PURPOSE: This rule describes the board’s operation and the methods and procedures where the public may obtain information and make submissions or requests.

1. (1) Whenever used in this division, the word board means the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors.
2. (2) The board is a unit of the Division of Professional Registration.
3. (3) The board is authorized by section 333.111.1, RSMo to adopt rules necessary for the transaction of its business and for the standards of service and practice to be followed in the professions of embalming and funeral directing.
4. (4) The board has at least two (2) regularly scheduled business meetings each year and such other meetings as determined by the board. The time and location for all board meetings may be obtained by contacting the board office at PO Box 423, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0423.
5. (5) The meetings of the board shall be conducted in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised, 10th Edition, so far as it is compatible with the laws of Missouri governing this board or the board’s own resolutions as to its conduct.
6. (6) All board meetings will be open to the public except as provided by law.
7. (7) Members of the public may obtain information from the board, or make submissions to the board, by writing the board at PO Box 423, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0423 or by visiting http://pr.mo.gov/embalmers.asp.

8. (8) Examinations. After verification and approval by the board, application, scheduling, administration and payment for any examination required for licensure from the board shall be made to the board’s testing service, currently the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, Inc. The testing service shall approve applications upon the board’s verification and approval.

   1. (A) Notification of intent to take an examination shall be received by the board at least fifteen (15) working days prior to the date the candidate plans to sit for the examination, unless otherwise stated in a specific regulation. At its discretion, the board may waive such notice requirement for examination candidates for good cause, provided that no waiver can be provided by the board that may violate the rules of the testing service. If a reexamination is required or requested, there is a mandatory thirty (30)-day waiting period between each Missouri reexamination date.
   2. (B) All Missouri examinations may be provided in a computer-based testing format, except oral examination. Oral examinations will be held at the location designated by the board. Other examinations shall be held at the locations designated by the testing service. A complete listing of the conference’s examination sites is at http://www.cfseb.org or is available at the board’s office.
9. (9) The rules in this division are declared severable. If any rule, or section of a rule, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction or by the Administrative Hearing Commission, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or by the Administrative Hearing Commission.

AUTHORITY: sections 333.111 and 333.151.1, RSMo 2000 and 536.023.3, RSMo Supp. 2006.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 120-1.010. Original rule filed Oct. 17, 1975, effective Oct. 28, 1975. Emergency rule filed Nov. 9, 1978, effective Nov. 20, 1978, expired Feb. 11, 1979. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Nov. 8, 1978, effective Feb. 11, 1979. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Jan. 13, 1982, effective April 11, 1982. Amended: Filed June 9, 1982, effective Sept. 12, 1982. Amended: Filed Nov. 1, 2001, effective April 30, 2002. Amended: Filed Dec. 31, 2003, effective July 30, 2004. Moved to 20 CSR 2120-1.010, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Jan. 30, 2007, effective July 30, 2007.

*Original authority: 333.111, RSMo 1965, amended 1981, 1993, 1995; 333.151, RSMo 1965, amended 1981, 1999; and 536.023, RSMo 1975, amended 1976, 1997, 2004.