TITLE 43
PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES
Section 18. Funeral Directors and Establishments, Embalmers, and Crematories, 43-18-1 through 43-18-108.
ARTICLE 1
FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND ESTABLISHMENTS, EMBALMERS, AND CREMATORIES
43-18-22. Election of president; meetings; reimbursement of members; conflict of interest.
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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.
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The board shall meet at least once in each year and more often as the proper and efficient discharge of its duties may require.
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Each member of the board shall be reimbursed as provided for in subsection (f) of Code Section 43-1-2.
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No board inspector shall own, operate, or be employed by any funeral establishment or crematory, or perform any services on behalf thereof without prior approval by the board and the division director.However, this shall not prohibit any board member from acting as an inspector as authorized in this article.
(Code 1981, §43-18-22, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1372, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Inspectors holding office in private associations.
- State Board of Funeral Service Inspectors appointed pursuant to O.C.G.A. Ch. 18, T. 43 are not prohibited by state law from holding appointed or elected office in private associations of funeral service practitioners. However, serving as an officer in such private association could create an appearance of impropriety by competing loyalties which may be owed to the association and to the board. 1990 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 90-25.
