2005 Idaho Code - 54-3912 — BOARD OF ATHLETIC TRAINERS -- CREATED -- APPOINTMENT -- TERMS

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 39
                              ATHLETIC TRAINERS
    54-3912.  BOARD OF ATHLETIC TRAINERS -- CREATED -- APPOINTMENT -- TERMS.
(1) A board of athletic trainers is hereby created and made a part of the
Idaho state board of medicine.
    (2)  The board of athletic trainers shall consist of four (4) members,
three (3) of whom shall be Idaho licensed athletic trainers actively engaged
in the practice of athletic training in this state and one (1) of whom shall
be a lay person.
    (3)  The board shall appoint the members of the board of athletic
trainers. In making appointments to the board of athletic trainers, the board
shall give consideration to recommendations made by professional organizations
of athletic trainers and physicians.
    (4)  All members of the board of athletic trainers shall have been
residents of the state of Idaho for one (1) year immediately preceding
appointment. In appointing the athletic trainer members of the first board of
athletic trainers, the board may appoint any practicing athletic trainer who
possesses the qualifications required by section 54-3906, Idaho Code. All
members must be persons of integrity and good reputation. The lay member must
be a person who has never been authorized to practice a healing art, and who
has never had a substantial personal, business, professional or pecuniary
connection with a healing art or with a medical education or health care
facility, except as a client or potential client.
    (5)  The board of athletic trainers shall be appointed within thirty (30)
days after the effective date of this chapter for terms ending December 31. Of
the first members of the board of athletic trainers appointed, one (1)
member's term shall expire December 31, 1990; one (1) member's term shall
expire December 31, 1991; one (1) member's term shall expire December 31,
1992; and one (1) member's term shall expire December 31, 1993. After the
initial appointments, all terms shall be four (4) years, and a member may be
reappointed. In the event of death, resignation or removal of any member
before the expiration of the term to which appointed, the vacancy shall be
filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as the
original appointment. The board may remove any member for cause at any time
prior to the expiration of his term.
    (6)  The board of athletic trainers shall hold at least one (1) meeting
each year. At the meeting, the board of athletic trainers shall elect from
among its members for a term of one (1) year commencing on July 1 next, a
chairperson. The board of athletic trainers may hold additional meetings on
the call of the chairperson or at the written request of any two (2) members
of the board of athletic trainers. The board of athletic trainers may appoint
committees as it considers necessary to carry out its duties. The quorum
required for any meeting of the board of athletic trainers is three (3)
members. No action by the board of athletic trainers or its members has any
effect unless a quorum of the board of athletic trainers is present.