STATE OF MAINE

STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICE

 

Minutes of January 8, 2004 Board Meeting

 

 

 

Members Present:               Robert Barnes, Chair; Hervey Clay, Complaint Officer; Bethel Shields, Paul Fredette, John Dunn and Jennifer Minkowitz

 

Others Present:                    Penny Vaillancourt, Administrator; Judith Peters, Assistant Attorney General and Diane Bradstreet, Board Clerk

 

Members Absent:                 Normand Lambert and Ernest Marriner  

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

Robert Barnes, Chair, called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

 

In a motion by Paul Fredette, seconded by Bethel Shields, the minutes from the December 11, 2003 meeting were unanimously approved as written.

 

CONTINUING EDUCATIONAL APPROVAL

 

In a motion by John Dunn, seconded by Bethel Shields, the Board voted unanimously to approve the list of continuing education programs as reviewed by the Continuing Education Committee at the last meeting.

 

At the recommendation of Chairman Barnes, seconded by Paul Fredette, the Board voted unanimously to approve for continuing education credit, the Maine Funeral Directors Association’s 78^th Annual Convention which took place on December 4 – 6, 2003 in South Portland.     

 

ADMINISTRATORS REPORT – PENNY VAILLANCOURT

 

Ms. Vaillancourt informed the Board that the results of the January 5, 2004 State Law, Rules and Regulations Examination had been received.  All three individuals who took this examination received a passing score.

 

LICENSURE DENIAL HEARING – GEORGE GAGNON

 

The Board conducted a hearing to determine whether grounds existed for the Board’s initial denial of Mr. Gagnon’s application for examination and licensure as a funeral practitioner.  The issue at hearing was that, at the time of his initial application, Mr. Gagnon failed to meet the requirements of documenting 2,000 on-the-job training hours. 

State Board of Funeral Service Minutes

January 8, 2004

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Chairman Barnes was recused and Board Member Jennifer Minkowitz acted as

Presiding Officer.

 

At the conclusion of the hearing, a motion was made by John Dunn, seconded by Hervey Clay that Mr. Gagnon had demonstrated his completion of 2,000 on-the-job training hours and therefore the Board voted unanimously to grant Mr. Gagnon’s appeal.    

 

ADJOURN

 

There being no further business, in a motion by Hervey Clay, seconded by John Dunn, the Board voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 10:30 a.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Diane J. Bradstreet

Board Clerk