Ala. Admin. Code r. 473-X-2-.01

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 473-X-2-.01 - Employees; Oath; Meeting; Powers

(1) The Board may employ an executive director, attorney, experts, and other personnel as it may from time to time find necessary, for the proper performance of its duties, and for whom necessary funds are appropriated.

(2) Before entering public duties of the office, the members of the Board shall take the constitutional oath of office.

(3) The Board shall elect, at the first meeting following October 1^st each year, a Chair and a Vice Chair. The board shall hold at least two meetings each year. Additional meetings may be held at the discretion of the Chair or upon the written request of any three members of the Board. A majority of the currently appointed members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

(4) The Board shall inspect and pass on the qualifications of applicants and shall issue a license to each successful applicant.

(5) The Board may authorize expenditures as necessary to carry out its duties from the fees that it collects, pursuant to a budget developed and approved by the Board. In no event shall the expenditures exceed the revenues of the Board during any fiscal year.

(6) The Board may reimburse Board members for attorney fees incurred if individual members of the Board are personally sued under the Open Meetings Act. Absent negligence, reckless, wantonness, or deliberate misconduct, members of the Board are immune from liability for all good faith acts performed in the exercise of their duties as members of the Board.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 473-X-2-.01

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXII, Issue No. 10, July 31, 2014, eff. 8/13/2014.

Author: Alabama Board of Home Medical Equipment Services Providers

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §34-14Cl thru §34-14C8, Act #2000-739, HB 419 of the 2000 Regular Session.