54-1503 STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY ESTABLISHED -- QUALIFICATIONS.
PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 15
OPTOMETRISTS
54-1503. State board of optometry established -- Qualifications. (1) There is hereby established in the department of self-governing agencies a state board of optometry composed of five (5) members who will serve for staggered terms of five (5) years each after the effective date of this act unless otherwise provided in this chapter. A vacancy in membership on the board shall occur when the regular term of a member expires or when a member dies, resigns or is removed from office by the governor. Appointments to fill a vacancy because of the expiration of a regular term provided in this chapter shall be filled by the governor by appointment of a member for a five (5) year term as provided in this chapter. Appointments to fill a vacancy occurring for some reason other than expiration of a term of office shall be made for the unexpired term which is being filled. The governor may remove any member of the board from membership on the board who is found by the governor to be mentally or physically incapable of acting, or to be neglecting or refusing to act, or who ceases to have the qualifications of a member as provided in this chapter.
(2) Each member of the state board of optometry shall be a licensed optometrist in the state of Idaho and shall have been a resident of and lawfully practicing optometry within the state of Idaho for a period of not less than five (5) years immediately preceding his appointment.