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Alaska Statutes.

Title 8. Business and Professions

Chapter 42. Morticians

Section 200. Definitions.

AS 08.42.200. Definitions.

In this chapter,

(1) "department" means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;

(2) "funeral establishment" means every place devoted to or used in the care and preparation for disposition of dead human bodies, or as the office or place for carrying on the profession of mortuary science, or for any combination of these;

(3) "mortuary science" means embalming of dead human bodies, taking charge of the remains of those dead of a communicable disease, or preparing dead human bodies for shipment, directing or supervising funerals;

(4) "trainee" means a person who has met the qualifications set out in AS 08.42.085 (a) and is engaged in learning the practice of embalming under the direction and control of a person properly licensed to practice embalming, or a person who has met the qualifications set out in AS 08.42.085 (b) and is engaged in learning the practice of funeral directing under the direction and control of a person properly licensed to practice funeral directing.

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