324.478. Missouri acupuncturist advisory committee created, duties, members, terms.
Missouri acupuncturist advisory committee created, duties, members,terms.
324.478. 1. There is hereby created within the division of professionalregistration a committee to be known as the "Missouri Acupuncturist AdvisoryCommittee". The committee shall consist of five members, all of whom shall becitizens of the United States and registered voters of the state of Missouri.The governor shall appoint the members of the committee with the advice andconsent of the senate for terms of four years; except as provided insubsection 2 of this section. Three committee members shall beacupuncturists. Such members shall at all times be holders of licenses forthe practice of acupuncture in this state; except for the members of the firstcommittee who shall meet the requirements for licensure pursuant to sections324.475 to 324.499. One member shall be a current board member of theMissouri state board for chiropractic examiners. The remaining member shallbe a public member. All members shall be chosen from lists submitted by thedirector of the division of professional registration. The president of theAcupuncture Association of Missouri in office at the time shall, at leastninety days prior to the expiration of the term of a board member, other thanthe public member, or as soon as feasible after a vacancy on the boardotherwise occurs, submit to the director of the division of professionalregistration a list of five acupuncturists qualified and willing to fill thevacancy in question, with the request and recommendation that the governorappoint one of the five persons so listed, and with the list so submitted, thepresident of the Acupuncture Association of Missouri shall include in his orher letter of transmittal a description of the method by which the names werechosen by that association.
2. The initial appointments to the committee shall be one member for aterm of one year, one member for a term of two years, one member for a term ofthree years and two members for a term of four years.
3. The public member of the committee shall not be and never has been amember of any profession regulated by the provisions of sections 324.475 to324.499, or the spouse of any such person; and a person who does not have andnever has had a material financial interest in either the providing of theprofessional services regulated by the provisions of sections 324.475 to324.499 or an activity or organization directly related to the professionregulated pursuant to sections 324.475 to 324.499.
4. Any member of the committee may be removed from the committee by thegovernor for neglect of duty required by law, for incompetency or forunethical or dishonest conduct. Upon the death, resignation, disqualificationor removal of any member of the committee, the governor shall appoint asuccessor. A vacancy in the office of any member shall only be filled for theunexpired term.
5. The acupuncturist advisory committee shall:
(1) Review all applications for licensure;
(2) Advise the board on all matters pertaining to the licensing ofacupuncturists;
(3) Review all complaints and/or investigations wherein there is apossible violation of sections 324.475 to 324.499 or regulations promulgatedpursuant thereto and make recommendations and referrals to the board oncomplaints the committee determines to warrant further action;
(4) Follow the provisions of the board's administrative practiceprocedures in conducting all official duties;
(5) Recommend for prosecution violations of sections 324.475 to 324.499to an appropriate prosecuting or circuit attorney;
(6) Assist the board, as needed and when requested by the board, inconducting any inquiry or disciplinary proceedings initiated as a result ofcommittee recommendation and referral pursuant to subdivision (3) of thissubsection.
(L. 1998 H.B. 1601, et al. § 16, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343 merged with S.B. 8 & 173)