54.1-2802 - Board; appointment; terms; vacancies; meetings; quorum.
§ 54.1-2802. Board; appointment; terms; vacancies; meetings; quorum.
The Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers shall consist of nine members asfollows: seven funeral service licensees of the Board with at least fiveconsecutive years of funeral service practice in this Commonwealthimmediately prior to appointment and two citizen members. The terms of officeshall be for four years from July 1. Appointments shall be made annually onor before June 30 as the terms of the members respectively expire.Appointments to the Board should generally represent the geographical areasof the Commonwealth. The Board shall annually elect a president, avice-president and a secretary-treasurer.
The Board shall hold at least two meetings each year. In addition, the Boardmay meet as often as its duties require. Five members shall constitute aquorum. No less than quarterly, the Board shall offer examinations forlicensure. Such examinations for licensure are not required to be held inconjunction with meetings of the Board.
(1988, cc. 42, 765; 2000, c. 773.)