62-5-201 - Creation Appointment and terms of members.
62-5-201. Creation Appointment and terms of members.
(a) There is created a state board to be known and designated as the board of funeral directors and embalmers for this state. The board shall consist of seven (7) members who shall possess good moral character, shall be residents of the state and shall be appointed by the governor. At least six (6) of the members shall be licensed funeral directors who shall possess a minimum of five (5) consecutive years' experience in this state immediately preceding their appointment; provided, that at least one (1) member shall be appointed from a list of at least three (3) names submitted by the Tennessee Funeral Directors Association and at least one (1) member shall be appointed from a list of at least three (3) names submitted by the Tennessee Funeral Directors and Morticians Association. One (1) of the seven (7) members serving on the board shall be a person who is not engaged in the business of a funeral director or embalmer or otherwise commercially associated with any funeral establishment. There shall be at least two (2) members but no more than three (3) members from each grand division. In making appointments to the board, the governor shall strive to ensure that at least one (1) person serving on the board is sixty (60) years of age or older and that at least one (1) person serving on the board is a member of a racial minority.
(b) On January 1 of each year, the governor shall appoint a person who shall serve as a member of the board for a period of four (4) years or until a successor is appointed and qualified. It is the purpose of this section that at least one (1) member shall retire from the board at the end of each year, thereby creating a rotating board.
(c) A member of the board shall not be eligible for at least one (1) term for reappointment to membership on the board.
(d) Vacancies occurring on the board shall be filled in accordance with this section for the balance of the unexpired term.
[Acts 1951, ch. 13, § 3 (Williams, § 7140.3); Acts 1959, ch. 314, § 1; 1980, ch. 554, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 62-502; Acts 1988, ch. 1013, § 29; 1991, ch. 284, § 1.]