Vermont § 1791 - Composition of the Board; qualifications; term of office
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§ 1791. Composition of the Board; qualifications; term of office
- (a) A Board of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons is created. The Board shall consist
of five members. Board members shall be appointed by the Governor pursuant to 3 V.S.A. §§ 129b and 2004. (b)(1) Three members of the Board shall be osteopathic physicians licensed and in good standing
in this State who are graduates of an accredited school of osteopathic medicine and
who reside and have resided and actively practiced osteopathic medicine in this State
during the two years immediately preceding their appointments. (2) Two members shall be public members. A public member shall not have a 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 possible consumer of osteopathic
medical services. (c) A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and all action shall
be taken upon a majority vote of the members present and voting. (d), (e) [Repealed.] (Amended 1989, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2005, No. 27, § 48; 2015, No. 38, § 16, eff. May 28, 2015.)
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