2005 Vermont Code - § 2052. — Board of examiners; composition; appointment; terms; organization

§ 2052. Board of examiners; composition; appointment; terms; organization

(a) Effective July 1, 1970, a state board of examiners for nursing home administrators is created who shall administer the provision of this chapter.

(b) The board shall consist of six persons as follows:

(1) three practicing nursing home administrators who shall be charged with the general administration of a long-term health-care facility at the time of their appointment and during his or her entire term on the board;

(2) one physician who has had significant experience in the care of the chronically ill and infirm;

(3) one public member who represents the interests of residents of nursing homes and who shall be a person who has no financial interest personally or through a spouse, parent, child, brother, or sister in the activities regulated under this chapter, other than as a consumer or potential consumer of nursing home services; and

(4) one of the following: a practicing registered nurse with training in geriatrics, a physical therapist, or an occupational therapist.

(c) Members of the board shall be appointed by the governor pursuant to sections 129b and 2004 of Title 3. (Added 1969, No. 248 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 1, 1970; amended 1973, No. 72, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 1, 1973; 1989, No. 251 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1997, No. 40, § 14; 1999, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), § 34; 2005, No. 27, § 10.)