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S1072.................................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIANS BOARD - Amends existing law to clarify the process
for nominations to the Idaho Board of Chiropractic Physicians.
01/29 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/01 Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
02/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/11 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/15 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--King, Stennett
Floor Sponsor - Wheeler
Title apvd - to House
02/16 House intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
03/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley,
Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones,
Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh, Loertscher,
Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer(Duncan), Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle,
Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman,
Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Williams, Wood, Zimmermann,
Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Crow, Linford, Sellman
Floor Sponsor - Hansen(23)
Title apvd - to Senate
03/17 To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/18 Sp signed
03/19 To Governor
03/23 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 164
Effective: 07/01/99
S1072|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1072 BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE IDAHO BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIANS; AMENDING SECTION 3 54-706, IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS FOR NOMINATION TO THE BOARD. 4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 5 SECTION 1. That Section 54-706, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 6 amended to read as follows: 7 54-706. STATE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIANS CREATED. (1) There is 8 hereby established in the department of self-governing agencies a state board 9 of chiropractic physicians to be composed of five (5) members. Members of the 10 board of chiropractic examiners, as it exists on the effective date of this 11 act are hereby confirmed as members of the board for the terms to which they 12 were originally appointed. The additional members shall be appointed by the 13 governor, with one (1) member appointed for a term of one (1) year and one (1) 14 member for a term of two (2) years. Thereafter, as each member's term expires, 15 the subsequent appointment shall be for a term of three (3) years. No person 16 may be appointed for more than two (2) consecutive terms. 17 (2) The board shall be appointed by the governor, and shall consist of 18 four (4) physicians who are licensed to practice chiropractic in this state, 19 and each of whom shall have been engaged continuously in the practice of chi- 20 ropractic within the state of Idaho for a period of not less than three (3) 21 years prior to his appointment.Whenever a term of a physician member of22the board expires or the office becomes vacantSixty (60) days 23 prior to the expiration of the regular term of a member of the board, or upon 24 the occurrence or declaration of a vacancy in the membership of the board 25 , a notice of such vacancy shall be sent by the board to each licensed 26 physician within the state. During the following thirty (30) days, the board 27 shall receive petitions for nominations for physicians to be appointed to fill 28 said vacancies and, in the event such petitions shall be signed by not less 29 than ten (10) physicians licensed to practice within the state, said petitions 30 shall be forwarded by the board to the governor. The governor shall within 31 fifteen (15) days following receipt of said petitions appoint a physician to 32 fill said vacancy from among the persons nominated by petition as hereinbefore 33 set forth. Appointments to fill vacancies occurring for some other reason than 34 expiration of a term for which a member was appointed, shall be made in the 35 same manner as set forth for the unexpired term. The governor may remove any 36 member of the board found guilty of malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance. 37 (3) The governor shall appoint a representative of the public as one (1) 38 member of the board who shall be designated as the public member. The public 39 member of the board shall be a resident of the state of Idaho who has attained 40 the age of twenty-one (21) years, and shall not be nor shall ever have been a 41 physician, the spouse of a physician, a person licensed under the laws of any 42 state to practice a healing art, or a person who has or has had a material 43 financial interest in providing health care services. 2 1 (4) The board shall elect a chairman from its membership. The members of 2 the board, except for state employees, shall be compensated as provided by 3 section 59-509(n), Idaho Code. Three (3) members of the board shall constitute 4 a quorum, and the board may act by virtue of a majority vote of members pres- 5 ent at a meeting.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS08345
Idaho Board of Chiropractic Physicians
Amend existing statute to clarify the board appointment and nomination
process to occur prior to the expiration of the board members term.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund or dedicated funds.
CONTACT
Name: Carmen Westberg
Agency: Bur. of Occupational Licenses; Bd. of Chiropractic Physicians
Phone: 334-3233
Statement of Purpose/Fisaal Impact S1072