64B9-1.007. Other Board Business; Unexcused Absences

64B9-1.007 Other Board Business; Unexcused Absences. (1) For purposes of Section 456.011(4), F.S., “other business involving the Board” includes: (a) Board Meetings; (b) Workshops; (c) Joint Committee Meetings of the Board of Nursing and the Board of Medicine; (d) Where a board member has been requested by the Chairman of the Board, the State Surgeon General, or Department staff, to participate in a meeting. (2) For purpose of Section 456.011(3), F.S., “unexcused absence” shall mean the failure of a Board member to attend a regularly scheduled meeting, excluding emergency meetings held pursuant to Rule 28-102.003, F.A.C., for any reason other than one of the following: (a) Illness or injury of the Board member; (b) Illness, injury, or death of a member of the Board member’s family.