General Organization

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) The board is a unit of the Division of Professional Registration. (2) The board is authorized 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 embalmer, funeral director, preneed seller, preneed provider, and preneed agent. (3) 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. (4) The meetings of the board are conducted in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order, as last revised so far as it is compatible with the laws of Missouri governing this board or the board’s own resolutions as to its conduct. (5) All board meetings will be open to the public except as provided by law. (6) 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. (7) 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 2016, and sections 436.400–436.525, RSMo 2016 and Supp. 2019.* 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 Rescinded and readopted: Filed Nov. 8, 1978, effective Feb. 11, 1979. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Jan. 13, 1982, effective April 11, 1982.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. Amended: Filed June 12, 2019, effective Dec. 30, 2019. *Original authority: 333.111, RSMo 1965, amended 1981, 1993, 1995; 333.151, RSMo 1965, amended 1981, 1999, 2009, 2011; and 436.400–436.525, please refer to the Revised Statutes of Missouri.