2006 Kansas Code - 74-5802

      74-5802.   Same; appointment of members; qualifications; terms; vacancies; removal. Within sixty (60) days after the effective date of this act the governor shall appoint a board of examiners of hearing aid dispensers, consisting of five (5) persons. No person shall be eligible for appointment as a member of said board unless he is a resident of Kansas. Three (3) members of such board shall be members of a Kansas hearing aid association affiliated with a national hearing aid association having affiliations in not less than ten (10) states, shall be certified by a national hearing aid association having affiliations in not less than ten (10) states, and have been engaged in the actual practice of fitting and dispensing hearing aids in this state continuously for the last five (5) years. Two (2) members of such board shall be individuals not engaged in the practice of fitting and dispensing hearing aids in the state of Kansas. Two members shall be appointed for terms of three years; two members shall be appointed for terms of two years; and one member shall be appointed for a term of one year; thereafter successors shall be appointed by the governor for terms of three years. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired term. The governor shall have the power to remove from office any member of the board for neglect of duty, incompetency, improper or unprofessional conduct, or when the certificate of a member has been revoked.

      History:   L. 1968, ch. 164, § 2; July 1.