The boards of examiners shall consist of the following:
1. For podiatry, barbering, mortuary science, and social work, three members each, licensed to practice the profession for which the board conducts examinations, and two members who are not licensed to practice the profession for which the board conducts examinations and who shall represent the general public. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members of the board.
2. For medical examiners, five members licensed to practice medicine and surgery, two members licensed to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery, and three members not licensed to practice either medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, and who shall represent the general public. A majority of members of the board constitutes a quorum.
3. For nursing examiners, four registered nurses, one of whom shall be actively engaged in practice, three of whom shall be nurse educators from nursing education programs; of these, one in higher education, one in diploma education, and one in area community and vocational- technical registered nurse education; one licensed practical nurse actively engaged in practice; and two members not registered nurses or licensed practical nurses and who shall represent the general public. The representatives of the general public shall not be members of health care delivery systems. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum.
4. For dental examiners, five members shall be licensed to practice dentistry, two members shall be licensed to practice dental hygiene and two members not licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene and who shall represent the general public. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. No member of the dental faculty of the school of dentistry at the state University of Iowa shall be eligible to be appointed.
5. For pharmacy examiners, five members licensed to practice pharmacy and two members who are not licensed to practice pharmacy and who shall represent the general public. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
6. For optometry examiners, five members licensed to practice optometry and two members who are not licensed to practice optometry and who shall represent the general public. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
7. For psychology examiners, five members who are licensed to practice psychology and two members not licensed to practice psychology and who shall represent the general public. Of the five members who are licensed to practice psychology, one member shall be primarily engaged in graduate teaching in psychology, two members shall be persons who render services in psychology, one member shall represent areas of applied psychology and may be affiliated with training institutions and shall devote a major part of the member's time to rendering service in psychology, and one member shall be primarily engaged in research psychology. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum.
8. For chiropractic examiners, five members licensed to practice chiropractic and two members who are not licensed to practice chiropractic and who shall represent the general public. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
9. For speech pathology and audiology examiners, five members licensed to practice speech pathology or audiology at least two of which shall be licensed to practice speech pathology and at least two of which shall be licensed to practice audiology, and two members who are not licensed to practice speech pathology or audiology and who shall represent the general public. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
10. For physical therapy and occupational therapy, three members licensed to practice physical therapy, two members licensed to practice occupational therapy, and two members who are not licensed to practice physical therapy or occupational therapy and who shall represent the general public. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members of the board.
11. For dietetic examiners, one licensed dietitian representing the approved or accredited dietetic education programs, one licensed dietitian representing clinical dietetics in hospitals, one licensed dietitian representing community nutrition services and two members who are not licensed dietitians and who shall represent the general public. A majority of the members of the board constitute a quorum.
12. For the board of physician assistant examiners, three members licensed to practice as physician assistants, at least two of whom practice in counties with a population of less than fifty thousand, one member licensed to practice medicine and surgery who supervises a physician assistant, one member licensed to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery who supervises a physician assistant, and two members who are not licensed to practice either medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery or licensed as a physician assistant and who shall represent the general public. At least one of the physician members shall be in practice in a county with a population of less than fifty thousand. A majority of members of the board constitutes a quorum.
13. For behavioral science examiners, three members licensed to practice marital and family therapy, one of whom shall be employed in graduate teaching, training, or research in marital and family therapy and two of whom shall be practicing marital and family therapists; three members licensed to practice mental health counseling, one of whom shall be employed in graduate teaching, training, or research in mental health counseling and two of whom shall be practicing mental health counselors; and three members who are not licensed to practice marital and family therapy or mental health counseling and who shall represent the general public. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum.
14. For cosmetology arts and sciences examiners, a total of seven members, three who are licensed cosmetologists, one who is a licensed electrologist, esthetician, or nail technologist, one who is a licensed instructor of cosmetology arts and sciences at a public or private school and who does not own a school of cosmetology arts and sciences, and two who are not licensed in a practice of cosmetology arts and sciences and who shall represent the public.
[C97, § 2564, 2576, 2584; S13, § 2564, 2575-a29, -a30, -a37, -a38, 2576, 2583-a, -h, -i, 2600-b, -c; SS15, § 2584; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2451, 2452, 2475; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 147.14, 147.15, 147.38; C71, 73, § 147.14, 147.15, 147.38, 153.1; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 147.14]
84 Acts, ch 1075, § 9; 85 Acts, ch 168, § 5; 86 Acts, ch 1003, § 1; 86 Acts, ch 1022, § 1; 88 Acts, ch 1134, § 29; 88 Acts, ch 1225, § 6, 7; 91 Acts, ch 229, § 3; 92 Acts, ch 1183, § 2; 92 Acts, ch 1205, § 15, 16
Referred to in § 147.151, 147A.1
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