Georgia § 43-33-5 - Appointment of board members; terms; vacancies; removal.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 43-33-5 — Appointment of board members; terms; vacancies; removal., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 43-33-5. Appointment of board members; terms; vacancies; removal.
The board shall consist of eight members, as provided in Code Section 43-33-6, each of whom shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate for a term of three years and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the Governor's appointment of a successor to serve out the unexpired term. The Governor, after notice and opportunity for hearing, may remove any member of the board for neglect of duty, incompetence, revocation or suspension of license of those licensee members, or other dishonorable conduct. No person shall serve consecutively more than two full terms as a member of the board. (Ga. L. 1962, p. 633, § 2; Ga. L. 1972, p. 388, § 5; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1053, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 812, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2434, § 2; Ga. L. 1997, p. 715, § 1.) Law reviews. - For comment on Rogers v. Medical Ass'n, 244 Ga. 151 , 259 S.E.2d 85 (1979), invalidating Georgia statute requiring Governor's appointments to Composite State Board of Medical Examiners (now Georgia Composite Medical Board) be made solely from nominees submitted by state medical society as an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority to a private organization, see 29 Emory L. J. 1183 (1980).
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