2006 Alabama Code - Section 34-24-250 — Appointment; composition; qualifications of members; terms of office; removal of members; vacancies; one black member required.

(a) The Governor of Alabama shall appoint a State Board of Podiatry consisting of seven persons, each of whom shall be a citizen of the United States and of Alabama, over the age of 25, and shall have been engaged in the actual continuous practice of podiatry in the State of Alabama for at least five years next preceding his appointment. One member of said board shall be appointed each year, with the exception of three members being appointed every fifth year starting in 1979, for terms of five years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. No member of the board shall be reappointed for a successive term; previous board members will be eligible for nonsuccessive appointments. The Governor may remove from office at any time any member of the board for neglect of duty, incompetency, improper or unprofessional conduct or when the license or certificate of any member has been suspended or revoked. Vacancies on said board shall be filled by appointment by the Governor in the manner hereinbefore provided. The Governor shall furnish each member of said board at the time of his appointment a certificate of appointment, and said appointee shall qualify by taking the usual oath of office before the judge of probate of his home county within 15 days from the date of his appointment.

(b) After April 6, 1993, each vacant office occurring shall be first offered to each available black licensee until a black member is appointed to the board. When a black member is appointed to the board, thereafter appointments shall be made in such a manner as to ensure at least one black member on the board at all times.

(Acts 1967, No. 741, p. 1586, §3; Acts 1979, No. 79-601, p. 1065, §1; Acts 1993, No. 93-156, p. 233, §3.)