Section 33-22-102 - Board of Nursing Home Administrators Created; Composition; Appointment; Removal; Qualifications and Terms of Members.

WY Stat § 33-22-102 (2019) (N/A)
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33-22-102. Board of nursing home administrators created; composition; appointment; removal; qualifications and terms of members.

(a) The Wyoming state board of nursing home administrators is created to consist of five (5) members appointed by the governor. The director of the department of health, or his designee, who is a member of a health profession concerned with the care of the chronically ill or aged patient, shall serve as an ex officio member of the board but shall not vote. The governor may remove any member he appoints as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.

(b) One (1) appointee shall hold the degree of doctor of medicine and be licensed to practice medicine in Wyoming. One (1) appointee shall be a registered nurse duly licensed to practice professional nursing in Wyoming, who is not employed by a nursing home. One (1) appointee shall be a consumer representative selected from the general public. The remaining two (2) appointees shall each be an operator-administrator of a nursing home within Wyoming, and have two (2) years' experience as a nursing home operator-administrator within Wyoming.

(c) The terms of all appointed members shall be four (4) years. Any vacancy shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term.