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O.C.G.A. § 43-39-3 — Appointment to board; qualifications; terms; vacancies; removal | Georgia Code
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TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 39. Psychologists, 43-39-1 through 43-39-20.

ARTICLE 10 PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC

43-39-3. Appointment to board; qualifications; terms; vacancies; removal.

  1. The Governor shall appoint members to serve on the board so that the board shall at all times be composed of five members who are persons licensed as psychologists under this chapter and one consumer member who is not licensed as a psychologist under this chapter and who has no connection whatsoever with the practice or profession of psychology.
  2. All six members of the board shall serve for terms of five years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment, and members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. Any board member may be removed after notice and hearing for incompetence, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, or commission of a crime involving moral turpitude.

(Ga. L. 1951, p. 408, § 3; Ga. L. 1970, p. 511, § 3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1337, § 3; Ga. L. 1986, p. 473, § 1.)

Law reviews.

- For comment on Rogers v. Medical Ass'n, 244 Ga. 151, 259 S.E.2d 85 (1979), invalidating Georgia statute requiring Governor's appointments to Composite State Board of Medical Examiners be made solely from nominees submitted by state medical society as an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority to a private organization, see 29 Emory L. J. 1183 (1980).

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