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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="8-203" title_number="8" title_name="Nurses" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Nursing">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, from among its members, the Board shall elect a president and a secretary once every 2 years in June or as required by subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The president of the Board shall be a registered nurse.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The president shall serve a 2–year term unless:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The term of the member serving as the president expires before the end of the member’s term as president; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The president resigns.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall determine:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The manner of election of officers; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The duties of each officer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a vacancy occurs under subsection (a)(3)(ii) of this section, the Board shall hold a special election to elect a president to complete the term of the vacating president within 30 days of the date of the vacancy.</text>
  </level>
</section>
