§ 17-20-201 - Creation -- Members.
17-20-201. Creation -- Members.
(a) (1) There is created a State Board of Barber Examiners, consisting of the Secretary of the State Board of Health, who shall be an ex officio member of the board, and five (5) members to be appointed by the Governor for a term of six (6) years.
(2) Three (3) of the members so appointed shall be practicing barbers who have followed the occupation of barbering in this state for at least five (5) years immediately prior to their appointment.
(3) One (1) member appointed by the Governor will be a public member to represent the consumer, and one (1) member appointed by the Governor to represent persons sixty-five (65) years of age and beyond. The two (2) members appointed under this subdivision (a)(3) shall not be actively engaged in or retired from the barbering profession. The two (2) positions may not be held by the same person. Both shall be full voting members but shall not participate in the grading of examinations.
(4) The five (5) members shall be appointed in such manner that two (2) of them shall reside in the geographical area north of I-40, two (2) shall reside in the geographical area south of I-40, and one (1) shall be appointed from the state at large.
(5) The membership of the Secretary of the State Board of Health on the State Board of Barber Examiners shall in no way be affected by the provisions of 25-19-211 [Repealed].
(b) (1) Each member shall hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified.
(2) The Governor shall have the power to remove any member for gross incompetency, gross immorality, disability, any abuse of his or her official power, or other good cause and shall fill any vacancy thus occasioned by appointment within thirty (30) days after the vacancy occurs.
(3) Members appointed to fill vacancies caused by death, resignation, or removal shall serve only for the unexpired term of their predecessors.
(c) Each member of the board may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with 25-16-901 et seq.