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314A.200 Board of Respiratory Care.
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There is hereby created a Board of Respiratory Care which shall consist of
seven (7) voting members appointed by the Governor.
(a) Four (4) members shall be respiratory care practitioners holding a valid
mandatory certificate and practicing in Kentucky;
(b) Two (2) members shall be pulmonologists who are licensed and
practicing physicians in Kentucky; and
(c) One (1) member shall be a citizen at large who is not associated with or
financially interested in respiratory care.
Members shall be appointed to the board for terms of three (3) years, expiring
on October 30 of the third year. No person shall be appointed to serve more
than two (2) consecutive terms.
By May 30 of years in which respiratory care practitioner terms expire, the
Kentucky Society for Respiratory Care shall submit to the Governor a list of
names of candidates qualified for the appointment of respiratory care
practitioner, in numbers not less than twice the numbers of appointments to be
made, from which the Governor shall make each appointment or appointments
by October 31 of that year. The Governor shall also appoint the pulmonologist
and citizen at-large members by October 31 of any year in which a term
expires.
A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the Governor as provided under
subsection (1) of this section. The appointment shall be for the remaining
portion of the member's term.
The Governor or board may remove a member from the board for cause or as
provided under administrative regulations promulgated by the board in
accordance with KRS Chapter 13A.
The board shall reorganize annually and select a chairperson. Four (4) voting
members of the board shall constitute a quorum to do business. The board
shall hold at least one (1) regular meeting each year. Additional meetings may
be held upon the call of the chairperson or at the written request of any two (2)
members of the board. All meetings of the board shall be open and public to
the extent permitted by law.
Effective:July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 295, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2000. -Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 201, sec. 6, effective July 13, 1990.
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