HB895: Medicine, Board of; changes membership requirements.
HOUSE BILL NO. 895
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 54.1-2911 and 54.1-2912 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54.1-2911. Board; membership; terms of office; executive director.
The Board of Medicine shall consist of one
medical physician from each congressional district, one osteopathic physician 12 allopathic or
osteopathic medical physicians, one podiatrist, one
chiropractor, and four nonlegislative citizen
members. No two nonlegislative citizen
members shall reside in the same congressional district.
Citizen Nonlegislative citizen
members shall have all voting and participation rights of other members. The
term of office of the members of the Board shall be four years. If any medical physician member of the Board ceases
to reside in the district from which he was appointed, except by reason of
redistricting, his office shall be deemed vacant.
The officers of the Board shall be a president, a vice-president, and a secretary, who shall
also act as treasurer, who all of whom shall be members
of and selected by the Board.
Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such times and places as prescribed by the Board. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the president and any 11 members. Twelve members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
The Board may establish an executive committee composed of the president, the vice-president, the secretary, and five other members of the Board appointed by the president. The executive committee shall include at least two nonlegislative citizen members. In the absence of the Board, the executive committee shall have full powers to take any action and conduct any business authorized by this chapter. Five members of the executive committee shall constitute a quorum. Any actions or business conducted by the executive committee shall be acted upon by the full Board as soon as practicable.
There shall be an executive director for the Board of Medicine who shall be licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth as a physician.
§ 54.1-2912. Nominations.
Nominations for appointment to
the Board may be made for the allopathic
or osteopathic medical physicians
from a list of three names submitted to the Governor by the Medical Society of
Virginia and the osteopathic physician, and podiatrist and chiropractor
members, respectively, from a list of at
least three names of candidates
submitted by June 1 of each year by their respective state societies. The Board shall evaluate
all candidates for nomination based on their individual
competencies and medical specialties and shall
recommend candidates for nomination to
the Governor. In evaluating candidates for nomination, the Board shall consider
the competencies and specialties of the current members of
the Board and the need for inclusion of individuals representing specific
competencies and specialties on the Board to allow
the Board to fulfill its obligations. In no case shall the
Governor be bound to make any appointment from among the nominees of the
respective societies. The Governor may notify the society, which may make
nominations, of any professional vacancy other than by expiration among the
members of the Board representing the particular profession and like
nominations may be made for the filling of the vacancy.