Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3305 – Board of Veterinary Medicine — Officers; meetings; quorum
(a) In the same month of each year, the members shall elect, from among their number, a President and a Vice President. Each officer shall serve for 1 year and may successively serve in the same office for 1 additional year.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3305
- Board: shall mean the State Board of Veterinary Medicine established in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3302
- Division: shall mean the state Division of Professional Regulation. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3302
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Board shall hold regularly scheduled business meetings at least once in each quarter of a calendar year, and at such other times as the President deems necessary; or at the request of a majority of Board members. Special or emergency meetings may be held without notice provided a quorum is present.
(c) A majority of members shall constitute a quorum; and no action shall be taken without the affirmative vote of at least 4 members. Any member who fails to attend 3 consecutive meetings, or who fails to attend at least 1/2 of all regular business meetings during any calendar year, shall automatically upon such occurrence be deemed to have resigned from office and a replacement shall be appointed.
(d) Minutes of all meetings shall be recorded, and copies shall be maintained by the Division of Professional Regulation. At any hearing where evidence is presented, a record from which a verbatim transcript can be prepared shall be made. The expense of preparing any transcript shall be incurred by the person requesting it.
24 Del. C. 1953, § ?3304A; 57 Del. Laws, c. 178; 63 Del. Laws, c. 460, § ?3; 64 Del. Laws, c. 117, § ?2; 65 Del. Laws, c. 355, § ?1; 68 Del. Laws, c. 244, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 207, § ?11; 75 Del. Laws, c. 295, § ?14;