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Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 18. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND ESTABLISHMENTS, EMBALMERS, AND CREMATORIES · Article 1. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND ESTABLISHMENTS, EMBALMERS, AND CREMATORIES · Part 2. STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICE

43-18-22. Election of president; meetings; reimbursement of members; conflict of interest.

Active

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    The board shall each year elect from its members a president whose term shall be one year and who shall serve during the period for which elected and until a successor shall be elected.#

  2. (b)

    The board shall meet at least once in each year and more often as the proper and efficient discharge of its duties may require.#

  3. (c)

    Each member of the board shall be reimbursed as provided for in subsection (f) of Code Section 43-1-2.#

  4. (d)

    No board inspector shall own, operate, or be employed by any funeral establishment, organic human reduction facility, or crematory, or perform any services on behalf thereof without prior approval by the board and the division director. The provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit any board member from acting as an inspector as authorized in this article.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 43-18-22, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1372, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L. 2025, p. 269, § 1-5/SB 241, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, in subsection (d), inserted “, organic human reduction facility,” and substituted “The provisions of this subsection shall not” for “However, this shall not”.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t43-ch1-32-(v30)-pdf.pdf, Volume V30, 2022 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 187 to 188; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 2878b50660ad.