Section 4757.05 - Organization of board(A)(1) The counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall meet as a whole to discuss and review issues regarding personnel, budgetary matters, administration, and any other matter pertaining to the operation of the entire board. The board shall hold at least one regular meeting every three months. Additional meetings may be held at such times as the board determines, upon call of the chairperson, or upon the written request of four or more members of the board to the executive director. If four or more members so request a meeting, the executive director shall call a meeting to commence in not more than seven days. Eleven members of the board constitute a quorum to conduct business. Except as provided in section 4757.39 of the Revised Code, no action shall be taken without the concurrence of at least a quorum.(2) The counselors professional standards committee, the social workers professional standards committee, the marriage and family therapist professional standards committee, the art therapist professional standards committee, and the music therapist professional standards committee shall meet as necessary to fulfill their duties established by this chapter and the rules adopted under it. Three members of a committee constitute a quorum for the counselors professional standards committee, the social workers professional standards committee, and the marriage and family therapist professional standards committee to conduct business, and two members of a committee constitute a quorum for the art therapist professional standards committee and the music therapist professional standards committee to conduct business. No action shall be taken without the concurrence of at least a quorum.(B) At its first meeting each year, the board shall elect a chairperson from among its members. At the first meeting held each year by the board's professional standards committees, each committee shall elect from among its members a chairperson. The chairpersons of the committees shall serve as co-vice-chairpersons of the board. Neither the board nor its committees shall elect a member to serve more than two consecutive terms in the same office.(C) The board shall employ an executive director. The board may employ and prescribe the powers and duties of such employees and consultants as are necessary for it and its professional standards committees to carry out this chapter and rules adopted under it.(D) The members of the board shall receive an amount fixed under division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for each day employed in the discharge of their official duties as board or committee members and shall be reimbursed for their necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.(E) The board and each of its professional standards committees shall keep any records and minutes necessary to fulfill the duties established by this chapter and the rules adopted under it.Amended by 135th General Assembly, HB 33,§101.01, eff. 10/3/2023.Effective Date: 2002 HB374 4/7/2003 .The amendment to this section by 129th General Assembly, SB 5, §1was rejected by voters in the November, 2011 election.