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Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners -- Appointment -Qualifications -- Vacancies -- Quorum -- Compensation.
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The Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners shall consist of five (5) members
appointed by the Governor. Four (4) members shall be Kentucky licensed practicing
optometrists whose licenses are in good standing and who are appointed by the
Governor from a list containing three (3) names for each appointment recommended
by the Kentucky Optometric Association. One (1) member shall be a citizen at large
who is not associated with or financially interested in the practice or business
regulated. The members shall serve for a term of four (4) years and until their
successors are appointed and qualified. They shall receive per diem compensation
to be determined by administrative regulations promulgated by the board, not to
exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per day for attending board
meetings. Members shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties under this chapter.
Each optometrist member shall be a Kentucky licensed practicing optometrist in
good standing for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding his or her
appointment to the board. The member shall not be in any way connected with or
interested in any optometric school, college, or institution of learning or optometric
supply business.
Any vacancy occurring on the board as the result of a member not completing the
term for which he or she was appointed shall be filled, for the unexpired term, in the
same manner as is provided in subsection (1) of this section for the appointment of
members.
A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business.
Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 256, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch.
154, sec. 34, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 206, sec. 14. -Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 250. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 183, sec. 4.
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