A. The Oklahoma Accountancy Board shall elect from its membership a chair, a vice-chair and a secretary. The officers of the Board shall be elected each May, to take office on July 1 following the election, and shall hold office for a term of one (1) year.

B. The chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board, call special meetings of the Board as are necessary, sign all certificates and licenses and perform such other duties as the Board shall direct.

C. The vice-chair shall exercise the powers of and perform the duties of the chair in the absence or disability of the chair, and perform such other duties as the Board shall direct.

D. The secretary shall preside at any meeting in the absence of the chair and vice-chair, validate minutes of all of the meetings of the Board, in the manner prescribed in the rules of the Board, supervise the maintenance of the records of the Board, including the register of individuals and firms authorized to practice public accounting in this state, and a record of all examination grades. The secretary shall perform such other duties as the Board shall direct.

E. At any regular or special meeting at which none of the officers are in attendance, the members of the Board in attendance shall elect a member to preside at that meeting.