human remains arranged through each of the funeral establishments during the 12 months immediately preceding the application: i. Into the funeral establishment; or ii. Except for transportation of human remains for a disposition listed in subsections (A)(1)(o)(i) through (vi), arranged by the funeral establishment, from the funeral establishment to another location; q. The history of complaints made against the license of each of the funeral establishments during the 10 years immediately preceding the application, including: i. The number of complaints; and ii. For each resolved or pending complaint, the date of the complaint, the type of complaint, and the status of the complaint; r. Whether the applicant agrees to allow the Department to submit supplemental requests for information under R9-9B-102(C)(3); s. An attestation that the information and documentation submitted as part of the application are true and accurate; and t. The applicant’s signature and date of signing; 2. If the applicant has had a professional license or certificate suspended, revoked, or surrendered, or had disciplinary action taken against the professional license or certificate within the previous five years, documentation that includes: a. The date of the disciplinary action, suspension, revocation, or surrender; b. The state or nationally accredited certifying body that issued the disciplinary action, suspension, or revocation, or to which the applicant surrendered the license or certificate; and c. An explanation of the disciplinary action, suspension, revocation, or surrender; 3. If the applicant is currently ineligible for licensing or certification in any state because of a license revocation or suspension, documentation that includes: a. The date of the ineligibility for licensing or certification, b. The state or jurisdiction of the ineligibility for licensing or certification, and c. An explanation of the ineligibility for licensing or certification; 4. A plan for how the applicant will address the following at both locations to ensure that the services provided by each funeral establishment is consistent and compliant with the requirements in Article 3 of this Subchapter, including detailed descriptions: a. Supervision of day-to-day operations at each of the funeral establishments, consistent with the funeral establishment’s policies and procedures, R9-9B-306, and R9-9B-309; b. Supervision of the services provided by each of the funeral establishments, consistent with the funeral establishment’s policies and procedures, R9-9B-306, and R9-9B-309; c. If either of the funeral establishments arranges for cremation, supervision of interactions with a crematory, consistent with the funeral establishment’s policies and procedures and R9-9B-306; d. If either of the funeral establishments has a prearranged funeral sales endorsement, supervision of employees and other personnel consistent with R9- 9B-307; e. Management of day-to-day staffing and training to ensure compliance with the funeral establishment’s policies and procedures, consistent with the funeral establishment’s policies and procedures and R9-9B- 305; f. If applicable, supervision and training for an individual who is on the pathway to licensure as a funeral director or embalmer consistent with R9-9B- 304 and R9-9B-305; and g. Ensuring compliance at both funeral establishments with the requirements in A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 12, and the rules in this Subchapter; and 5. The applicable fee in R9-9B-103. B. The Department shall: 1. Review the application in subsection (A) to determine whether it is reasonable for the applicant to successfully manage operations at both funeral establishment locations, considering: a. Whether both funeral establishments can be supervised on a daily basis, if necessary, based on the distances specified according to subsection (A)(1)(k); b. The staffing at each funeral establishment, according to subsections (A)(1)(l), (m), and (n)(ii); c. The number of funerals conducted at each of the funeral establishments, according to subsection (A)(1)(o); d. The volume of other activities being conducted at each of the funeral establishments; e. The history of complaints made against the license of each of the funeral establishments, according to subsection (A)(1)(q); and f. The plan required in subsection (A)(4); and 2. Approve or deny an individual’s application according to R9-9B-102. C. A funeral director who holds a multiple funeral director license shall display the multiple funeral director license at the funeral establishment associated with the application for which the multiple funeral director license was issued.