                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS; TERMS AND VACANCIES (§ 32.1-5)

There shall be a State Board of Health which shall consist of 15 residents of
the Commonwealth appointed by the Governor for terms of four years each. Two
members of the Board shall be members of the Medical Society of Virginia, one
member shall be a member of the Virginia Pharmaceutical Association, one member
shall be a member of the State Dental Association, one member shall be a member
of the Virginia Nurses&#8217; Association, one member shall be a member of the
Virginia Veterinary Medical Association, one member shall be a representative of
local government, one member shall be a representative of the hospital industry,
one member shall be a representative of the nursing home industry, one member
shall be a representative of the licensed health carriers responsible under
Title 38.2 for a managed care health insurance plan, one member shall be a
corporate purchaser of health care, two members shall be consumers, one member
shall have public environmental health expertise, and one member shall be a
representative of the emergency medical services community recommended by the
State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. A vacancy other than by
expiration of term shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.
		No person shall be eligible to serve more than two full consecutive four-year
terms.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-1; 1956, c. 396; 1968, c. 371; 1972, c. 94; 1974, c.
67; 1978, c. 499; 1979, c. 711; 1989, c. 73; 1991, c. 93; 1998, c. 891; 2009, c.
128.