§ 54.1-3709.3 — Advisory Board on Music Therapy; membership; terms

Virginia § 54.1-3709.3

• Jurisdiction: Virginia
• Title 54.1: Professions and Occupations
• Subtitle III: Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions
• Ch. 37: SOCIAL WORK
• Art. 2: Music Therapy

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A. The Advisory Board on Music Therapy (Advisory Board) is hereby established to assist the Board in formulating regulations related to the practice of music therapy. The Advisory Board shall also assist in such other matters relating to the practice of music therapy as the Board may require.

B. The Advisory Board shall have a total membership of five nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor as follows: three members shall be licensed music therapists, one member shall be a licensed health care provider other than a music therapist, and one member shall be a citizen at large.

C. After the initial staggering of terms, members shall be appointed for a term of four years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. All members may be reappointed. However, no member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member's eligibility for reappointment. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.

Legislative History

2020, cc. 103, 233.