§ 33-43-118 — 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.