§ 17-86-202 - Officers and employees.
17-86-202. Officers and employees.
(a) (1) (A) Arkansas State Board of Massage Therapy officers, elected by the board from among their own members, shall be a president, a vice president, and a secretary.
(B) Election of an officer or officers shall take place during a regularly scheduled board meeting or during a special nonconference call board meeting. An election to fill a vacancy in an elected office will take place during the first regularly scheduled meeting or during the first special nonconference call meeting immediately following the creation of the vacancy.
(2) Board officers may be removed from their elected offices for failure to fulfill the duties of their respective offices. Removal of such a board member from his or her elected office will be considered in an executive session as provided by 25-19-106. The executive session will be called by the board during a regular or special nonconference call meeting. If a motion to remove the board member from his or her elected office is arrived at in the executive session, members will reconvene in accordance with 25-19-106 in the public meeting to vote to remove the board member from his or her elected office.
(b) The board is authorized to employ an executive director, regular or special counsel, inspectors, clerks, secretaries, and other personnel as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. At no time shall the executive director, counsel, inspectors, clerks, secretaries, and other personnel exceed ten (10) employees, and no employee of the board shall be a board member, related by blood or marriage to any member of the board, be an employee of a board member, or shall have any financial interest in the practice or instruction of massage therapy.