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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3361 By: McCall
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to professions and occupations;
amending 59 O.S. 2021, Section 396, which relates to
the Oklahoma Funeral Board; providing for quorum; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 396, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 396. There is hereby re-created, to continue until July
1, 2023, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset
Law, the Oklahoma Funeral Board. Any reference in the statutes to
the Oklahoma State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors shall be
a reference to the Oklahom a Funeral Board. The Board shall consist
of seven (7) persons, who shall be appointed by the Governor. A
majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum at
any meeting, and a majority of the required quorum shall be
sufficient for the Board to take action by vote. The term of
membership of each me mber of the Board shall be five (5) years from
the expiration of the term of the member succeeded. Any member
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having served as a member of the Board shall be eligible for
reappointment. Provided that, a member of the Board shall serve no
more than two consecutive terms and any unexpired term that a member
is appointed to shall not apply to this limit. The Governor shall
appoint the necessary members to the Board upon vacancies and
immediately prior to the expiration of the various terms. Upon
request of the Governor, appointments of a licensed embalmer and
funeral director member of the Board shall be made from a list of
five qualified persons submitted by the Oklahoma Funeral Directors
Association. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the
unexpired term. A member of the Board shall serve until a successor
is appointed and qualified. No person shall be a member of the
Board, unless, at the time of appointment, the person is of good
moral character and a resident of this state. Five of the mem bers
shall have been actively engaged in the practice of embalming and
funeral directing in this state for not less than seven (7)
consecutive years immediately prior to the appointment of the
person, shall have an active license as provided by the Funeral
Services Licensing Act, shall keep the license effective, and remain
a resident of this state during the entire time the person serves on
the Board. Two of the members of the Board shall be chose n from the
general public, one of whom shall, if possible, be a person licensed
and actively engaged in the health care field, and shall not be
licensed funeral directors or embalmers or have any interest,
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directly or indirectly, in any funeral establishme nt or any business
dealing in funeral services, supplies or equipment. These two
members shall be appointed to serve for five -year terms.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-10162 LRB 12/14/21