331.090. State board of chiropractic examiners created--appointment--qualifications--terms--removal.
State board of chiropractic examinerscreated--appointment--qualifications--terms--removal.
331.090. 1. The "Missouri State Board of Chiropractic Examiners"shall consist of five chiropractors, not more than two of whom shall begraduated from the same school or college of chiropractic, and one votingpublic member, to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consentof the senate, from nominees submitted by the director of the division ofprofessional registration, for a term of five years; except that, of thechiropractic members appointed for the terms which begin in 1989, one shallbe appointed for a term of three years and one for a term of four years, ofthe chiropractic members appointed for the terms which begin in 1990, oneshall be appointed for a term of four years and one shall be appointed fora term of five years, and the chiropractic member appointed for the termwhich begins in 1991 shall be appointed for a term of five years.Beginning in 2002, all successors to members shall be appointed to terms offour years from the date of their appointment and until their successorshave been appointed and qualified. Each member shall be limited to twofull consecutive terms. A member may be removed by the governor forincompetence or improper conduct. The chiropractors shall be United Statescitizens and shall have been residents of this state for one year and shallhave practiced chiropractic continuously for a period of at least two yearsprior to such appointment. No person shall be appointed to the state boardof chiropractic examiners who practices any other method of healing thanchiropractic as defined in this chapter. The president of the MissouriState Chiropractors Association in office at the time shall, at leastninety days prior to the expiration of the term of a board member, otherthan the 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 chiropractors 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,the president of the Missouri State Chiropractors Association shall includein his or her letter of transmittal a description of the method by whichthe names were chosen by that association.
2. The public member shall be at the time of his or her appointment acitizen of the United States; a resident of this state for a period of oneyear and a registered voter; a person who is not and never was a member ofany profession licensed or regulated pursuant to this chapter or the spouseof such person; and a person who does not have and never has had amaterial, financial interest in either the providing of the professionalservices regulated by this chapter, or an activity or organization directlyrelated to any profession licensed or regulated pursuant to this chapter.The duties of the public member shall not include the determination of thetechnical requirements to be met for licensure or whether any person meetssuch technical requirements or of the technical competence or technicaljudgment of a licensee or a candidate for licensure.
(RSMo 1939 § 10052, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1988 S.B. 598, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567)Prior revision: 1929 § 13547
CROSS REFERENCE:
Public member, additional duties, RSMo 620.132