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320.230 Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners -- Appointment -Qualifications -- Vacancies -- Quorum -- Compensation.
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The Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners shall consist of five (5) members
appointed by the Governor. Four (4) members shall be Kentucky licensed
practicing optometrists whose licenses are in good standing and who are
appointed by the Governor from a list containing three (3) names for each
appointment recommended by the Kentucky Optometric Association. One (1)
member shall be a citizen at large who is not associated with or financially
interested in the practice or business regulated. The members shall serve for a
term of four (4) years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
They shall receive per diem compensation to be determined by administrative
regulations promulgated by the board, not to exceed one hundred twenty-five
dollars ($125) per day for attending board meetings. Members shall be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties
under this chapter.
Each optometrist member shall be a Kentucky licensed practicing optometrist
in good standing for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding his or
her appointment to the board. The member shall not be in any way connected
with or interested in any optometric school, college, or institution of learning or
optometric supply business.
Any vacancy occurring on the board as the result of a member not completing
the term for which he or she was appointed shall be filled, for the unexpired
term, in the same manner as is provided in subsection (1) of this section for the
appointment of members.
A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business.
Effective:July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000. -Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 256, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 34, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky.
Acts ch. 206, sec. 14. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 250. -- Created
1954 Ky. Acts ch. 183, sec. 4.
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