PURPOSE: This rule fixes the compensation for the members of the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors in compliance with the mandates of section 333.221.1, RSMo.

1. (1) Each member of the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors shall receive the sum of fifty dollars ($50) as compensation for each day that member devotes to the affairs of the board.
2. (2) In addition to the compensation fixed in this rule, each member is entitled to reimbursement of his/her expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of his/her official duties.
3. (3) No request for compensation provided in this rule shall be processed for payment unless sufficient funds are available for that purpose within the appropriations for this board.
4. (4) 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 333.221, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 120-1.020. Emergency rule filed Sept. 17, 1981, effective Sept. 28, 1981, expired Dec. 28, 1981. Original rule filed Sept. 17, 1981, effective Feb. 11, 1982. Amended: Filed Dec. 31, 2003, effective July 30, 2004. Moved to 20 CSR 2120-1.020, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 333.111, RSMo 1965, amended 1981, 1993 and 333.221, RSMo 1965, amended 1980, 1981.