33-43-103. Board created; members; appointment; terms; qualification; removal; vacancies.

(a) There is created a state board for respiratory care within the department of administration and information to administer the provisions of this act. The board shall consist of five (5) members. The initial board shall consist of one (1) public member, one (1) physician member who is licensed in the state of Wyoming with a special interest in pulmonary medicine, and three (3) members who shall have been engaged in the practice of respiratory care for a period of not less than five (5) years immediately preceding appointment to the board. Thereafter, practitioner members shall be licensed under this act prior to appointment to the board.

(b) The governor shall appoint the members of the board. Of the initial members appointed to the board, the physician member and the public member shall be appointed for terms as specified in paragraphs (i) and (iii) of this subsection, and one (1) respiratory care practitioner shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years, one (1) respiratory care practitioner shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years and one (1) respiratory care practitioner shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year. Thereafter, the terms of office of the members appointed shall be for the following periods:

(i) Physician member, three (3) years;

(ii) Respiratory care practitioner members, three (3) years each;

(iii) Public member, three (3) years.

(c) Vacancies in the board shall be filled by appointment by the governor as provided in subsection (b) of this section for the balance of an unexpired term and each member shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified.

(d) The governor may remove any member from the board as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.