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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 10.44.29.08" title_num="10" subtitle_num="44" chapter_num="29" heading="Election Judge.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>One of the following individuals shall be the Election Judge in the order indicated:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Board's President unless the President is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Absent; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Eligible for and seeks reappointment;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Board's President-Elect unless the President-Elect is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Absent; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Eligible for and seeks reappointment;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Board's Secretary-Treasurer unless the Secretary-Treasurer is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Absent; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Eligible for and seeks reappointment;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The member of the Board who has received either a dental license or a dental hygiene license in this State before any other Board member;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The member of the Board who has been appointed to the Board longer than any other Board member; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The oldest member of the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A consumer member of the Board is not eligible to be the presiding chair under §A(5) and (6) of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>