2005 Idaho Code - 54-3713 — LICENSURE BOARD

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 37
                      OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE ACT
    54-3713.  LICENSURE BOARD. (1) The licensure board shall consist of five
(5) members appointed by the board, three (3) of whom shall be appointed from
recommendations of licensees submitted by the association, except the first
licensure board appointments whose members shall be registered occupational
therapists (OTR's) or certified occupational therapy assistants (COTA's)
eligible to become licensed under this act, all of whom shall be residents of
Idaho at the time of their appointment. If recommendations are not made within
sixty (60) days of notification and request, the board may make appointments
of any qualified individual. The persons appointed to the licensure board who
are required to be licensed under this act shall have been engaged in
rendering occupational therapy services to the public, teaching, or research
in occupational therapy for at least five (5) years immediately preceding
their appointments. At least three (3) licensure board members shall be
occupational therapists and one (1) of those members may be an occupational
therapy assistant.  These members shall at all times be holders of valid
licenses for the practice of occupational therapy in Idaho, except for the
members of the first board, all of whom shall fulfill the requirements for
licensure of this act.  The remaining members shall be members of health
professions or members of the public with an interest in the rights of the
consumers of health services.
    (2)  The board, within sixty (60) days following the effective date of
this act, shall appoint two (2) licensure board members for a term of one (1)
year; two (2) for a term of two (2) years; and one (1) for a term of three (3)
years. Appointments made thereafter shall be for three (3) year terms, but no
person shall be appointed to serve more than two (2) consecutive terms. Terms
shall begin on the first day of the calendar year and end on the last day of
the calendar year or until successors are appointed, except for the first
appointed members who shall serve through the last calendar day of the year in
which they are appointed, before commencing the terms prescribed in this
section.
    (3)  Within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this act, and
annually thereafter, the association may submit at least three (3) and not
more than five (5) names for each of the five (5) board positions. In the
event of a vacancy in one (1) of the positions the association may recommend,
as soon as practical, at least two (2) and not more than three (3) persons to
fill that vacancy. The board shall appoint, as soon as practical, one (1)
person, who shall fill the unexpired term. If the association does not provide
a recommendation, the board shall appoint a person to the unexpired term. The
board may remove any licensure board member for misconduct, incompetency, or
neglect of duty after giving the board member a written statement of the
charges and an opportunity to be heard thereon.
    (4)  The licensure board shall within sixty (60) days after the effective
date of this act, and annually thereafter, hold a meeting and elect a chairman
who shall preside at meetings of the licensure board. In the event the
chairman is not present at any licensure board meeting, the licensure board
may by majority vote of the members present appoint a temporary chairman. A
majority of the members of the licensure board shall constitute a quorum.
Other meetings may be convened at the call of the chairman or the written
request of any two (2) licensure board members.
    (5)  Each member of the licensure board shall be compensated as provided
in section 59-509(h), Idaho Code.