National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Inc.

“The organization has two classes of membership: institutional members & individual members. Institutional members - all tuberculosis (tb) programs at the state, big city, territorial and local level shall be eligible for one of the two categories of institutional membership; state, big city and territorial tb program membership or local tb membership. Individual members - includes any individual professional, student, honorary, and retired association member not otherwise included as an institutional member.”

“An institutional member may hold office, elect officers, and serve on standing or special committees, as can individual tb controller members. Individual members, who are not tb controllers, shall enjoy all the rights and privileges of instituitional members except the right to vote or hold office.”

“More than one person from a state or territory may be an institutional member of the association. However, the state or territory shall be entitled to only one vote in official decisions, such as amending the constitution, merging or affiliating with other organizations, and dissolving the association. In such situations, the person casting the official state or territory vote shall be the state tb control officer or his/her designate.”

“The organization's accountant provides a draft copy of form 990 to the executive committee for review and approval prior to filing.”

“For those volunteers on NTCA workgroups with implications for guidelines or recommendations for use/practice and where there is a concern about potential conflict of interests, NTCA has instituted a Conflict-of-Interest declaration for members. A member is not excluded from the workgroup if a conflict is declared but these documents are made available to the public to inform decisions about the independence of the recommendations or guidelines from any potential conflict of interest with the product or TB diagnostic tool, for example. Also, speakers, and planners, of any educational event sponsored by the NTCA are required, for CME purposes, to sign a financial disclosure statement of any potential conflicts or interests they have so participants are aware and can know, upfront, what relationships or conflicts the speaker, or planner, might have which would influence the content of his/her presentation. NTCA reviews the financial disclosure statements provided by the speakers and planners of our educational events and provides a listing of anyone declaring a potential conflict of interest. This is an ACCME requirement for continuing medical education credits and has always been instituted by NTCA.”

“The board of directors leads hiring process and determines all salaries.”

“The organization's accountant provides a copy of form 990 specifically for public inspection. This copy is available upon request.”