Skip to main content Skip to office menu Skip to footer
Capital IconMinnesota Legislature
  1. LRL Home
  2. Agencies
  3. Results

Minnesota Agencies

Information on Minnesota State Agencies, Boards, Task Forces, and Commissions

Compiled by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

Mortuary Science Advisory Council

Also known as:
Mortuary Sciences Advisory Council
Mortuary Sciences Committee of Examiners
Active dates:1983-1994
Authority:
Minn. Stat. 149.02 [Repealed, 1997 c 215 s 47]
1983 Minn. Laws Chap. 260 Sec. 37
Function:

The Council assists in administering the mortuary science examination and in enforcing mortuary science laws.

Preceded by:
Mortuary Science Examiners Advisory Committee
History:

Established as a committee in 1955. In 1983 renamed as an advisory council. 

1989 Minn. Laws Chap. 282 Sec. 44 changed the membership requirements to two public members and added a fifth member who would be a full-time academic staff member of the course in mortuary science at the University of Minnesota. 

According to the 1995 Annual Compilation and Statistical Report: Membership on State Councils, Boards and Commissions, the council expired June 30, 1994 per M.S. 15.059 subd. 5 as amended by Laws of 1993.
Advisory to:
Health Department
Membership:

4 members (2 licensed in mortuary science with at least five years experience; 1 representative of the commissioner of health; 1 full-time academic staff member of the course in mortuary science at the University of Minnesota); appointed by commissioner of health; terms governed by Minn. Stat. 15.059; compensation governed by Minn. Stat. 15.059. 

As of 1990, 5 members; 4-year terms.

Entries for this agency in the Annual Compilation and Statistical Report of Multi-Member Agencies Report: 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983.

Note: This report provides membership details as well as meeting information and a summary of the group's activities.

Documents/Articles:
News clippings and documents. Agencies Notebook Collection, 1971.
Record last updated: 03/24/2021
 

Please contact a librarian with any questions. The Minnesota Agencies database is a work in progress.

Agencies image