Day: October 17, 2012

Significant rule changes and actions were taken at the 2012 APHA Convention October 4–6 at the Fort Worth Hilton Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. During the Board of Directors meeting, 18 rule changes were voted upon; two rule change proposals were defeated and 16 passed. Four of the passed rule changes are profiled below. For complete information regarding all the rule changes approved for implementation, visit http://press.apha.com/pdfs/rulebooks/OnlineRuleChanges1012_.pdf. · The Board of Directors approved a resolution that would provide that APHA business be conducted in one annual business meeting in the first quarter of the year. In 2013,