KRS 314A.200: Board of Respiratory Care.

(1) There is hereby created a Board of Respiratory Care which shall consist of seven (7)

voting members appointed by the Governor.

(a) Four (4) members shall be respiratory care practitioners holding a valid

mandatory certificate and practicing in Kentucky;

(b) Two (2) members shall be pulmonologists who are licensed and practicing

physicians in Kentucky; and

(c) One (1) member shall be a citizen at large who is not associated with or

financially interested in respiratory care.

(2) Members shall be appointed to the board for terms of three (3) years, expiring on

October 30 of the third year. No person shall be appointed to serve more than two

(2) consecutive terms.

(3) By May 30 of years in which respiratory care practitioner terms expire, the

Kentucky Society for Respiratory Care shall submit to the Governor a list of names

of candidates qualified for the appointment of respiratory care practitioner, in

numbers not less than twice the numbers of appointments to be made, from which

the Governor shall make each ap pointment or appointments by October 31 of that

year. The Governor shall also appoint the pulmonologist and citizen at -large

members by October 31 of any year in which a term expires.

(4) A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the Governor as provided u nder

subsection (1) of this section. The appointment shall be for the remaining portion of

the member's term.

(5) The Governor or board may remove a member from the board for cause or as

provided under administrative regulations promulgated by the board in accordance

with KRS Chapter 13A.

(6) The board shall reorganize annually and select a chairperson. Four (4) voting

members of the board shall constitute a quorum to do business. The board shall hold

at least one (1) regular meeting each year. Additional m eetings may be held upon

the call of the chairperson or at the written request of any two (2) members of the

board. All meetings of the board shall be open and public to the extent permitted by

law.