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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="8-204" future_version_removed="true" title_number="8" title_name="Nurses" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Nursing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A majority of the appointed members serving on the Board is a quorum.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to the other meeting requirements of this title, the Board shall meet:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>At the request of the Secretary; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If necessary to transact its business.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In accordance with the State budget, each member of the Board is entitled to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Compensation, at a rate determined by the Board, for each day on which the member is engaged in the duties of the member’s office; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Secretary may employ a staff for the Board in accordance with the State budget.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Secretary may designate one of the staff who is a registered nurse as an executive director.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary may set the compensation of an employee of the Board in a position that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is unique to the Board;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Requires specific skills or experience to perform the duties of the position; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Does not require the employee to perform functions that are comparable to functions performed in other units of the Executive Branch of State government.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Secretary, shall determine the positions for which the Secretary may set compensation under paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
