2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 - Professions and Occupations
RS 37:1263 - Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; appointment
§1263. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; appointment
A. The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners is hereby created within the Department of Health and Hospitals and is subject to the provisions of R.S. 36:803.
B.(1) Until January 1, 2000, the board shall consist of seven members, all appointed by the governor from lists of names submitted by the Louisiana State Medical Society and the Louisiana Medical Association. At least one of the members appointed to the board shall be a physician practicing in a parish or municipality with a population of less than twenty thousand people, and at least one member shall be appointed from the list submitted by the Louisiana Medical Association.
(2) Beginning on January 1, 2000, the board shall consist of seven voting members, all appointed by the governor and subject to Senate confirmation as follows:
(a) Four members from a list of names submitted by the Louisiana State Medical Society. One of the members so appointed shall practice in a parish or municipality with a population of less than twenty thousand people.
(b) Two members from a list submitted by the Louisiana Medical Association.
(c) One member from a list submitted by the Louisiana Academy of Family Practice Physicians.
C. All voting members of the board shall be graduate physicians or surgeons and practitioners.
Acts 1975, No. 350, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 684, §14; Acts 1979, No. 433, §1; Acts 1999, No. 497, §2.
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