2013 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 33 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
CHAPTER 33 - SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS
ARTICLE 2 - BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF SPEECH PATHOLOGY ANDAUDIOLOGY
33-33-201. Establishment.
33-33-201. Establishment.
(a) There is established the board of examiners of speech pathology and audiology.
(b) The board shall be comprised of five (5) members appointed by the governor. Board members shall have been residents of this state for at least one (1) year immediately preceding their appointment, and shall have been engaged in rendering services to the public, teaching or research in speech pathology or audiology for at least five (5) years immediately preceding their appointment. At least one (1) board member shall be an audiologist, one (1) shall be a consumer, at least two (2) shall be speech pathologists, and the fifth member shall be a licensed physician, surgeon or dentist. All board members except the consumer and physician, surgeon or dentist shall at all times be holders of active and valid licenses for the practice of speech pathology or audiology in this state. The governor may remove any board member as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
(c) The governor shall, within ninety (90) days following enactment of this act, appoint two (2) board members for a term of one (1) year; two (2) for a term of two (2) years; and one (1) for a term of three (3) years. Appointments made thereafter shall be for three (3) year terms, with no person being eligible to serve more than two (2) full consecutive terms. Terms shall begin on the first day of the calendar year and end on the last day of the calendar year, except for the first appointed members, who shall serve through the last calendar day of the year in which they are appointed before commencing the terms prescribed by this subsection.
(d) The board shall meet during each calendar year to select a chairman and for other business. At least one (1) additional meeting shall be held before the end of each calendar year. Further meetings may be convened at the call of the chairman or the written request of any three (3) board members.
(e) Three (3) members of the board shall constitute a quorum for all purposes.
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