11. From the first election of directors to the board of directors of the Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec following the effective date of the integration, both the social work sector and the marital and family therapy professional sector shall be represented. The marital and family therapy professional sector shall be represented by one director.
That first election shall take place in 2002, in accordance with the terms and conditions determined by the regulation made under paragraph b of section 93 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26).
At that first election, no one may be a candidate for the office of director or be a director representing at the same time more than one professional sector on the board of directors of the Order.
At that first election, only members of the Order who hold a social worker’s permit may be candidates for the office of director or be a director representing the social work professional sector on the board of directors of the Order. Only members of the Order who hold a social worker’s permit may sign the nomination paper of a candidate for that office. The candidates shall be elected, in accordance with the Professional Code, by a vote of the members of the Order who hold a social worker’s permit.
At that first election, only members of the Order who hold a marital and family therapist’s permit may be candidates for the office of director or be a director representing the marital and family therapy professional sector within the board of directors of the Order. Only members of the Order who hold a marital and family therapist’s permit may sign the nomination paper of a candidate for that office. The candidates shall be elected, in accordance with the Professional Code, by a vote of the members of the Order who hold a marital and family therapist’s permit.