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4759.03 Ohio board of dietetics.
There is hereby created the Ohio board of dietetics consisting of five members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The Ohio dietetic association may submit a list of five names for each position or vacancy on the board to be filled by a dietitian, and the governor may make his appointment from the persons so recommended or from other persons. Within thirty days of the effective date of this section, the governor shall make initial appointments to the board. Of the initial appointments, one shall be for a term ending one year after the effective date of this section, one shall be for a term ending two years after the effective date of this section, one shall be for a term ending three years after the effective date of this section, one shall be for a term ending four years after the effective date of this section, and one shall be for a term ending five years after the effective date of this section. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for five years, each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term which it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of his appointment until the end of the term for which he was appointed. The governor shall appoint a member to fill a vacancy in the manner prescribed for filling the position in which the vacancy occurs. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of his term until his successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Members of the board may be removed by the governor for malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance after an adjudication hearing pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Members may not be appointed to a second term unless a period of five years has passed since the expiration of the first term, except that members appointed for less than a five-year term or appointed to fill an unexpired term may be appointed for one full term of five years immediately following the end of the term for which he was first appointed. Three members of the board shall be dietitians who have been actively engaged in the practice of dietetics in the state for at least five years immediately preceding their appointment; one member shall be an educator with a doctoral degree who holds a regular faculty appointment in a program that prepares students to meet the requirements of division (A)(5) of section 4759.06 of the Revised Code; and one member shall be a member of the general public who is not and never has been a dietitian, is not a member of the immediate family of a dietitian, does not have a financial interest in the provision of goods or services to dietitians, and is not engaged in any activity related to the practice of dietetics. Each member of the board shall receive an amount fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for each day, or portion thereof, he is actually engaged in the discharge of his official duties, and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of those duties.
Effective Date: 07-01-1987
