54-908 STATE BOARD OF DENTISTRY -- NOTICE OF VACANCY -- NOMINEES.
PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 9
DENTISTS
54-908. State board of dentistry -- Notice of vacancy -- Nominees. (1) Prior to the expiration of the regular term of a dentist member of the board or upon the occurrence or declaration of a vacancy in the dentist membership of the board, the governor shall notify the Idaho state dental association of that fact in writing and the association shall, within sixty (60) days thereafter, nominate three (3) persons licensed to practice dentistry to fill the vacancy and shall forward the nominations to the governor, who shall appoint from among the nominees, a person to be a member of the board to fill the vacancy. The nominees shall be selected in a manner as shall be determined by the rules and regulations of the association. For the purposes of nominations and appointments, the state shall be divided by the association into four (4) components and nominations and appointments to the board shall be made in such a manner that each component shall be represented on the board by one (1) dentist member. The fifth dentist member of the board shall be a member at large who may reside in any of the four (4) components. If the association shall fail to furnish to the governor the names of nominees to fill vacancies within the time provided, the governor may appoint any dentist qualified for membership to fill the vacancy. If the vacancy is in the term of a member from one of the four (4) components, the appointee shall reside within the component.
(2) Prior to the expiration of the regular term of a dental hygienist member of the board or upon the occurrence or declaration of a vacancy in the dental hygienist membership of the board, the governor shall notify the Idaho dental hygienists’ association of that fact in writing and the association shall within sixty (60) days thereafter, nominate three (3) persons licensed to practice dental hygiene to fill the vacancy and shall forward the nominations to the governor, who shall appoint one (1) of the nominees to be a member of the board. The nominees shall be selected in a manner as shall be determined by the rules and regulations of the dental hygienists’ association. For the purposes of nominations and appointments, the state shall be divided by the association into two (2) components and nominations and appointments to the board shall be made in such a manner that each component shall be represented on the board by one (1) dental hygienist member. If the dental hygienists’ association fails to furnish the names of nominees within the time provided, the governor may appoint any qualified dental hygienist to fill the vacancy. If the vacancy is in the term of a member from one (1) of the two (2) components, the appointee shall reside within the component.
(3) The governor shall appoint any qualified person as a consumer member to the board, prior to the first Monday of February in the year the term of office of the consumer member shall expire or upon the vacancy of office of the consumer member.