Board of Mortuary Arts

TENTATIVE AGENDA

For the meeting of April 12, 2012

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The filing deadline for the April 12, 2012 board meeting is March 15, 2011. This includes all paperwork for apprentices and reciprocal applicants scheduled to meet with the board. The next regularly scheduled board meeting is Thursday, July 12, 2012 with a filing deadline of March 15, 2012.

Please note that the actual final agenda will be approved first thing at the meeting on Thursday, April 12, 2012 to be held at the board's Topeka office. Times and order of this Tentative Agenda are subject to change.

On Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at 3:00 p.m., the Investigative Committee will meet in the board's Topeka office to discuss current open complaints and investigations.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

9:00 a.m. Call to Order by President Charles Smith

Roll Call by Executive Secretary Mack Smith

Review of (this) Tentative Agenda

Adoption of Final Agenda

Discuss lunch location

Review/adoption of the January 11-12, 2012 board meeting minutes

Review of the January 12, 2011 funeral director examination results

Review of February, March and April 2012 as well as the All Time Totals of all Assistant Funeral Director Examination Results

Review of information pertaining to licensure applicants

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

9:30 a.m. Complaints and Legal Concerns

Correspondence resulting from the January 11-12, 2012 meeting

Investigative Committee recommendations and actions

Other legal concerns

9:45 a.m. 2012 Kansas Legislature Information

10:00 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 2012 3rd Quarter (January-March 2012) Report
                   5)   Review of the Current Roster of Kansas Apprentices
                   6)   Discussion of distributed information/news articles
                   7)   Dates of upcoming Board Meetings: July 12 and October 11
                   8)   Signing of travel vouchers and licenses
                   9)   Any additional information

10:30 a.m. Applicants for Licensure to Meet With the Board (appointment times to be provided following the March 15, 2012 filing deadline)

11:30 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)
                  6)   KSBMA agency web site update/discussion:
                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)   Any additional information

11:50 a.m.       Announcements
                         New, Old and Remaining Business
                         Adjournment--subject to recall by the president, vice president or executive secretary
                         The next regularly scheduled board meeting: Thursday, April 12, 2012

12:00 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 Funeral Home-Crematory 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