640.030 - Creation; qualifications, terms and removal of members; representative of public not to participate in examination; quorum; personal liability.

640.030  Creation; qualifications, terms and removal of members; representative of public not to participate in examination; quorum; personal liability.

      1.  The State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners, consisting of five members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created.

      2.  The Governor shall appoint:

      (a) Four members who are licensed physical therapists in the State of Nevada.

      (b) One member who is a representative of the general public. This member must not be:

             (1) A physical therapist, a physical therapist’s assistant or a physical therapist’s technician; or

             (2) The spouse or the parent or child, by blood, marriage or adoption, of a physical therapist, a physical therapist’s assistant or a physical therapist’s technician.

      3.  The member who is a representative of the general public shall not participate in preparing, conducting or grading any examination required by the Board.

      4.  No member of the Board may serve more than two consecutive terms.

      5.  The Governor may remove any member of the Board for incompetency, neglect of duty, gross immorality or malfeasance in office.

      6.  A majority of the members of the Board constitutes a quorum.

      7.  No member of the Board may be held liable in a civil action for any act which he or she has performed in good faith in the execution of his or her duties under this chapter.

      [Part 3:364:1955]—(NRS A 1957, 77; 1977, 1257; 1981, 933; 1989, 1574; 2003, 1196)