                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD ESTABLISHED; APPOINTMENT, TERMS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS; MEETINGS;
CHAIRMAN (§ 51.5-106)

There is hereby continued an Advisory Board, hereinafter referred to as the
Board, for the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing.
		The Board shall be composed of nine members appointed by the Governor as
follows:
		Four representatives of deafness-oriented professions concerned with the
health, education, rehabilitation, mental health and welfare of the deaf and
hard-of-hearing; four citizens who are deaf or hard-of-hearing; and one member
who is a parent of a child who is deaf or hard-of-hearing. Appointments shall be
for terms of four years. No person shall be eligible to serve more than two
successive terms, except that a person appointed to fill a vacancy may serve two
additional successive four-year terms. The Board shall meet at the call of the
Chairman, who shall be selected by the Board from among its membership, but no
less than four times a year.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 670, § 63.1-85.1:1; 2002, c. 747.