(a) There is established a Cemetery Board that shall consist of 5 members appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services including 3 who are owners or operators of cemeteries and 2 who are public members. Each member shall serve for a term of 3 years, and may successively serve additional terms. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term of the former member.
(b) Members of the Board shall serve without compensation, except that they may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incident to their duties, to the extent that funds are available and the expenditures are in accordance with state laws. A Chairperson of the Board shall be chosen by members of the Board from among its members, shall serve in that capacity for a term of 3 years, and shall be eligible for reelection.
(c) The Board shall hold regularly scheduled meetings at least twice each year, and at such times as the Chairperson deems necessary; or at the request of a majority of the Board members.