North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Chapter 40 - OPTICIANS
Section .0100 - LOCATION
Section 40 .0109 - ELECTION OF MEMBERS

Universal Citation: 21 NC Admin Code 40 .0109

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) By April 1 of each year, any licensed optician desiring to be nominated for the Board shall forward a petition endorsed by five licensees to the Board.

(b) By April 10 of each year, the Board shall prepare and distribute by mail to each North Carolina licensed optician:

(1) a notice of the election, and its dates;

(2) the name of each nominee;

(3) biographical information on each nominee;

(4) a ballot; and

(5) a return envelope.

(c) The return envelope containing the ballot shall be postmarked no later than April 30. The enclosed ballot shall not be valid unless the optician's signature, license number, and correct mailing address are on the left top corner of the return envelope.

(d) The Board Chair shall appoint an Election Committee of at least three members, who may be Board members, staff members, or a combination of the two, but who shall not be nominees. The Election Committee shall review all ballots for validity based on Paragraph (c) of this Rule, and count all valid ballots.

(e) Based upon the canvass by the Election Committee, the Board Chair shall submit to the Governor a list of three nominees for each vacancy for completion of the appointment process as set forth in G.S. 90-238.

Authority G.S. 90-238; 90-239;
Eff. November 1, 1981;
Amended Eff. September 1, 2012; April 1, 2011; February 1, 1989; January 1, 1986;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 22, 2018;
Amended Eff. December 1, 2019.

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