§30-3-6 Conduct of business of West Virginia board of medicine; meetings; officers; compensation; expenses; quorum.
§30-3-6. Conduct of business of West Virginia board of medicine; meetings; officers; compensation; expenses; quorum.
Every two years the board shall elect from among its members a president and vice president. Regular meetings shall be held as scheduled by the rules and regulations of the board. Special meetings of the board may be called by the joint action of the president and vice president or by any three members of the board on seven days' prior written notice by mail or, in case of emergency, on two days' notice by telephone. With the exception of the state director of health, members of the board shall receive one hundred dollars for each day actually spent in attending the sessions of the board or its committees. A board member shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred when a meeting is held in a location that is removed from the member's place of residence.
A majority of the membership of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, and business is transacted by a majority vote of a quorum, except for disciplinary actions which shall require the affirmative vote of not less than five members or a majority vote of those present, whichever is greater.
Meetings of the board shall be held in public session, except that the board may hold closed sessions to prepare, approve, grade or administer examinations. Disciplinary proceedings, prior to a finding of probable cause as provided in subsection (o), section fourteen of this article, shall be held in closed sessions, unless the party subject to discipline requests that the hearing be held in public session.