Approved 11/13/03

                                                                                               Asheville, NC

                                                                                             

 

Minutes of the Special Meeting                                    

North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry                                      

Held via Conference Telephone

5:30 p.m., October 6, 2003

 

 

 

Following the roll call the meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by the President.  Present on the call were Drs. Scott Edwards, President, David Baxter, Secretary-Treasurer, Joel Banks, William Hendrix and William Rafferty, Members of the Board.  Also present was Dr. John Robinson, Executive Director, and Mr. Johnny Loper, the Board’s attorney.  Absent due to family illness was Ms. Trudy Mitchell.

 

Announcing that the purpose of the meeting was to receive advice from the Board’s attorney, Mr. Loper, on possible judicial action the President asked for a motion that the Board go into closed session.

 

On a motion by Dr. Hendrix seconded by Dr. Banks and carried unanimously the Board went into closed session in accordance with the provisions of NCGS 143-318.11 (a) (3).

 

In closed session, Mr. Loper reviewed documents he had prepared at the direction of the Board and which had been provided to the Board and Staff for their review.  Following discussion and the answering of questions Dr. Hendrix moved and Dr. Baxter seconded a motion that carried unanimously that the Board return to open session.

 

Dr. Hendrix moved and Dr. Banks seconded a motion that the Board’s attorney be given full authority, within the parameters established by the Board, to proceed in a manner he determines to be both prudent and effective in the interest of confirming the Board’s authority to determine the scope of optometric practice in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina. The motion carried unanimously.

 

There being no further business, at 5:23 p.m. a motion to adjourn was made by Dr. Baxter, seconded by Dr. Rafferty.  The motion passed unanimously. 

 

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board will be in Asheville, NC at the Grove Park Inn beginning at 8:30 am on Thursday, November 13 and ending no later than noon on Sunday, November 16, 2003.                                                             

 

 

                                                                                                                                Approved 11/13/03                                                                                                                                                              Asheville, NC