§ 3013. — 3013. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 6.)

California § 3013.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code BPC: Business and Professions Code - BPC
• Div. 2.: DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS
• Ch. 7.: CHAPTER 7. Optometry
• Art. 2.: ARTICLE 2. Administration

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(a)
Each member of the board shall hold office for a term of four years, and shall serve until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor or until one year shall have elapsed since the expiration of the term for which he or she was appointed, whichever first occurs.
(b)
Vacancies occurring shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.
(c)
The Governor shall appoint three of the public members, five members qualified as provided in Section 3011, and the registered dispensing member as provided in Section 3010.5. The Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint a public member.
(d)
No board member serving between January 1, 2000, and June 1, 2002, inclusive, shall be eligible for reappointment.
(e)
For initial appointments made on or after January 1, 2003, one of the public members appointed by the Governor and two of the professional members shall serve terms of one year. One of the public members appointed by the Governor and two of the professional members shall serve terms of three years. The remaining public member appointed by the Governor and the remaining two professional members shall serve terms of four years. The public members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each serve for a term of four years.
(f)
The initial appointment of a registered dispensing optician, spectacle lens dispenser, or contact lens dispenser member shall replace the
optometrist member whose term expired on June 1, 2015.
(g)
The amendments to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall apply to appointments made on or after January 1, 2016.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 6. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.