2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-116 — Professional boards; members; residency; appointment; term.

Section 71-116
Professional boards; members; residency; appointment; term.

(1) The members of each professional board shall be residents of the State of Nebraska and shall be appointed for terms of five years. No member shall be appointed for or serve for more than two consecutive full five-year terms.

(2) The members of the Board of Dentistry shall be appointed as follows: As of December 1, 1971, one member shall be appointed for a term of five years and one member shall be appointed for a term of three years; as of December 1, 1972, one member shall be appointed for a term of three years; as of December 1, 1973, one member shall be appointed for a term of three years; as of December 1 of each year thereafter, two members shall be appointed for terms of five years; as of December 1, 1979, one member who is a dental hygienist licensed under the Uniform Licensing Law and who complies with section 71-114 shall be appointed for a term of five years; as of December 1, 1984, one public member shall be appointed for a term of five years; and as of December 1, 1994, a second member who is a dental hygienist licensed under the Uniform Licensing Law and who complies with section 71-114 and a second public member shall be appointed for terms of five years. Thereafter successors with like qualifications shall be appointed for five-year terms.

(3) The members of the Board of Medicine and Surgery shall be appointed as follows: Within thirty days after May 25, 1943, five members shall be appointed, one of whom shall hold office until December 1, 1944, one until December 1, 1945, one until December 1, 1946, one until December 1, 1947, and one until December 1, 1948; upon the expiration of such terms, successors shall be appointed for terms of five years each. Within thirty days after October 19, 1963, a sixth member, who shall be a person eligible for appointment to the Board of Examiners in Osteopathy who also has a license to practice medicine and surgery in the State of Nebraska, shall be appointed for a term expiring on December 1, 1968. As of December 1, 1984, one public member shall be appointed for a term of five years, and as of December 1, 1994, a second public member shall be appointed for a term of five years. Thereafter successors with like qualifications shall be appointed for five-year terms. Upon the expiration of the five-year term of such sixth member of the board after April 19, 1986, his or her eligible successor shall be a person who has a license to practice osteopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery in the State of Nebraska.

(4) The members of the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology shall be appointed as follows: Within sixty days after July 22, 1978, four members shall be appointed, two of whom shall hold office until December 1, 1979, and two until December 1, 1980. As of December 1, l984, one public member shall be appointed for a term of five years. Upon the expiration of such terms, the successors shall be appointed for terms of five years each.

(5) The Board of Pharmacy shall be composed of five members, including four actively practicing pharmacists, one of whom practices within the confines of a hospital, and a public member who is interested in the health of the people of Nebraska. The members of the Board of Pharmacy shall be appointed as follows: As of December 1, 1983, the hospital pharmacist member shall be appointed for a term of five years and the public member shall be appointed for a term of three years. Upon the expiration of such terms and the terms of existing members, the successors shall be appointed for terms of five years each.

(6) The members of the Board of Psychologists appointed as successors to the members serving on February 25, 1984, shall be appointed for terms of five years. The terms of members serving on February 25, 1984, are hereby extended to December 1 of the year in which they would otherwise expire.

(7) The three members serving on the Board of Examiners in Massage on August 1, 1988, shall be appointed as members of the Board of Massage Therapy. Successors shall be massage therapists and shall be appointed for terms of five years each. One public member shall be appointed on December 1, 1988, for a term of five years. Upon the expiration of the public member's term, each subsequent public member shall be appointed for a five-year term.

(8) The initial members of the Board of Mental Health Practice appointed from the Board of Examiners in Social Work and the Board of Examiners in Professional Counseling, as such boards existed immediately prior to September 1, 1994, shall serve until the expiration of the terms they would have served on their respective boards. One initial public member and one initial marriage and family therapist shall hold office until December 1 of the fourth year following September 1, 1994, and one initial public member and one initial marriage and family therapist shall hold office until December 1 of the fifth year following September 1, 1994.

(9) The initial members of the Board of Alcohol and Drug Counseling shall be appointed within ninety days after July 1, 2004, to hold office as follows: Of the six alcohol and drug counselors, one shall hold office until April 1, 2006, two until April 1, 2007, one until April 1, 2008, one until April 1, 2009, and one until April 1, 2010, as designated at the time of appointment; the person who is a psychiatrist, psychologist, or mental health practitioner shall hold office until April 1, 2008; and of the two public members, one shall hold office until April 1, 2009, and one until April 1, 2010, as designated at the time of appointment.

(10) Except as otherwise specifically provided, the term of each member provided for in this section shall commence on the first day of December following the expiration of the term of the member whom such person succeeds and shall be rotated in such a manner that no more than one professional member shall retire during any year in which a term expires unless the number of members on a board makes it impractical to do so.

(11) Except as otherwise specifically provided, the members of boards for professions coming under the scope of the Uniform Licensing Law for the first time shall be appointed within thirty days after the effective or operative date, whichever is later, of the act providing for credentialing of the profession, the terms of the initial board members to be as follows: One member shall hold office until December 1 of the third year, one until December 1 of the fourth year, and two, including the public member, until December 1 of the fifth year following the year in which the act providing for credentialing of the profession became effective.

Source:

Laws 1943, c. 150, § 8, p. 541

R.S.1943, § 71-116

Laws 1957, c. 298, § 10, p. 1079

Laws 1963, c. 408, § 5, p. 1311

Laws 1971, LB 587, § 4

Laws 1978, LB 406, § 7

Laws 1979, LB 297, § 3

Laws 1979, LB 428, § 2

Laws 1981, LB 451, § 4

Laws 1983, LB 476, § 2

Laws 1984, LB 481, § 12

Laws 1985, LB 129, § 8

Laws 1986, LB 286, § 34

Laws 1986, LB 579, § 26

Laws 1986, LB 926, § 7

Laws 1987, LB 473, § 11

Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 11

Laws 1993, LB 669, § 9

Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 19

Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 5

Laws 1999, LB 828, § 20

Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 110

~Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2006