North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 52 - PODIATRY EXAMINERS › Section .1300 - NOMINATIONS FOR PODIATRISTS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF PODIATRY EXAMINERS: BOARD OF PODIATRY EXAMINERS CONSTITUTING A BOARD OF PODIATRY ELECTIONS: PROCEDURES FOR HOLDING AN ELECTION › Section 52 .1302 - PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING ELECTIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The procedures to be followed in the conducting of elections
				  to fill podiatrists' positions on the Board of Podiatry Examiners are as set
				  forth in this Rule:
(1) At least 30
				days prior to the expiration of the term of a board member, written notice of
				the holding of an election shall be sent to every podiatrist with a current
				North Carolina license residing in this state using a mailing or electronic
				address as contained in the board's official records.
(2) The notice shall have with it a list of
				at least two, but no more than three nominees proposed by the Board of Podiatry
				Examiners for the board member position to be filled.
(3) The election or voting for the board
				member position shall take place annually prior to July 1 of each year.
				Additional nominations may be received from the floor or as write-in
				nominations on a ballot and may be received from any licensed podiatrist
				residing in North Carolina.
(4)
				Ballots shall be prepared by the Board of Podiatry Elections and distributed or
				mailed to all North Carolina licensed podiatrists who reside in North Carolina.
				Any podiatrist who is eligible to vote and who wishes to vote and who will not
				be in attendance at the election meeting may request a written ballot from the
				executive secretary or secretary-treasurer and shall return the ballot prior to
				the election meeting. Each voting podiatrist shall cast his or her ballot in
				the ballot box or other designated receptacle or return the ballot to the
				board's offices located as set forth in Rule .0101 by the specified deadline
				for receipt of ballots. Late ballots shall not be counted.
(5) The executive secretary,
				secretary-treasurer, or such other member of the board as may be designated by
				the president of the Board of Podiatry Examiners shall conduct a tally of the
				ballots, record the two names receiving the highest number of votes and their
				respective percentages, and submit to the president of the board the names of
				the two nominees receiving the highest number of votes and their respective
				percentage of votes.
(6) The
				president of the board shall in turn submit to the Governor the two names
				receiving the highest number of votes and their respective percentage of votes
				with biographical data on the two podiatrists being submitted.
(7) It shall not be necessary for an
				individual podiatrist to receive a majority of votes of those North Carolina
				licensed podiatrists participating in the election. All licensees shall be
				notified of the results of the election.
(8) To be eligible for board membership, a
				podiatrist must have practiced podiatry in North Carolina for the period of
				time prescribed by
				G.S.
				90-202.4(a). A vote for any
				licensed podiatrist not holding a North Carolina license for that period shall
				not be counted.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  90-202.4;
Eff. September 1,
				  1982;
Amended Eff. May 1, 1983;
Legislative Objection
				  Lodged Eff. May 11, 1983;
Curative Amended Eff. May 13,
				  1983;
Amended Eff. April 1, 2005; December 1, 1988;
Readopted Eff. September 1, 2016.