CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE UNTIL OCTOBER 1, 2016) APPOINTMENTS, TERMS AND REMOVAL OF MEMBERS OF
REGULATORY BOARDS; CITIZEN MEMBERS (§ 54.1-107)

All members of regulatory boards shall be citizens of the United States and
residents of Virginia. Members shall be appointed by the Governor and may be
removed by him as provided in subsection B of § 2.2-108. Any vacancy occurring
other than by expiration of terms shall be filled for the unexpired term.
Members shall hold office after expiration of their terms until their successors
are duly appointed and have qualified. Appointment to fill an unexpired term
shall not be considered a full term. All members of regulatory boards appointed
by the Governor for terms commencing on or after July 1, 1988, shall be
appointed for terms of four years. No member shall serve more than two
successive full terms on any regulatory board.A “citizen member” of
a regulatory board shall be a person who (i) is not by training or experience a
practitioner of the profession or occupation regulated by the board, (ii) is not
the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of such a practitioner, and (iii) has no
direct or indirect financial interest, except as a consumer, in the practice of
the profession or occupation regulated by the board.The provisions of this
section shall not apply to the Board for Branch Pilots.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 447, § 54-1.18:1; 1988, cc. 42, 765.