(a) Officers. The Council must elect a Chair annually. The Council may select other officers annually as it finds appropriate. A member must not serve as Chair for more than 2 consecutive years.
(b) Subcommittees. The Council may establish subcommittees that may include persons who are not members of the Council. However, the Chair of each subcommittee must be a member of the Council.
(c) Meetings. The Council meets at the call of the Chair as often as required to perform its duties, but at least 9 times each year. The Council must also meet if two-thirds of the voting members request in writing that a meeting be held. The Chair must give reasonable advance notice of all meetings to members of the Council and the general public. A majority of the voting members are a quorum to transact business.
(d) By-laws. The Council may establish by-laws to govern its activities.
(e) Staff. The Department of Health and Human Services must provide the Council with staff support. (CY 1991 L.M.C., ch. 40, § 1; 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1.)
Editor’s note—1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 5, reads as follows: “Sec. 5. A regulation that implements a function assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services by 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, continues in effect but is amended to the extent necessary to provide that the regulation is administered by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services.”