Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-2028: Respiratory Care Advisory Committee - Members -

Qualifications - Terms - Vacancies - Removal.

A. 1. There is hereby created a Respiratory Care Advisory

Committee within the State Board of Medical Licensure and

Supervision, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, to assist in

administering the provisions of the Respiratory Care Practice Act.

The Committee shall consist of nine (9) members, appointed as

follows:

a. one member shall be a physician appointed by the Board

from its membership,

b. one member shall be a physician appointed by the Board

from a list of qualified individuals submitted by the

Oklahoma State Medical Association and who is not a

member of the Board,

c. one member shall be a physician appointed by the State

Board of Osteopathic Examiners from its membership,

d. one member shall be a physician appointed by the State

Board of Osteopathic Examiners from a list of

qualified individuals submitted by the Oklahoma

Osteopathic Association and who is not a member of the

State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, and

e. five members shall be licensed respiratory care

practitioners appointed by the Board from a list of

respiratory care practitioners submitted by the

Oklahoma Society for Respiratory Care (OSRC).

2. Other than the physicians appointed from the membership of

the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision and of the

State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, the physician members shall

have special qualifications in the diagnosis and treatment of

respiratory problems and, wherever possible, be qualified in the

management of acute and chronic respiratory disorders.

3. The respiratory care practitioner members shall have been

engaged in rendering respiratory care services to the public,

teaching or research in respiratory care for at least five (5) years

immediately preceding their appointments. These members shall at

all times be holders of valid licenses for the practice of

respiratory care in this state, except for the members first

appointed to the Committee. These initial members shall, at the

time of appointment, be credentialed as a Registered Respiratory

Therapist (RRT) or current equivalent credential as identified by

the Respiratory Care Advisory Committee and approved by the State

Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision.

B. Members of the Committee shall be appointed for terms of

four (4) years. Provided, the terms of office of the members first

appointed shall begin November 1, 1995, and shall continue for the

following periods: two physicians and two respiratory care

practitioners for a period of three (3) years; and two physicians

and three respiratory care practitioners for a period of four (4)

years. Upon the expiration of a member's term of office, the

appointing authority for that member shall appoint a successor

pursuant to the provisions of subsection C of this section.

Vacancies on the Committee shall be filled in like manner for the

balance of an unexpired term. No member shall serve more than three

consecutive terms. Each member shall serve until a successor is

appointed and qualified.

C. Upon expiration or vacancy of the term of a member, the

respective nominating authority may, as appropriate, submit to the

appointing Board a list of three persons qualified to serve on the

Committee to fill the expired term of their respective member.

Appointments may be made from these lists by the appointing Board,

and additional lists may be provided by the respective organizations

if requested by the State Board of Medical Licensure and

Supervision.

D. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision may

remove any member from the Committee for neglect of any duty

required by law, for incompetency, or for unethical or dishonorable

conduct.