Board of Mortuary Arts

TENTATIVE AGENDA

For the meeting of January 8, 2009

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The filing deadline for the January 8, 2009 board meeting is December 15, 2008.
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 8, 2009 to be held at the board's Topeka office. Times and order of this Tentative Agenda are subject to change.

On Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 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 8, 2009

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

Roll Call by Executive Secretary Smith

Review of Tentative Agenda

Adoption of Final Agenda

Review/adoption of the October 9, 2008 board meeting minutes

Review of October 9, 2008 funeral director examination results

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

Review of information pretaining 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 from the October 9, 2008 meeting

Investigative Committee recommendations

Available updated information on National Prearranged Servides (NPS)/Lincoln
Memorial Life Insurance Company

Updated list of Board Actions

Any previously undiscussed legal concerns

9:45 a.m. Legislative Discussion

Continued discussion over possible future legislative requests

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

                   1)   Continuing Education    http://www.kansas.gov/ksbma/ce.html
                   2)   Lapsed licenses   http://www.accesskansas.org/ksbma/lapsed.html
                   3)   Automatically suspended licenses
                          http://www.accesskansas.org/ksbma/suspended.html
                   4)   Inspector's FY 2009 2nd Quarter Report (First Quarter Report)
                   5)   Review of the Current Roster of Kansas Apprentices
                   6)   Discussion of distributed information/news articles
                   7)   Reminder of remaining 2009 board meeting dates: April 9, July 9 and October 8
                   8)   Signing of travel vouchers and licenses
                   9)   Updated licensure information

10:20 a.m.   Executive Secretary's Report/Updates:

                1)   Budget Update
                  2)   International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards (ICFSEB)
                        update/information http://www.theconferenceonline.org/
                      a) Fall 2008 Conference Report newsletter
                      b) 2009 ICFSEB's 109th Annual Convention
                  3)   Council of Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR)   http://www.clearhq.org/
                  4)   Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards (FARB) updated information:
                         http://www.farb.org/
                         a) 33rd Annual FARB Forum
                  5)   Kansas Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association (KFDA)   http://www.ksfda.org/
                  6)   Agency web site update/discussion: http://www.kansas.gov/ksbma/
                7)   National Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association (NFDA) update/information:
                         http://www.nfda.org/
                  8)   Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Funeral Rule update/information:
                         http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/rulemaking/funeral/
                  9)   American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE)
                         http://www.abfse.org/index.html
                10)   Cremation Society of North America (CANA) update/information
                         http://www.cremationassociation.org/index.html
                         a) September/October 2008 CANA Update newsletter
                11)   Funeral Ethics Association (FEA) update/information   http://www.fea.org/
                12)   Funeral Consumer's Alliance (FCA) update/information http://www.funerals.org
                13)   The Funeral Consumer's Alliance of Greater Kansas City
                         http://www.funerals.org/affiliates/kansascity/
                14)   Funeral Ethics Organization (FEO) update/information   http://www.funeralethics.org/
                15)   American Society of Embalmers (ASE) http://www.amsocembalmers.org/
                16)   Office of Vital Statistics http://www.kdheks.gov/vital/
                17)   KCKCC Mortuary Science Update KCKCC Catalog Information
                18)   Mass Fatality Planning Task Force
                         Kansas Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan
                19)   Presentation to the Resource Center of Independent Living (IRC) on Tuesday, October 14, 2008

10:30 a.m. Licensure Applicants to be considered by the Board. Interview times will be posted following the December 15, 2008
filing deadline.

12 Noon Recess for 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 Mills.

1:30 p.m. Assistant Funeral Director Application to be considered by the Board

2:30 Noon 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 9, 2009

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