152B.13 - BOARD OF RESPIRATORY CARE.

        152B.13  BOARD OF RESPIRATORY CARE.
         1. a.  The board of respiratory care is established to
      administer this chapter.  Membership of the board shall be
      established pursuant to section 147.14.
         b.  Not more than a simple majority of the board shall be of
      one gender.  A majority of the members of the board constitutes a
      quorum.  Members shall be appointed by the governor, subject to
      confirmation by the senate, and shall serve three-year terms
      beginning and ending in accordance with section 69.19.  A member may
      not serve more than three consecutive terms.  Members shall be
      compensated for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
      performance of their duties.  Expense moneys paid to the members
      shall be paid from funds appropriated to the board.  Each member of
      the board may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in
      section 7E.6.
         2.  The board shall:
         a.  Examine, license, and renew the licenses of qualified
      applicants.
         b.  Maintain an up-to-date list of every person licensed to
      practice respiratory care under this chapter.  The list shall show a
      licensee's last known place of employment, last known place of
      residence, and the date and number of the licensee's license.
         c.  Cause the prosecution of all persons violating this
      chapter and incur necessary expenses for the prosecution.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         85 Acts, ch 151, §13
         CS85, § 135F.13
         86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1140
         C93, § 152B.13
         96 Acts, ch 1036, § 38; 96 Acts, ch 1128, § 6; 2007 Acts, ch 10,
      §129; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §171, 264
         Confirmation, see § 2.32
         See also §147.19