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ENROLLED
H. B. 3006
(By Delegate Morgan)
[Passed March 10, 2007; in effect from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §30-20-4 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to limiting the number of terms a
member of the Board of Physical Therapy may serve.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §30-20-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 20. PHYSICAL THERAPISTS.
§30-20-4. West Virginia Board of Physical Therapy continued;
members, terms, meetings, officers, oath,
compensation and expenses; general provisions.
(a) The West Virginia Board of Physical Therapy is continued
and consists of five members appointed by the Governor by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) The members of the board in office on the first day of January, two thousand seven, shall, unless sooner removed, continue
to serve until their terms expire and until their successors have
been appointed and have qualified.
(c) Members shall be appointed for staggered terms of five
years or until their successors have been appointed and have
qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
Governor for the unexpired term of the member whose office is
vacant and the appointment shall be made within sixty days of the
occurrence of the vacancy. The Governor may remove any member of
the board for incompetency, neglect of duty, gross immorality or
malfeasance in office.
(d) Each member of the board is required to:
(1) Be licensed under the provisions of this article or under
the former provisions of this article;
(2) Have at least three years' experience as a physical
therapist; and
(3) Be actively engaged in the practice of physical therapy.
(e) Members may only serve for two consecutive full terms. A
member completing a term on and after the thirtieth day of June,
two thousand seven, may not be reappointed if the term the member
has just completed is the second of two consecutive full terms. A
member who has served two consecutive terms may be appointed to
another term only after at least two years have passed since the
member's last term.
(f) Before entering upon the performance of of his or her
duty, each member shall take and subscribe to the oath prescribed
by section five, article IV of the constitution of this state.
(g) The board shall elect from its membership a chairperson
and secretary who serve at the will and pleasure of the board.
(h) A majority of the members of the board is a quorum.
(i) The board shall meet at least once annually to transact
business.
Meetings shall be held at the call of the chairperson or
upon the written request of three members at the time and place as
designated in the call or request.
(j) Members may be paid compensation and reimbursed for actual
and necessary expenses as provided in section eleven, article one
of this chapter, which compensation and expenses shall be paid in
accordance with the provisions of this article.
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