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<chapter num="04" heading="Meetings" title_num="10" subtitle_num="45">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Meetings; Procedure.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Meetings of the Commission and meetings of the standing committees specified in COMAR 10.45.03.01 shall be governed in accordance with:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Maryland's Open Meetings Act; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Commonly accepted rules of parliamentary procedure as determined by the chair.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Quorum.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A majority of the full authorized membership of the Commission is a quorum.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>A quorum need not be present in order for the Commission to hold a meeting.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>If less than a quorum is present at any meeting, the presiding officer shall defer matters submitted for a vote until a quorum is present.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Voting.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Each commissioner shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at the meeting.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Voting shall be in person or by proxy.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The Commission may not act on any matter unless at least six members in attendance concur.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Minutes. The Commission shall ensure that minutes of its public meetings are:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Recorded;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Presented to the Commission for approval; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Made available for public inspection at the offices of the Commission during ordinary business hours.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Frequency of Meetings.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Subject to §B of this regulation, public meetings of the Commission may be held for any authorized purpose, at a time and location determined by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The Commission shall meet at least six times per year.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Health-General Article, §§19-2106 and 19-2107, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.02 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 31, 2006 (33:24 Md. R. 1905); adopted permanently effective February 12, 2007 (34:3 Md. R. 299)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>