[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR242a.2]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
        CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 242a_PUBLIC MEETING PROCEDURES OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 242a.2  Definitions.

    (a) Board or Board of Regents means the collegial body that conducts 
the business of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 
as specified in Title 10, U.S. Code 2113, consisting of:
    (1) Nine persons outstanding in the fields of health and health 
education appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate;
    (2) The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, an ex officio member;
    (3) The surgeons general of the uniformed services, ex officio 
members; and
    (4) The Dean (President) of the University, an ex officio non-voting 
member.
    (b) Board Representative means the individual named as Executive 
Secretary by the Board, or any person officially designated by the 
Board.
    (c) Chairman means the presiding officer of the Board, designated by 
the

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President, as specified in Title 10, U.S. Code 2113.
    (d) Committee means any formally designated subdivision of the 
Board, consisting of as least two Board members, authorized to act on 
behalf of the Board, including, the Board's standing committees (the 
Executive, Administrative Affairs, Educational Affairs, Fine Arts and 
Gifts, and Nominating Committees) and any ad hoc committees appointed by 
the Board for special purposes.
    (e) Meeting means the deliberations of at least a majority of all 
Regents in being or for committees, the deliberations of at least the 
number of individual voting members of the Board required to take action 
on behalf of the Board, where such deliberations determine or result in 
the joint conduct or disposition of official business of the Board, but 
does not include:
    (1) Deliberations to open or close a meeting, or to release or 
withhold information, required or permitted by Sec. 242a.5 or Sec. 
242a.6;
    (2) Notation voting or similar consideration of matters whether by 
circulation of material to members individually in writing, or polling 
of members individually by telephone or telegram; and
    (3) Instances where individual members, authorized to conduct 
business on behalf of the Board or to take action on behalf of the 
Board, meet with members of the public or staff. Conference telephone 
calls that involve the requisite number of members, and otherwise come 
within the definition, are included.
    (f) Member means a member of the Board of Regents.
    (g) Public Announcement means posting notices on the Board's public 
notice bulletin board, and mailing announcements to persons on a mailing 
list maintained for those who desire to receive notices of Board 
meetings, and who pay such fee as may be determined by the Executive 
Secretary, not to exceed $10.00 per year, to cover the costs involved in 
such distribution.
    (h) Staff includes the employees of the USUHS, other than the 
members of the Board.

[42 FR 12853, Mar. 7, 1977, as amended at 42 FR 63775, Dec. 20, 1977]