64B3-1.008. Board Meetings

(1) For purposes of Board member compensation pursuant to Section 456.011(4), Florida Statutes, “other business involving the Board” is defined to include:

(a) Board meetings;

(b) Meetings of committees of the Board;

(c) Board meetings or Board committee meetings held via teleconference that last four (4) hours or more.

(d) Meetings of a Board member with staff at the request of the Board or the Department;

(e) Probable cause panel meetings;

(f) Attendance at legislative workshops or committee meetings at the request of the Board or Department;

(g) Attendance at meetings of National Associations as an authorized representative of the Board;

(h) Attendance at continuing education programs for the purpose of auditing a Board-approved provider when such attendance has been approved by the Board;

(i) Attendance at any function authorized by the Board or Department.

(2)(a) Board members shall attend all regularly scheduled Board meetings unless prevented from doing so by reason of court order, subpoena, business with a court which has the sole prerogative of setting the date of such business, death of a family member, illness of the Board member, or hospitalization of the member’s immediate family.

(b) No Board member shall be absent from three consecutive regularly scheduled Board meetings unless the absence is excused for one of the reasons stated in paragraph (a) of this rule. An absence for any reason other than the reasons stated in paragraph (a) constitutes an unexcused absence for the purpose of declaring a vacancy on the Board. An otherwise excused absence is not excused if the Board member fails to notify the Board office of the impending absence prior to the regularly scheduled Board meeting at which the absence will occur or unless the failure to notify the Board office is the result of circumstances surrounding the reason for the absence which the Board itself excuses after the absence has occurred.

(c) “Family” consists of immediate family, nieces, nephews, cousins, and in-laws.

(d) “Immediate family” consists of spouse, child, parents, parents-in-law, siblings, grandchildren, and grandparents.

Rulemaking Authority 456.011, 483.805 FS. Law Implemented 286.0105, 456.011 FS. History–New 3-15-93, Formerly 21KK-1.008, 61F3-1.008, Amended 2-7-95, Formerly 59O-1.008, Amended 3-20-01, 9-29-02, 12-7-11.