62-6-109 - Board meetings Officers. - Tennessee Statutes

62-6-109. Board meetings Officers.

(a)  The board shall meet at least six (6) times each year for the purpose of transacting business.

(b)  At the first meeting of each calendar year the board shall elect officers, including a chair, vice chair and secretary.

(c)  Special meetings of the board shall be held at times that the board may provide.

(d)  Five (5) members shall constitute a quorum at a board meeting.

(e)  Due notice of each meeting and the time and place of the meeting shall be given each member in the manner that the bylaws may provide.

(f)  The board shall meet in each grand division at least one (1) time each year.

(g)  The board may specify by rules and regulations specific board actions that may be taken by the executive director without a meeting of the board. The actions shall be limited to increases in the monetary limits and timely consideration of licensure applications or renewal applications for which there are no evident impediments to licensure and for which loss of substantial business is imminent if licensure is delayed. Notice of emergency actions shall be posted on the board's website and shall be scheduled as the first agenda item at the next scheduled meeting of the board in order that the board may review and, in its discretion, modify the actions of the executive director.

[Acts 1976, ch. 822, § 10; 1979, ch. 59, § 8; T.C.A., § 62-610; Acts 1984, ch. 676, § 8; 1989, ch. 487, § 2; 1994, ch. 986, § 3; 2001, ch. 222, §§ 1, 2; 2007, ch. 191, § 1.]