2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-4715 — Board of Hearing Aid Instrument Dispensers and Fitters; established; membership; terms; chairperson; compensation; expenses; removal.

Section 71-4715
Board of Hearing Aid Instrument Dispensers and Fitters; established; membership; terms; chairperson; compensation; expenses; removal.

(1) There is hereby established a Board of Hearing Aid Instrument Dispensers and Fitters which shall guide, advise, and make recommendations to the department.

(2) Members of the board shall be residents of the state. The board shall consist of three hearing aid instrument dispensers and fitters, one otolaryngologist, one audiologist, and one public member. Each hearing aid instrument dispenser and fitter on the board shall have not less than five years of experience and shall hold a valid license. The public member shall be at least the age of majority, a resident of this state at least five years preceding appointment, and a representative of consumer viewpoints.

(3) All members of the board shall be appointed by the State Board of Health. The term of office of each member shall be for four years, except that of the first members appointed under sections 71-4701 to 71-4719, two shall be appointed for two years, two shall be appointed for three years, and one shall be appointed for four years. The State Board of Health shall appoint the public member as of December 1, 1994, for a term of four years. Before a member's term expires, the State Board of Health shall appoint a successor to take office on the expiration of such term. A vacancy in the office of a member shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term. The members shall annually designate one member to serve as chairperson and another to serve as secretary-treasurer. No member who has served two or more full terms may be reappointed to the Board of Hearing Aid Instrument Dispensers and Fitters until at least one year after the expiration of his or her most recent full term of office.

(4) Members of the board shall receive for each day actually engaged in the duties of the office a per diem amount of twenty-five dollars and reimbursement for actual and necessary travel and other expenses as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177. Such remuneration and reimbursement shall be paid from appropriations made for this purpose.

(5) The State Board of Health shall have power to remove from office at any time any member of the Board of Hearing Aid Instrument Dispensers and Fitters, after a public hearing pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, for physical or mental incapacity to carry out the duties of a board member, for continued neglect of duty, for incompetency, for acting beyond the individual member's scope of authority, for malfeasance in office, for any cause for which a license in the member's profession may be suspended or revoked, for a lack of licensure in the member's profession, or for other sufficient cause.

Source:

Laws 1969, c. 767, § 15, p. 2914

Laws 1981, LB 204, § 130

Laws 1986, LB 701, § 12

Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 160

Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 81

Laws 1993, LB 375, § 6

Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 52

Laws 1999, LB 828, § 173

Cross References:

Administrative Procedure Act,see section 84-920.

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska