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1. The Executive Board shall consist of the following Board Members –
a) three Ministers who shall be the incumbent Chairperson of COHSOD, the immediate past and the immediate future Chairpersons of COHSOD;
b) one Minister, with responsibility for health, representing an Associate Member of the Caribbean Community, selected in alphabetical order;
c) two Chief Medical Officers, or persons holding equivalent posts, of the Members of CARPHA, selected in alphabetical order from among the Members of CARPHA;
d) two Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries of Health of Members of CARPHA, selected in reverse alphabetical order from among the Members of CARPHA not represented on the Executive Board by virtue of subparagraphs (c) and (h);
e) two representatives of the Associate Members of CARPHA;
f) one person nominated by PAHO;
g) one person nominated by the Secretary-General; and
h) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health for Trinidad and Tobago, except where Trinidad and Tobago is represented on the Executive Board under subparagraphs (a) and/or (c).
2. The Executive Director shall be entitled to attend the Meetings of the Executive Board but shall not have the right to vote.
3. The Chairperson of COHSOD shall be the Chairperson of the Executive Board. In the absence of the Chairperson, the Board Members shall elect a Minister representing a Member of CARPHA to be Chairperson of the Meeting.
4. Associate Members and Observers, which are not represented on the Board under paragraphs 1(e) and (f), may attend meetings of the Executive Board as observers but shall not vote.
5. Board Members, with the exception of those appointed under paragraph 1 (a) and (h), shall be appointed for a period of two years and shall be eligible for reappointment.
6. The Executive Board shall meet in ordinary session once in every year and in extra-ordinary session as often as the Executive Board considers necessary or expedient.
7. CARPHA may defray the expenses of Board Members incurred to attend meetings of the Board.
8. Each Board Member shall have one vote. In the event of a deadlock, the Chairperson shall cast a deciding vote.
9. The Executive Board shall take decisions by a qualified majority of not less than three-quarters of the votes of its membership.
10. Subject to the provisions of this Article, the Executive Board shall determine its rules of procedure.