Chap. 190.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1716 of the Code of Virginia
as amended, relating to composition and appointment of the State Board o
Embalmers and Funeral Directors of Virginia. [H 262

Approved March 11, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section seventeen hundred sixteen of the Code of Virginia
as amended, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 1716. Of whom composed and how appointed.—(a) The
Board shall consist of five members to be appointed by the Governor fo!
terms of five years from July first, one appointment to be made an.
nually as the terms of the members respectively expire, and all vacancie:
occurring on the Board shall be filled by the Governor.

(b) Each appointment on the Board may be made from a list of a’
least three names for each vacancy submitted to the Governor, or to the
Governor-elect, by the Virginia Funeral Directors’ Association. Nomina.
tions are to be made to the Governor by June first of each year.

(c) The Governor shall notify the association promptly of any va.
cancy other than by expiration and like nominations may be made fot
the filing of the vacancy.

(d) In no case shall the Governor be bound to make any appoint:
ment from amongst the nominees of the association.

(e) The members of the Board shall be residents of this State
each of whom shall be a licensed embalmer and practicing funeral direc.
tor with a minimum of at least five years experience in this State in the
practice of embalming and in the care and disposition of dead humar
bodies.

({) No person shall be eligible to serve for or during more thar
two successive terms, and incumbency during the current term wher
this amendment takes effect shall count as the first of the two succes-
sive terms with respect to eligibility for appointment.

(g) The Governor may remove any member of the Board for mis.
conduct, incapacity, or neglect of duty and he shall be the sole judge of
the sufficienty of the cause for removal. He shall report every suct
removal at once to the General Assembly if it is in session, and if not at
the beginning cf the next session.