21 NCAC 40 .0109. ELECTION OF MEMBERS

(a)  Optician/licensee appointments to the Board are selected by election and gubernatorial appointment.  By April 1 of each year, any licensed optician desiring his or her name to be placed in nomination shall forward a petition endorsed by five licensees to the Board. 

(b)  By April 10 of each year, the Board of Opticians shall prepare and distribute by mail to each North Carolina licensee eligible to vote:

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

(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 will 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 Board members, who shall not be nominees. The Election Committee shall review all ballots that have been determined valid based on this Rule, and count all the valid ballots.

(e)  Based upon the canvass by the Election Committee, the Board Chair shall submit to the Governor a list of three nominees which shall be listed from highest to lowest votes and percentages received for each nominee.

(f)  The Governor shall complete the appointment process based on G.S. 90-238.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90‑238;

Eff. November 1, 1981;

Amended Eff. September 1, 2012; April 1, 2011; February 1, 1989; January 1, 1986.