{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-08.42.020","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 08.42.020","heading":"License required for the practice of mortuary science.","body":"(a) A person may not engage in the practice of mortuary science or hold out as being engaged in the practice unless licensed as an embalmer or funeral director by the department. A person holding a license as a funeral director may not embalm or restore a dead human body, take charge of the remains of a person dead of a communicable disease, or prepare for transportation by common carrier a human body dead of a communicable disease.\n(b) [Repealed, § 62 ch 21 SLA 1991.]\n(c) In the event the dead body is to be disposed of in a manner not requiring embalming, the department may issue a permit to an unlicensed person for the care and disposition of dead human bodies for compensation. This permit otherwise in no way licenses the holder to practice mortuary science.","path":["Title 8. Business and Professions.","Chapter 42. Morticians."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#08.42.020","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:30Z","sha256":"6f8e7a569d76193ce73b6b026c7e1b33e5d164e5a83ddee619032d6fd162f29e","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-08.42.010","next":"us-ak/as-08.42.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}