Statute 65-2904: Same; terms; oath.
The council
shall be appointed as follows:
The board shall appoint one physician
licensed to
practice medicine and surgery and one member of
the board, and the governor shall appoint
three
physical therapists who are duly licensed physical
therapists who have at
least three years' experience in physical therapy immediately preceding the
appointment and are actively engaged, in this state, in physical therapy.
The foregoing appointees shall constitute the council. Except as
otherwise provided in this
section, the members
appointed in accordance with this section shall be appointed for terms of
four years and shall serve until their successors are appointed and
qualify.
Members serving on the examining committee for physical therapy on the
effective date of this act shall be members of the council and shall serve on
the council until the conclusion of the terms for which they were appointed to
the examining committee for physical therapy and until their successors are
appointed and qualified.
Each
member of the council shall take an oath as required by
law
for state officers. No physical therapist member appointed by the governor
shall be appointed for more than two
successive
four-year terms commencing on or after that date.
History: L. 1963, ch. 318, § 4; L. 1973, ch. 253, §
3; L. 1983, ch. 215, § 3; L. 1987, ch. 240, § 16;
L. 2003, ch. 128, § 3; Apr. 1, 2004.