Board of Mortuary Arts

TENTATIVE AGENDA

For the meeting of January 14, 2010

Last Updated: Friday, November 20, 2009

The filing deadline for the January 14, 2010 board meeting is December 15, 2009.
All documents/applications/paperwork must be filed with the board's office by this date.

Please note that the actual final agenda will be approved first thing at the meeting on Thursday, January 14, 2010 to be held at the board's Topeka office. Times and order of this Tentative Agenda are subject to change.

On Wednesday, January 13, 2010, at 3:00 p.m., the Investigative Committee is scheduled to meet in the board's Topeka office to discuss current open complaints and investigations.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

9:00 a.m. Call to Order by President Fred Holroyd

Roll Call by Executive Secretary Mack Smith

Review of (this) Tentative Agenda

Adoption of Final Agenda

Location of lunch

Review/adoption of the October 8, 2009 board meeting minutes

Review of October 8, 2009 funeral director examination results and exit comments

Review of November, December and January assistant funeral director examination results
results

Review of information pertaining to licensure applicants

Review of apprenticeship correspondence resulting from the October 8, 2009 meeting

9:15 a.m. Review of information for all applicants for licensure and all other apprentice/supervising
progress reports and related correspondence

9:30 a.m. Complaints and Legal Concerns

Correspondence from the October 8, 2009 meeting

Investigative Committee recommendations

Updated information regarding Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Company/National Prearranged Services (NPS)

Attorney General Opinion Request Update

Other legal concerns

9:45 a.m. Legislative Discussion

Review and discussion over possible 2010 legislative requests/drafts/proposals including KSBA 's Proposed Draft Cremation Legislation

Proposed Legislation of the KFDA

Any other Known proposals

10:30 a.m.   Discussion/Action on the following Board Business:

                   1)   Continuing Education (CE)
                   2)   Lapsed licenses to be considered at this meeting
                   3)   Automatically suspended licenses
                   4)   Inspector's FY 2010 2nd Quarter Report (October-December 2009)
                   5)   Review of the Current Roster of Kansas Apprentices
                   6)   Discussion of distributed information/news articles
                   7)   Remaining Year 2010 regularly scheduled board meeting dates: April 8, July 8 and October 14
                   8)   Signing of travel vouchers and licenses

10:45 a.m.   Executive Secretary's Report/Updates:

                1)   Budget Update
                         a) November 10, 2009 DOB Recommendations
                  2)   International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards (ICFSEB)
                        update/information
                        a)   Annual Convention
                      b) Fall 2009 Report
                  3)   Council of Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR)
                      a) Mid-Year Meeting
                  4)   Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards (FARB) updated information:
                         a) Annual FARB Forum
                  5)   Kansas Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association (KFDA)
                         a) 2010 Spring Regional Meetings
                  6)   KSBMA agency web site update/discussion:
                         a) Web site hits
                         b) Update on KSBMA online payment of license renewals
                         c) October 15, 2009 Rule Book
                7)   National Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association (NFDA) update/information
                         a) 2009 Annual Convention held in Boston, MA
                  8)   Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Funeral Rule update/information
                         a) Any updates available regarding federal legislation (H.R. 3655) to amend the funeral rule, known as The Consumer's Bill of Rights Act of 2009
                  9)   American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE)
                10)   Cremation Society of North America (CANA) update/information
                         a) September-October CANA Update
                11)   Funeral Ethics Association (FEA) update/information
                12)   Funeral Consumer's Alliance (FCA) update/information
                         a) Summer/Fall 2009 newsletter
                13)   The Funeral Consumer's Alliance of Greater Kansas City
                         a) Fall 2009 newsletter
                         b) 2009 Funeral Price Survey (Fall 2009)
                14)   Funeral Ethics Organization (FEO) update/information
                15)   American Society of Embalmers (ASE)
                         a) October Quarterly Journal
                16)   Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Office of Vital Statistics (OVS)
                         a) K.A.R. 28-17-6 amendments relating to death certificates
                17)   Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) Mortuary Science Update KCKCC Catalog Information
                18)   Kansas Mass Fatality Planning Task Force
                19)   Kansas Largest Corporations Listing

11:00 a.m. Applicants for Licensure--Actual interview times will be published after the filing deadline

12:20 p.m.       Announcements
                          New,Old and/or Remaining Business
                          Adjournment--subject to recall by the president, vice president or executive secretary
                          The next regularly scheduled board meeting: Thursday, April 8, 2010

12:30 p.m. Lunch at a location to be determined

1:15 p.m.        Funeral director examinees to meet in the Florentine Room located on the first floor of the
                          Jayhawk Tower. There will be signs in the lobby directing examinees to the Florentine
                          Room.

1:30 p.m. Funeral Director examination begins - administered by KSBMA Inspector Francis Mills.

700 SW Jackson Street, Suite 904 - Topeka, Kansas 66603-3733
phone:(785)-296-3980 - fax:(785)296-0891 - email: boma1@ksbma.ks.gov