Board of Mortuary Arts

TENTATIVE AGENDA

For the meeting of October 14, 2010

Last Updated: Thursday, July 8, 2010

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

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

On Wednesday, October 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, October 14, 2010

9:00 a.m. Call to Order by President Bill Young

Roll Call by Executive Secretary Mack Smith

Review of (this) Tentative Agenda

Adoption of Final Agenda

Lunch location

Review/adoption of the July 7-8, 2010 board meeting minutes

Review of July 8, 2010 funeral director examination results

Review of August, September and October 2010 assistant funeral director examination results

Review of information pertaining to licensure applicants

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 resulting from the July 7-8, 2010 meeting

Investigative Committee recommendations and actions

Other legal concerns

9:45 a.m. Regulation Hearing (tentative)

10:15 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 2011 1st Quarter (July-September) Report
                   5)   Review of the Current Roster of Kansas Apprentices
                   6)   Discussion of distributed information/news articles
                   7)   2011 Board Meeting Dates: January 13, April 14, July 14, October 13, 2011
                   8)   Signing of travel vouchers and licenses

10:25 a.m.   Executive Secretary's Report/Updates:

                1)   Updated Budget Information
                  2)   International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards (ICFSEB)
                  3)   Council of Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR)
                  4)   Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards (FARB) updated information:
                  5)   Kansas Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association (KFDA)
                         a) 2010 Fall District Meetings
                  6)   KSBMA agency web site update/discussion:
                         a) Web site hits with new/updated information
                         b) Update on KSBMA online payment of license renewals
                7)   National Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association (NFDA) update/information
                  8)   Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Funeral Rule update/information
                  9)   American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE)
                10)   Cremation Society of North America (CANA) update/information
                11)   Funeral Ethics Association (FEA) update/information
                12)   Funeral Consumer's Alliance (FCA) update/information
                13)   The Funeral Consumer's Alliance of Greater Kansas City
                14)   Funeral Ethics Organization (FEO) update/information
                15)   American Society of Embalmers (ASE)
                16)   Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Office of Vital Statistics (OVS)
                17)   Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) Mortuary Science Update KCKCC Catalog Information
                18)   Kansas Mass Fatality Planning Task Force
                19)   SMART/FMS Update

10:30 a.m. Applicants for licensure to meet with the Board with exact times to be published following the September 15, 2010 filing deadline

12:10 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, October 14, 2010

12:20 p.m. Lunch at a location to be determined when considering a Final Agenda at the beginning of the meeting

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