You may belong to more than one section. Chairs organize section activities, represent the section, and have voting rights at the OPHA Governing Council meetings.
Members have section voting rights in their declared primary section only.
In order to form a section, submit a petition of at least 15 interested OPHA members, along with the proposed chair, who will represent the section at Governing Council meetings, to the OPHA President. Governing Council will vote whether to approve the new section at the following meeting. Section chairs and their members should then develop yearly objectives and submit a report of activities to the President once a year. Special Primary Interest Groups are an open group of members sharing a common occupation discipline or program interest who desire to promote or advance that particular discipline or interest. The chair provides input to the Governing Council toward public policy.