PURPOSE: This rule defines the Endowed Care Cemetery Advisory Committee.

1. (1) The Endowed Care Cemetery Advisory Committee shall be composed of three (3) registered endowed care cemetery owners or managers and two (2) public members.
2. (2) The public members shall not be registered endowed care cemetery owners or managers or shall not be married to a cemetery owner or manager or be associated, in any way, with death care.
3. (3) The committee shall include two (2) owners or managers, from privately held or owned cemeteries, one (1) owner of a publicly traded or listed cemetery, and two (2) public members.
4. (4) The committee members shall be appointed by the director of the Division of Professional Registration and shall serve four (4)-year terms, except that the first committee appointed shall consist of two (2) members who shall be appointed for four (4) years, two
5. (2) members who shall be appointed for three
6. (3) years, and one (1) member who shall be appointed for two (2) years.
7. (5) A vacancy in the office of a member shall be filled by appointment of the director of the Division of Professional Registration for the remainder of the unexpired term. The director may remove a committee member for misconduct, incompetence, neglect, or for missing three (3) committee meetings.
8. (6) The advisory committee shall be responsible for advising the director of the Division of Professional Registration on the mission of protecting the public, including innovations and other duties assigned to them by the director of the Division of Professional Registration.
9. (7) Each member of the committee may receive as compensation, an amount set by the division, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) for each day devoted to affairs of the committee and shall be reimbursed for necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of his/her official duties.
10. (8) The committee shall meet at least twice each year and shall report all actions of the committee to the director of the Division of Professional Registration. Annually, the committee shall elect a chairperson and vicechairperson by a majority of committee member votes and in the absence of the chairperson, the vice-chairperson shall preside.

AUTHORITY: sections 214.280, RSMo Supp. 1999 and 214.392, RSMo 1994.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 65-1.020. Original rule filed Sept. 11, 1997, effective March 30, 1998. Amended: Filed April 14, 2000, effective Oct. 30, 2000. Moved to 20 CSR 2065- 1.020, effective Aug. 28, 2006.

*Original authority: 214.280, RSMo 1961, amended 1994 and 214.392, RSMo 1994.