Appointments to the Board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees. No member of said Board shall be a stockholder, or have any financial interest whatsoever in any chiropractic school or college. An officer, employee, or paid consultant of a professional or trade association in the field of health care may not be a member or employee of the Board who is exempt from the state's position classification plan or is compensated at or above the amount prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for step 1, salary group 17, of the position classification salary schedule. No person may be appointed to serve more than two terms. The president of the Board shall be a licensed doctor of chiropractic.
Members hold office for their terms and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified.
In case of death or resignation of a member of the Board, the Governor shall appoint another to take his place for the unexpired term only. Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and this Act expires September 1, 2005. The Board shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the Board and the Board's procedures by which complaints are filed with and resolved by the Board. The Board shall make the information available to the public and appropriate state agencies. The validity of an action of the Board is not affected by the fact that it was taken when a ground for removal of a Board member exists.