2006 Code of Virginia § 54.1-107 - Appointments, terms and removal of members of regulatory boards; citizen members

54.1-107. Appointments, terms and removal of members of regulatory boards;citizen members.

All members of regulatory boards shall be citizens of the United States andresidents of Virginia. Members shall be appointed by the Governor and may beremoved by him as provided in subsection B of 2.2-108. Any vacancyoccurring other than by expiration of terms shall be filled for the unexpiredterm. Members shall hold office after expiration of their terms until theirsuccessors are duly appointed and have qualified. Appointment to fill anunexpired term shall not be considered a full term. All members of regulatoryboards appointed by the Governor for terms commencing on or after July 1,1988, shall be appointed for terms of four years. No member shall serve morethan two successive full terms on any regulatory board.

A "citizen member" of a regulatory board shall be a person who (i) is notby training or experience a practitioner of the profession or occupationregulated by the board, (ii) is not the spouse, parent, child, or sibling ofsuch a practitioner, and (iii) has no direct or indirect financial interest,except as a consumer, in the practice of the profession or occupationregulated by the board.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to the Board for Branch Pilots.

(1981, c. 447, 54-1.18:1; 1988, cc. 42, 765.)