Whenever circumstances arise which, in the judgement of an individual Board member, would make that member's vote on a matter pending before the Board improper, unethical, unfair, or biased, that Board member shall request that his/her recusal from the vote on the issue in question be entered upon the minutes of the Board and his/her participation in discussion and voting thereon excluded.

Author: Board of Optometric Scholarship and Loan Awards

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-22-60, et seq.

History: Filed September 7, 1984. Amended: Published June 30, 2025; effective August 14, 2025.