A. Committee Responsibilities:

BYLAWS (Article IV, Section 12):

1. Identify and consider issues in applied animal behavior, alert ABS membership of relevant issues, and make recommendations to the Executive Committee.

2. Advise President on candidates for the Board of Professional Certification (BPC).

3. Charge the BPC to conduct the "Program for Certification of Applied Animal Behaviorists." The BPC functions as a working subcommittee within the Committee under the ultimate supervision of the Committee Chair; BPC members are also Committee members.

4. Committee Chair and members not part of the Board are to conduct an annual review and audit of BPC and the certification program, submitting their report to the Executive Committee. The purpose of the review and monitoring of BPC activities is to assure on behalf of the Society a fair, equitable, and uniform certification process as well as responsible fiscal management.

ADDITIONAL:

1. Submit Committee annual report to Executive Committee, with the annual BPC review report appended. The BPC report should identify monies received and on hand plus expenditures for the year.

2. Send annual report and relevant materials to Historian. These should include materials of the Board of Professional Certification.

3. Update this "Duties" entry, submitting suggestions to Parliamentarian.

B. Subcommittee Responsibilities:

POLICY:

The BPC is to conduct the "Program for Certification of Applied Animal Behaviorists" according to the established guidelines (see Section 28).

ADDITIONAL:

1. The BPC Chair should submit subcommittee annual report to Committee Chair by mid-Spring to allow Committee Chair and non-BPC members time to make their annual review. The BPC report should identify monies received and on hand plus expenditures for the year. Furthermore, the BPC should honor the request of the Committee Chair for additional information and materials to facilitate monitoring of the BPC activities to assure a fair, equitable, and uniform certification process.

2. See that BPC annual report and relevant archive materials are sent to Historian.