California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 3 — Professions and Vocations Generally, Chapter 1 — Accountants, Article 1 — Administration, Section 5017
All meetings of the board shall be open and public, except that the board may hold executive sessions to deliberate on the decision to be reached upon the evidence introduced in a proceeding conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2, of the Government Code.
The members of the board may hold executive sessions to prepare, approve, grade, or administer examinations and shall have jurisdiction or vote over these functions of preparing, approving, grading, or administering examinations in executive session as provided for in Section 11126 of the Government Code.
Notes
Requires all board meetings to be open and public, but allows executive sessions to deliberate decisions based on evidence introduced in specified administrative proceedings. Board members may also use executive sessions to prepare, approve, grade, or administer examinations and may exercise jurisdiction or vote over those examination functions there as authorized by law.
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