QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Need to read this paragraph: - ✔✔A person may not be a member of the board and
may not be a board employee employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or
professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of
establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), if:
(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in
the field of health care; or
(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade
association in the field of health care.
(3) A person may not be a member of the board or act as the general counsel to the
board if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government
Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession
related to the operation of the board.
✔✔Members of the board are appointed for how long of a term? - ✔✔Staggered 6 year
terms
✔✔The terms of one-third of the members expire when? - ✔✔On February 1 of each
odd-numbered year
✔✔True or false:
A person may be appointed to serve more than two terms - ✔✔False
A person may "NOT" be appointed to serve more than two terms
✔✔What happens if a vacancy occurs because of the death or resignation of a board
member? - ✔✔The governor shall appoint a replacement to fill the
unexpired term
✔✔The governor shall designate whom as the board's president? - ✔✔a
"CHIROPRACTIC" member of the board
✔✔True or False:
The president serves in that capacity at the will of the governor. - ✔✔True
, ✔✔What positions shall the board elect at the first board meeting after the biennial
appointment of the board members? - ✔✔one of its members as a vice president and
one of its members as secretary-treasurer
✔✔If a member:
(1) does not have at the time of taking office the
qualifications required by Sections 201.051 and 201.052(b);
(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Sections
201.051 and 201.052(b);
(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 201.052 or201.053;
(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a
substantial part of the member's term; or
(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the
member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a
majority vote of the board. - ✔✔Then there are grounds for removal
from the board
✔✔If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists,
the executive director shall notify whom? - ✔✔the president of the board
✔✔The president shall then notify whom that a potential ground for removal exists? -
✔✔the governor and the attorney general
✔✔If the potential ground for removal involves the president, the executive director shall
notify whom? - ✔✔the next highest ranking officer of the
board, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general
✔✔True or False:
A board member is entitled to a per diem as set by the General Appropriations Act for
each day the member engages in the business of the board. - ✔✔True
✔✔True or false:
A member may receive reimbursement for travel expenses, including expenses for
meals and lodging, and transportation expenses as provided by the General
Appropriations Act. - ✔✔False: