(G) Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee. (H) The board shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policymaking responsibilities of the board and the management responsibilities of the director and the staff of the risk management office. Section 6425310. (A) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the board may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the board until the person completes a training program that complies with this section. (B) A training program established under this section must provide information to the member regarding: (1) the enabling legislation that created the office and the programs, functions, rules, and budget; office’s (2) the results of the most recent formal audit of the office; (3) the requirements of laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and conflicts of interest; and (4) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the office or the South Carolina Ethics Commission. (C) A person appointed to the board is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office. Section 6425320. (A) For the purposes of this section, ‘South Carolina trade means a cooperative and voluntarily association’ joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest. (B) A person may not be a member of the board and may not be an employee of the office employed in a fide executive, ‘bona administrative, or professional as that phrase is used for capacity,’ purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.) if: (1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a South Carolina trade association in the field of insurance or health care; or
(G) Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee. (H) The board shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policymaking responsibilities of the board and the management responsibilities of the director and the staff of the risk management office. Section 6425310. (A) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the board may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the board until the person completes a training program that complies with this section. (B) A training program established under this section must provide information to the member regarding: (1) the enabling legislation that created the office and the office’s programs, functions, rules, and budget; (2) the results of the most recent formal audit of the office; (3) the requirements of laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and conflicts of interest; and (4) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the office or the South Carolina Ethics Commission. (C) A person appointed to the board is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office. Section 6425320. (A) For the purposes of this section, ‘South Carolina trade association’ means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest. (B) A person may not be a member of the board and may not be an employee of the office employed in a ‘bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity,’ as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.) if: (1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a South Carolina trade association in the field of insurance or health care; or
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