September 19th, 2017 by WCBC Radio

According to the Legislature's auditors, West Virginia's Board of Funeral Service Examiners fails to protect the public against unscrupulous operators and should be disbanded. They cited four cases in the past few years where the board delayed for many months suspending or revoking funeral directors' licenses despite evidence they had taken customer's advance payments that should have been held in trust. According to the auditors, lawmakers should consider removing oversight function, or replace all board members