Section Council person - three years. Terms of Section Councilors are staggered equally over the three-year period. Governing Council - two years. Terms of governing councilors are staggered equally over the three-year period. Other Boards, Councils, Commissions, etc. of APHA - as specified in the APHA Constitution or set by the Association officers.
New terms begin and old terms end at the end of the Annual Meeting.
After one term in any elective Section office, such person is ineligible for re-election to the office during the following Association year unless the Section Council declares that extenuating circumstances exist which warrant a variance of this limitation. The immediate past Chairperson shall serve on the Section Council until the current Chairperson is succeeded. The Governing Councilors and those Action Board, Program Development Board, and Executive Board members who are primary members of the Section serve as ex officio members of the Section Council concurrently with their terms in those Association offices. No person may be nominated for any Section position or as a Section representative to any APHA position unless that person has agreed to represent the Section s interests and attend and actively participate in the meetings, functions, and activities of the office or position for which they will become a candidate. Persons elected by the Section to represent them may be removed for just cause.