1. The Board of Massage Therapy is hereby created. The Board consists of nine members appointed pursuant to this chapter and one nonvoting advisory member appointed pursuant to NRS 640C.160.

2. The Governor shall appoint to the Board nine members as follows:

(a) Six members who:

(1) Are licensed to practice massage therapy in this State; and

(2) Have engaged in the practice of massage therapy for the 2 years immediately preceding their appointment.

Of the six members appointed pursuant to this paragraph, three members must be residents of Clark County, two members must be residents of Washoe County and one member must be a resident of a county other than Clark County or Washoe County.

(b) One member who is licensed to practice reflexology in this State.

(c) One member who is licensed to practice structural integration in this State.

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

(1) A massage therapist, reflexologist or structural integration practitioner; or

(2) The spouse or the parent or child, by blood, marriage or adoption, of a massage therapist, reflexologist or structural integration practitioner.

3. The members who are appointed to the Board pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection 2 must continue to practice massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration, as applicable, in this State while they are members of the Board.

4. After the initial terms, the term of each member of the Board is 4 years. A member may continue in office until the appointment of a successor.

5. A member of the Board may not serve more than two consecutive terms. A former member of the Board is eligible for reappointment to the Board if that person has not served on the Board during the 4 years immediately preceding the reappointment.

6. A vacancy must be filled by appointment for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.

7. The Governor may remove any member of the Board for incompetence, neglect of duty, moral turpitude or misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance in office.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1120; A 2007, 1847; 2017, 1454)