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2005 California Business and Professions Code Sections 2531-2531.95 Article 2. Administration
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODESECTION 2531-2531.95
2531. There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board in which the enforcement and administration of this chapter is vested. The Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board shall consist of nine members, three of whom shall be public members. This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2008, and, as of January 1, 2009, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes effective on or before January 1, 2009, deletes or extends the inoperative and repeal dates. The repeal of this section renders the board subject to the review required by Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 473). 2531.02. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the public shall be paramount. 2531.05. The Hearing Aid Dispensers Examining Committee shall appoint one of its members to serve as liaison to the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board for the purpose of coordinating the policies of the committee and board regarding the fitting or dispensing of hearing aids. The Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board shall notify the Hearing Aid Dispensers Examining Committee in advance of all board business concerning the fitting or dispensing of hearing aids to facilitate the participation of the liaison member. 2531.1. (a) Each member of the board shall hold office for a term of four years, and shall serve until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor or until one year has elapsed since the expiration of the term for which he or she was appointed, whichever first occurs. No member may serve for more than two consecutive terms. (b) Notwithstanding the four-year terms set by subdivision (a), commencing on November 30, 2004, members appointed to the board shall serve the terms set forth below. Each of these terms shall count as a full term for purposes of subdivision (a). (1) The two public members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly, respectively, shall each serve a term of one year. (2) One licensed speech-language pathologist and one licensed audiologist, as designated by the appointing power, shall each serve a term of two years. (3) One licensed speech-language pathologist and one licensed audiologist, as designated by the appointing power, and the public member who is a licensed physician and surgeon, board certified in otaryngology, shall each serve a term of three years. (4) One licensed speech-language pathologist and one licensed audiologist, as designated by the appointing power, shall each serve a term of four years. (c) Upon completion of each of the terms described in subdivision (b), a succeeding member shall be appointed to the board for a term of four years. 2531.2. The membership of the board shall include three licensed speech-language pathologists, three licensed audiologists, and three public members one of whom is a licensed physician and surgeon, board certified in otolaryngology, and the remaining two public members who shall not be licentiates of the board or of any board under this division or of any board referred to in the Chiropractic Act or the Osteopathic Act. The Governor shall appoint the physician and surgeon member and the other six licensed members qualified as provided in this section. The Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint a public member, and their initial appointment shall be made to fill, respectively, the first and second public member vacancies which occur on or after January 1, 1983. 2531.3. The board shall examine every applicant for a speech-language pathology license or an audiology license at the time and place designated by the board in its discretion, but at least once in each year; and for that purpose may appoint qualified persons to give the whole or any portion of the examination, who shall be designated as commissioners on examination. A commissioner on examination need not be a member of the board, but shall be subject to the same rules and regulations and shall be entitled to the same fee as if he or she were a member of the board. The board shall perform all examination functions, including but not limited to, participation in uniform examination systems. 2531.4. The board shall have full authority to investigate and to evaluate each and every applicant applying for a license to practice speech-language pathology or a license to practice audiology and to determine the admission of the applicant to the examination, if administered by the board, or to issue a license, in conformance with the provisions of, and qualifications required by, this chapter. 2531.5. The board shall issue, suspend, and revoke licenses and approvals to practice speech-language pathology and audiology as authorized by this chapter. 2531.6. The Governor has power to remove from office any member of the board for neglect of any duty required by this chapter, for incompetency, or for unprofessional conduct. 2531.7. The board shall elect annually a chairperson and vice chairperson from among its members. The board shall hold at least one regular meeting each year. Additional meetings may be held upon call of the chairperson or at the written request of any two members of the board. 2531.75. (a) The board may appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board and vested in him or her by this chapter. (b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2008, and, as of January 1, 2009, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2009, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed. 2531.8. Five members of the board shall at all times constitute a quorum. 2531.9. Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103. 2531.95. The board shall from time to time adopt the regulations that may be necessary to effectuate this chapter. In adopting regulations the board shall comply with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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