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Statutes > West-virginia > 30 > 30-25-2§30-25-2. West Virginia nursing home administrators licensing board; creation; appointment, qualification, term, etc., of members; vacancies; meetings, quorum; chairman; salaries and expenses.
There is hereby created a state board to be known and designated as the "West Virginia nursing home administrators licensing board" which shall consist of eleven members, all of whom except a lay member, as provided for in section four-a, article one, chapter thirty of this code, shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. One of the members shall be a member of the medical profession whose practice involves gerontology, one member shall be a licensed pharmacist, one member shall be a registered nurse with experience in the care of elderly patients, one member shall be a person with experience or education in the field of aging, and six such members shall be persons who have been engaged in the management of an operating nursing home for four years immediately prior to the date of appointment, who shall hereinafter be referred to as nursing home administrators. The eleventh member shall be a lay member. No member of the board, other than the six nursing home administrators, shall have any direct or indirect financial or pecuniary interest in any nursing home in this state. Of the original board members appointed, the one who is a registered nurse shall serve for one year, the one who has experience or education in the field of aging shall serve for two years, the one who is a member of the medical profession shall serve for three years, the one who is a licensed pharmacist shall serve for four years, one of the two nursing home administrators shall serve for five years, and the other nursing home administrator shall serve for six years. Of the members appointed for the positions added in the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-two, one shall serve for six years, one shall serve for five years, one shall serve for four years, and one shall serve for three years. All subsequent appointments shall be for six years, except, that in case of a vacancy, the appointee shall be appointed for the remainder of the unexpired term. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from the same group as was represented by the outgoing member. All members of the board, unless sooner removed, shall continue to serve until their respective terms expire and until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
