| MINUTES REGULAR BOARD MEETING |  |
| August 09 , 2000 |
The North Carolina Board of Mortuary Science met for a duly scheduled Board Meeting on August 9, 2000, at 9:00 a.m. in the Board’s office located at 2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Present: Michael McGhee, President; Nancy Rorie, Vice President; Paul Harris, Secretary; Jimmy Swaringen; Elliott Futrell; Stuart Cozort; Harvey Leavitt and Darryl Hart.
Also Present: Andrew Ritter, Executive Director; and Michael Weisel, Board attorney.
Others Present: Patricia Hayes.
Mr. Futrell gave the invocation.
President McGhee called the meeting to order and read the conflict of interest statement as requested by the Board of Ethics. No one recused themselves at this time.
Mr. Harris asked that the minutes, having been previously distributed, be accepted with the exception of one change in the wording in the Old Business. Mr. Cozort made the motion; Mr. McGhee noted a correction under the Continuing Education paragraph regarding the pocket cards. The word dues should be removed from the renewal notice not just the pocket card. In addition the phrase “has met the requirements” should be added on the pocket card and remove the language “has paid the fee.” Mr. Swaringen seconded with aforementioned corrections; motion carried.
Mr. McGhee then called for Committee Reports.
Mr. Ritter reported that the request to appear from Bill Brater had been rescheduled for next month due to unforeseen circumstances.
Financial Report: Mr. Cozort asked the members to read a letter (copy attached) from the Board auditor. Mr. Swaringen made a motion to set up a reserve fund in the amount of $100,000 for unforeseen litigation expenses. This fund would involve 80% preneed money, 15% at need money and 5% crematory money and would be retroactive to 1999 and be used for unexpected legal services. Mr. Harris seconded. Discussion ensued. Mr. McGhee called for the vote and motion passed. Mr. Cozort then summarized the consolidated income statement.
Preneed Report: Mr. Harris reported the Board had received a letter regarding the 10% retention and qualification for public assistance from a funeral director. There was no preneed report for this month since Ms. Britt had been in an auto accident and was unable to prepare one prior to the meeting. This committee plans to have Preneed Manual ready to submit before year-end.
Disciplinary Report: Mr. Swaringen made the motion to consider V98-064 as recommended by the committee. Mr. Cozort seconded and motion carried. Mr. Swaringen made the motion to approve V00-012, V00-026, V00-030, V00-032, M00-007 removing item 6-A, M00-018, M00-019 and M00-021. Mr. Cozort seconded. Motion carried.
Crematory Report: Mr. Futrell reintroduced the tabled motion from the Crematory Authority from the July meeting regarding the Crematory Authority request. Mr. Futrell made the motion to accept the Crematory Authority request. Motion was defeated with Mr. Futrell voting for and Mr. McGhee, Mr. Cozort, Ms. Rorie, Mr. Leavitt, Mr. Hart, Mr. Harris, and Mr. Swaringen voting against. After discussion Mr. Harris made the following motion. Disciplinary cases involving crematories will be referred to the Crematory Authority for review and comment in a timely manner and future joint work sessions shall include the Crematory Authority. Mr. Levitt seconded. Motion carried.
Executive Director’s Report: The ballots for the upcoming election will be mailed no later than September 22. They are due back in the office by 5:00 on Friday, October 20. The Election will be held November 1 at 1:00 p.m. in the Board office. Category I Paul Harris is unopposed and will be elected to a second term beginning January 1, 2001. Category Ii candidates are Brenda Holding, Alex Lee and Bill Johnson. Trent Lloyd, Louis Bennett and James Witherspoon will be running for the two Crematory positions. Mr. Ritter recommended the Crematory petitions be closed at 5:00 p.m. September 1. Those ballots will be counted at the Board election on November 1. Mr. Futrell made the motion to accept these dates. Mr. Swaringen seconded and the motion carried.
Mr. Ritter handed out the proposed new format for the pocket cards. After discussion regarding minor changes, Mr. Ritter was told to have them printed.
Mr. Ritter had been asked the following question. “Can a duplicate license be issued for a deceased individual as a honorium to be hung on the wall?” The answer was no.
The results from the Wilmington meeting survey were positive.
The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards has requested the Board of discuss and adopt their Model Endorsement Plan of NFDA. A motion by Mr. Swaringen to accept the endorsement with a minor wording change was made and seconded by Mr. Cozort. Discussion ensued. Motion carried.
Mr. Ritter went to the Office of Administrative Hearings regarding the omission of one section of funeral law in the new book. They had no explanation as to why this was missing from our diskette. Mr. Ritter will address this omission in the next Board newsletter.
Attorney’s Report: Mr. Weisel reported he had been working on the Legislative draft from the July meeting and hopes to have it for the September meeting.
Old Business: None
New Business: None
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.
Michael M. McGhee, President
Paul Harris, Secretary