§ 5-33.2-2 - Board of examiners – Qualifications and removal of members – Vacancies. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 5-33.2-2

   § 5-33.2-2  Board of examiners –Qualifications and removal of members – Vacancies. – (a) The members of the board of examiners in embalming shall be residents ofthis state for at least five (5) years; three (3) of whom shall have had atleast five (5) years' practical experience in embalming dead human bodies andin funeral directing, and shall have been actually engaged in these professionsin this state and two (2) of whom shall be private citizens who represent theconsumer and who are not involved with or affiliated with, financial orotherwise, any funeral establishment and/or funeral director/embalmer. Thecurrent members shall serve their present term as they fulfill the requirementsof this section. No member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.

   (b) The director of the department of health may remove anymember of the board for cause. Vacancies are filled pursuant to § 5-26-4.