Texas Administrative Code › Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS › Part 9 - TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD › Chapter 183 - ACUPUNCTURE › Section 183.3 - Meetings

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The acupuncture
				board may meet up to four times a year to carry out the mandates of the
				Act.
(b) Special meetings may be
				called by the presiding officer of the acupuncture board, by resolution of the
				acupuncture board, or upon written request to the presiding officer of the
				acupuncture board signed by at least three members of the board.
(c) Acupuncture board and committee meetings
				shall, to the extent possible, be conducted pursuant to the provisions of
				Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised unless, by rule, the acupuncture board
				adopts a different procedure.
(d)
				All elections and any other issues requiring a vote of the acupuncture board
				shall be decided by a simple majority of the members present. A quorum for
				transaction of any business by the acupuncture board shall be one more than
				half the acupuncture board's membership at the time of the meeting. If more
				than two candidates contest an election or if no candidate receives a majority
				of the votes cast on the first ballot, a second ballot shall be conducted
				between the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes.
(e) The acupuncture board, at a regular
				meeting or special meeting, may elect from its membership an assistant
				presiding officer and a secretary-treasurer to serve a term of one year or for
				a term of a set duration established by majority vote of the acupuncture
				board.
(f) The acupuncture board,
				at a regular meeting or special meeting, upon majority vote of the members
				present may remove the assistant presiding officer or secretary-treasurer from
				office.
(g) The following are
				standing and permanent committees of the acupuncture board. Each committee,
				with the exception of the Executive Committee, shall consist of at least one
				board member who is a licensed physician, one board member who is a licensed
				acupuncturist, and one public board member. In the event that a committee does
				not have a representative of one or more of these groups, the presiding officer
				shall appoint additional members as necessary to maintain this composition. The
				Executive Committee shall include the presiding officer, the assistant
				presiding officer, and the secretary-treasurer, plus additional members so that
				the committee consists of a minimum of two board members who are licensed
				acupuncturists, one board member who is a licensed physician, and one public
				board member. The responsibilities and authority of these committees shall
				include those duties and powers as set forth below and such other
				responsibilities and authority which the acupuncture board may from time to
				time delegate to these committees.
(1)
				Licensure Committee:
(A) draft and review
				proposed rules regarding licensure, and make recommendations to the acupuncture
				board regarding changes or implementation of such rules;
(B) draft and review proposed application
				forms for licensure, and make recommendations to the acupuncture board
				regarding changes or implementation of such rules;
(C) oversee the application process for
				licensure;
(D) receive and review
				applications for licensure;
(E)
				make determinations of eligibility, present the results of reviews of
				applications for licensure and make recommendations to the acupuncture board
				regarding licensure of applicants;
(F) oversee and make recommendations to the
				acupuncture board regarding any aspect of the examination process including the
				approval of an appropriate licensure examination and the administration of such
				an examination and documentation and verification of records from all
				applicants for licensure;
(G) draft
				and review proposed rules regarding any aspect of the examination;
(H) maintain communication with Texas
				acupuncture schools;
(I) make
				recommendations to the acupuncture board regarding matters brought to the
				attention of the Licensure Committee.