REGULAR BOARD MEETING
MINUTES
October 12, 2005
The
North Carolina Board of Funeral Service met for a duly scheduled Board Meeting
on October 12, 2005, in the Board Room of the Tony Rand Student Center at
Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Present:
President
Mr.
Briggs read Governor Easley’s Executive order #1 and no one recused themselves
at this time.
At
this time Michael Landon, Funeral Service Education Department Chair of
Fayetteville Technical Community College was recognized for comments. He introduced Dr. J. C. Basnight, Vice
President for Academic & Student Services, who also had comments.
Mr.
Briggs opened the floor for public comments and there were none.
Mr.
Tyson stated the minutes for the September meeting had been previously mailed
to the Board and there were corrections.
Page 3, Paragraph 7, the first sentence should have added to the end “be
provided to the Board members” and in the second sentence, Mr. Blade should be
changed to Mr. Blake. Mr. Blake then
added a correction for his request that the traineeship take under their
advisement for the accreditation of supervisors of trainees. Mr. Tyson made the motion to approve with
corrections the minutes and the motion carried.
CE
Committee: Mr. Tyson stated there was no report.
Disciplinary
Committee: Mr. Parrott stated that the disciplinary
cases had been previously mailed but since several members had not received
their copy, he would allow time to review the cases. Discussion ensued regarding V05-036,
specifically the Board’s jurisdiction regarding timely filing of Certificates
of Death. At 9:25 Mr. Manson
arrived. Mr. Tyson made the motion for
Mr. Dirksen to write the Warning and Instruction letter because of the
excessive time taken to file the death certificate. Mr. Blake seconded and the motion
carried. After more discussion regarding
the cases, Mr. White made the motion to accept the Disciplinary Report. Mr. Andrews seconded. Mr. White, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Blake, Mr.
Parrott, and Mr. Manson voted for and Mr. Tyson voted against. The motion carried.
Clinics: Mr. Manson stated there was no report.
Preneed
Report: Mr. Andrews presented the Preneed Report.
Examination
Report: Mr. Blake stated there was no report and
deferred the meeting to Mr. Harris. Mr.
Harris stated the Scantron grading machine was in the Board’s office. Thirty-three applicants had taken the exam on
Monday and the statistics of passage or failure regarding the pathology exam
were not yet available. A meeting would
be soon planned for the computer-based testing.
The Committee was meeting with Mr. Landon after the Board meeting to
discuss concerns regarding the pathology exam.
Discussion ensued regarding exam retakes and the testing locations being
used, specifically that the locale of some locations may not be as central as
it could be.
Laws,
Rules & Legislation: Mr. White deferred the meeting to Mr. Harris
for discussion regarding the filing deadlines for approval of the Election to
Crematory Authority General Provisions.
Mr. White made the motion to approve 21 NCAC 34C .0101 and submit this
to the North Carolina Register for publication.
Mr. Parrott seconded and the motion carried.
Attorney’s
Report: Mr. Dirksen reported that the status of cases
pending was provided to the Board for their review. Mr. Dirksen requested continuance of M05-009, which is scheduled to be heard at
2:00 on Thursday until the November meeting pending additional information that
may come forward. Discussion
ensued. Mr. Parrot made the motion to
accept the recommendation and Mr. White seconded. The motion carried. Mr. Tyson asked questions regarding the
timeline of some cases. Mr. Dirksen
stated that only a few cases were pre-2004, the remainder were either from the
2004 calendar year or the 2005 calendar year.
Executive
Director’s Report: Mr. Harris recognized Corrine J. Culbreth,
Board Inspector, for comments pursuant to the Board’s earlier request to invite
each Inspector to meet with the Board.
Ms. Culbreth reported on preneed and atneed matters that she found as an
inspector in the field. Ms. Culbreth
thanked the Board for the additional $100.00 stipend that had been granted for
travel expenses due to the increased fuel costs. Discussion ensued. Mr. Briggs thanked Ms. Culbreth for attending
.
At
this time (10:40 a.m.) the Board recessed and Mr. Landon returned to take the
Board on a tour of the Fayetteville Technical Community College Mortuary School.
The
Board reconvened at 12:55 p.m. and Mr. Harris continued his report. There had been 316 inspections with reports
filed as of October 11, 2005. Sixteen
inspections had been completed since the September 21, 2005, meeting. One new crematory opened; two ownership
changes; two new funeral homes opened; one funeral home closed. Three establishments had been cited for
various reasons—pricing issues, improper ID, unsigned SG/SS and one previously
cited for preparation room cleanliness was found improved.
The
Inspectors’ Monthly Activity Reports were submitted for review.
Finance: In Windell Daniels’ absence, Mr. Harris
presented the Finance Report. Questions
ensued regarding exam fees and the fees for retakes. Mr. White made the motion to approve the
financials and Mr. Andrews seconded. The
motion carried. Mr. Blake made the
motion to begin the computer-based testing for Conference Exam for Funeral
Directors on January 1, 2006, and Mr. Andrews seconded. Discussion ensued. Mr. Briggs called for the vote and the motion
carried.
New Business: Mr. Tyson made the motion to hold a Board meeting at Fayetteville Technical Community College annually. Mr. Blake seconded. Mr. Briggs stated that the meeting in Fayetteville created additional expenses. There was no further discussion, and the motion carried.
Old Business: There was none.
Information
items were presented for review.
Mr.
Briggs opened the floor for public comments and there were none.
The
meeting adjourned at 1:35 p.m.
Jack
D. Briggs, President
Jody
C. Tyson, Secretary