ATTENDANCE

Louis J. Stellato Jr, Ph.D, President
Richard J. Galante, Secretary (arrived at 9:55 A.M.)
Thomas C. Brown
Edith C. Churchman, Ph.D., CFSP
Wendy Hilliard
Marius Lombardi (Government Member)
Curtis S. Macysyn (Public Member)(arrived 9:45 A.M.)
Richard McCriskin
Bayode Olabisi (arrived at 10:00 A.M.)
John Radzieta
Lloyd Wimberg
Ana Zevallos (arrived at 9:40 A.M.)

ABSENT

Philip Scheps (Public Member)

ALSO ATTENDING

William Mandeville, Executive Director
Jodi Krugman, Deputy Attorney General
Sabrina Tabron, Administrative Assistant
Cynthia Khalil, Principal Clerk Transcriber

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

New Jersey State Board of Mortuary Science Open Minutes for January 6, 2009.

On motion made by Mr. Lombardi, seconded by Ms. Churchman, the board voted to accept the minutes as read. All voted in favor of the motion. Mr. Radzieta abstained.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT

Mr. Mandeville reported that the total number of complaints received in January were 1 and the total for 2009 is 1.

Mr. Mandeville reported that the next regular Board meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, March 3, 2009 in the Monmouth Conference Room, 7th floor.

Mr. Mandeville welcomed the new members to the Board. Mr. Stellato sworn in the new members.

Mr. Mandeville reported that the Jurisprudence Examination has been scheduled for Friday, February 20, 2009, at Mercer County Community College.

Mr. Mandeville reported that all renewal letter were mailed to all licensees.

INTERN REGISTRATIONS

Raymond Bassford, Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home
Jessica Buccafusco, Spotswood Funeral Home
Donald Cymbor, Bayonne Memorial Home
Evan Everett, M. William Murphy Inc.
Jada Fulmore, Carnie Bragg Funeral Home
Craig Johnson, Campbell Funeral Chapel
Jonathan Krempecki, Mc Cracken Funeral Home
Felicia Smith, Jackson Funeral Home

This was for the Board’s information only.

NEW LICENSEES

Lauren Bowser Licensed by Application

This was for the Board’s information only.

NEW INSTALLATIONS

None.

On motion made by Mr. Lombardi, seconded by Mr. Brown, the Board determined to go into executive session for DAG Doreen Hafner to discuss the Stephen K. Finley matter.

On motion made by Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Lombardi, the Board determined to go back into Open Session. All voted in favor of the motion.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

A) Matthews Casket Division: Jay Diaz

1) Focus on Your Future (05/06-07/09) 12hrs

2) A Fresh Look at the Future Seminar (various) 8hrs

3) 90 Minute Miracle (4/30/09) 3hrs

4) Cremation (3/31/09) 2hrs

5) The Ethics of Funeral Arrangement (3/31/09) 2hrs

6) Hardwood Casket Construction & Plant Tour (5/6/09) 2hrs

B) Epsilon Nu delta Mortuary Fraternity Inc: Edith Churchman

1) Funeral Ethics (2/27/09) 1hr

2) OSHA Update (2/27/09) 1hr

C) SCI Management-Dignity University: Valarie Miller

1) Back Safety (online) 1hr

2) Bloodborne Pathogens (online) 1hr

3) Cremation Consumer (online) 1.5hrs

4) Fire Safety (online) 1hr

5) Formaldehyde Monitoring (online) 1hr

6) FTC- Funeral Rule (online) 2hrs

7) Hazard Communication (online) 1hr

8) Lockout/Tagout (online) 1hr

9) Office Safety (online) 1hr

10) Respiratory Protection (online) 1hr

11) Managing for Excellence (online) 8hrs

12) Supervisory Development Program -Module1 (online) 4hrs

13) Supervisory Development Program -Module2 (online) 4hr

14) Supervisory Development Program -Module 3 (online) 4hrs

15) Supervisory Development Program -Module 4 (online) 4hrs

16) Supervisory Development Program -Module 5 (online) 4hrs

17) Supervisory Development Program -Module 6 (online) 4hrs

18) Supervisory Development Program -Module 7 (online) 4hrs

19) Avoiding Litigation (online) 1hr

20) Complaint Resolution (online) 1hr

21) Cremation Theory (online) 2hrs

22) Effective Communication Skills (online) 1.5hrs

23) Jewish Funeral Traditions (online) 1hr

24) Securing Payment on At need Funeral Accounts (online) 1hr

25) Workplace Diversity ( online) 1.5hrs

26) Workplace Harassment (online) 2hrs

D) FuneralCE: Bonnie Williams

1) Effective and Ethical Communication... (on-going) 6hrs

2) Maximizing Integrity in Decisions with Seniors (on-going) 6hrs

3) Ethics of Making Funeral Arrangements (on-going) 3hrs

4) The Funeral Rule (on-going) 2hrs

5) Goal Setting in the Funeral Industry (on-going) 2hrs

6) History of Preserving Human Remains (on-going) 1hr

7) Basic Funeral Customs (on-going) 2hrs

8) Bloodborne Pathogens (on-going) 3hrs

9) Decision Making in the Funeral Industry (on-going) 2hrs

10) Funeral Customs with Military Honors ( on-going) 3hrs

11) HIV/AIDS (on-going) 1hr

12) OSHA Workplace Rights (on-going) 2hrs

13) Personalization in the Funeral Industry ( on-going) 4hrs

14) Rational Thinking (on-going) 1hr

15) Stillborn Support (on-going) 1hr

16) Targeting Your Primary Markets ... (on-going) 2hrs

17) Understanding the At-need Consumer (on-going) 2hrs

18) Working with Difficult People... (on-going) 1hr

E) National Funeral Directors Association: Kathleen Walczak

1) Adaptive Strategies of Successful Funeral Homes (4/18/09) 2hrs

2) Round Table Discussions (4/18/09) 3hrs

3) Contemporary Mortuary Cosmetology ( 4/19/09) 2hrs

4) Suicide: What You Need to Know (4/19/09) 2hrs

5) Social Media: How the Newest Communication.... (4/19/09) 2hrs

6) Just the F.A.C.T.S.: (3/26/09) 1hr

F) The Funeral Director’s Assoc. Of Essex, Union & W. Hudson: Edith Churchman

1) Autopsy Practice..... (3/26/09) 1hr

2) After the Gift ( 1/22/09) 1hr

G) Mark Samuel Ross, Esq.: Mark Ross

1) Annual OSHA Training 2009 ( TBD) 2hrs

2) Annual OSHA Training 2010 ( TBD) 2hrs

3) Understanding The Probate Process... (TBD) 2hrs

4) Complying with The FTC Funeral Rule (TBD) 2hrs

5) Privacy And The Funeral Home (TBD) 2hrs

6) Trends & Issues In Funeral Service (TBD) 2hrs

7) Work First New Jersey... (TBD) 2hrs

8) The New Jersey Pre -Need Rules & Regulations (TBD) 2hrs

9) Liability And the Funeral Home... (TBD) 2hrs

10) Towards A Code of Ethic For Funeral Service (TBD) 2hrs

11) The Knowledge Based Funeral... (TBD) 2hrs

H) National Funeral Directors Association: Kathleen Walczak

1) Creating Meaningful Funeral Experience (online) 5 hrs

2) Don’t Take the Last Donut...(online) 5 hrs

3) Ethnic Variations.... (online) 5 hrs

4) FatherLoss: How Sons of all ages Come to Terms (online) 5 hrs

5) Free Publicity: The Secret ..... (online) 5 hrs

6) Funeral Home Customer Service A-Z (online) 5 hrs

7) The Hands-Off Manager:.... (online) 5 hrs

8) Healing the Adult Child’s Grieving Heart (online) 5 hrs

9) Healing the Child’s Grieving Heart (online) 5 hrs

10) Healing the Friends’s Grieving Heart (online) 5 hrs

11) Healing the Teen’s Grieving Heart (online) 5 hrs

12) Healing the Your Grieving Heart (online) 5 hrs

13) Healing Your Holiday Grief.... (online) 5 hrs

14) Prescriptions for a Healthy Family Business (online) 5 hrs

15) When All The Friends Have Gone ( online) 5 hrs

16) When Men Grieve ( online) 5 hrs

17) Winning Ways: The Funeral Profession’s.. (online) 5 hrs

18) Customer Service in an Instant ( online) 8hrs

19) Grave Matters: A Journey... (online) 6 hrs

20) Traversing the Minefield:... (online) 6 hrs

21) When Your Pet Dies:... (online) 8hrs

22) Behavioral Style Selling:... (online) 4hrs

23) Body preparation and Practices.... (online) 4hrs

24) The Changing Face of Death:... (online) 4hrs

25) Creating The Ultimate Funeral Experience... ( online) 4hrs

26) Cremation Due Diligence:.... (online) 4hrs

27) Do Consumers Really Want a One Stop Shop?... (online) 4hrs

28) Legendary Service at the Ritz-Carlton:...(online) 4hrs

29) Military Funeral Honors.... (online) 4hrs

30) Myths of Grief:.... (online) 4hrs

31) The Pandemic Avian Flu...( online) 4hrs

32) Potential Legal Issues... (online) 4hrs

33) Reinvent Your Cremation Arrangements (online) 4hrs

34) Setting Up and Controlling Your Cemetery ... (online) 4hrs

35) What Weddings Teach Funerals... (online) 4hrs

36) You Need Hospice and Hospice Needs You ( online) 4hrs

37) FTC Compliance Update 2008 (online) 4hr

38) The Future of Funeral Service... (online) 4hrs

39) Hispanic Funerals: Need to Know Insight (online) 4hrs

40) If Your Buying or Selling a Funeral Home... (online) 4hrs

41) The Internet vs. Your Funeral Home:... (online) 4hrs

42) I Just Don’t Understand Them:.... (online) 4hrs

43) Preneed Ethic in Demanding Times (online) 4hrs

44) Secrets of Cremation Profitability Revealed (online) 4hrs

45) Tips for Marketing A Pet Death Care Business (online) 4hrs

46) What to Do When Families Say... (online) 4hrs

47) Avoiding Sexual Harassment Suits ( online) 4hrs

48) The Art of Facial Reconstruction ( online) 4hrs

49) Embalming Difficult Cases... (online) 5hrs

50) FTC Compliance:.... (online) 4hrs

51) Restorative Arts: An Artist Perspective (online) 4hrs

52) Your Professional Image ( online) 4hrs

I) Hospice Foundation of America: Chester Velasco

1) Living With Grief: Children and Adolescents ( 4/29/09) 3hrs

J) New Jersey Funeral Service Education Corp: Emily Moscetti

1) Organ & Tissue Donation From Multiple... ( 3/26/09 & 4/7/09) 3.5hrs

2) 2009 Mandatory OSHA Employee Training (5/13,19,21/09) 3hrs

K) International Cemetery and Funeral Association: Daniel Osorio

1) 2009 ICCFA Annual Convention & Exposition (4/20-23/09) 15hrs

The committee reported that section A) Matthews Casket Division, number 1 was approved for 12 hours, number 3 was approved for 3 hours and number 4 was approved for 2 hours; section C) SCI Management-Dignity University, number 19 was approved for 1 hour, section D) Funeral CE, number 1 was approved for 6 hours and number 2 was approved for 6 hours; section H) National Funeral Directors, numbers 1 - 18 was approved for 5 hours each and number 19 and 20 were approved for 6 hours each, numbers 33 - 45 were not approved, number 49 was approved for 5 hours only; section K) International Cemetery and Funeral Associations, number 1 was approved for 15 hours only. On motion made by Mr. Macysyn, seconded by Ms. Zevallos, determined to accept the committee report as read. All voted in favor of the motion.

CORRESPONDENCE

NJ Cemetery Board Public Session Agenda for January 8, 2009. This was for the Board’s information only.

Mildred Damiano, obituary notice which appeared in the December 11, 2008 edition of the Star Ledger. This was for the Board’s information only.

Lester Bragg Jr, obituary notice which appeared in the December 11, 2008 edition of the Star Ledger. This was for the Board’s information only.

William Bradley, obituary notice which appeared in the December 27, 2008 edition of the Star Ledger. This was for the Board’s information only.

Robert Clark, obituary notice which appeared in the December 28, 2008 edition of the Star Ledger. This was for the Board’s information only.

OPEN DISCIPLINARY MATTERS

#08-76 Failla Memorial Home, Hoboken, Mgr, John Mc Knight, paid the penalty of $800.00 for violation of N.J.S.A. 26:6-6 on December 8, 2008. This was for the Board’s information only.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION

None.

EXECUTIVE SESSION - 10:20 A.M. On motion made by Mr. Macysyn, seconded by Mr. Lombardi, the Board determined to go into executive session to discuss consumer complaints and/or conduct investigative inquiries. The results of these deliberations will be made known when and if the Board determines to initiate disciplinary or other law enforcement action. If the Board determines to issue uniform penalty letters, that action will be taken in public session immediately after the executive session.

Respectfully submitted,

__________________ _________
Richard J. Galante, Jr. Dated
Secretary