A. The term of office of a Region Chair shall be limited to three years.

B. Selection of a new Region Chair shall be designated a Region process (when possible), the election preferably conducted through the national ballot or at the Region Meeting. Co-Chairs may be elected if a region so desires, their terms of office to be three years. The term of office is to begin at the time of the annual meeting of the Association.

C. If the office of Region Chair is vacated prior to, or at the expiration of the three-year term, and the selection process of (B) is not feasible, a replacement should be selected by the Chair for Regions, in consultation with the President and Region members.

D. A grant, not to exceed $600.00, plus $10.00 per member to aid in mailing costs, shall be made available annually to each region, as long as the treasury permits. Cost of the Region Breakfast at the annual meeting of the Association is deducted from this amount. Unused money shall not be carried over from one year to another.

E. The grant is to be requested of the Chair for Regions by the Region Chair; need and utilization are to be determined by him/her in consultation with region program coordinator.

F. Grant money may be used to fund expenses for all reasonable activities, including scientific meetings, social action programs, and social functions as portions of regional meetings. Bills must be submitted to the Executive Secretary for payment.

G. The Board of Directors should be notified of collaborative research endeavors within the regions and expenditures of funds for such purposes; these expenditures must be approved by the Board of Directors.

H. Mechanism of regional accounting shall be the responsibility of the Region Chair. Assistance from the treasurer shall be available.

I. Regions soliciting pharmaceutical firm funds for programs should have an understanding that all outside sources of funds solicited for support of programs be reported to the Region Coordinator and submitted to the President and Executive Director for Association files.

J. The Region Chair or his/her designee shall attend each of the APA Standing Committees and may be asked to participate in other Association activities as needed (i.e., review abstracts for the annual meeting).

K. Region Chairs shall submit articles to the Newsletter about Region activity and contribute materials to the APA region website.

L. Region Chairs are encouraged to attend the Spring Board Meetings.

M. Correspondence within the region concerning region activities, shall be done by the Region Chairs. Mailing labels are available from the National Office upon request.

N. Region Chairs, in keeping with APA policy, may not use their title as APA Region Chair to support grant proposals in which the APA is not a participating institution.