Ind. Code § 25-35.6-2-1 – Establishment; members; appointment; term; meetings; quorum

(a) There is established the speech-language pathology and audiology board.
(b) The board shall be comprised of six (6) members, who shall be appointed by the governor. Five (5) board members shall have been residents of this state for at least one (1) year immediately preceding their appointment and shall have been engaged in rendering services to the public, teaching, or research in speech-language pathology or audiology for at least five (5) years immediately preceding their appointment. At least two (2) board members shall be speech-language pathologists and at least two (2) shall be audiologists, with the fifth member being either a speech-language pathologist or audiologist. At least one (1) of these five (5) members must be engaged in an active private practice of speech-language pathology or audiology. The sixth member of the board, to represent the general public, shall be a resident of this state who has never been associated with speech-language pathology or audiology in any way other than as a consumer. Except for the member representing the general public, all board members shall at all times be holders of active and valid licenses for the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology in this state.
(c) The governor shall also appoint one (1) nonvoting advisor, who must be a licensed physician and board certified in otolaryngology, to serve a four (4) year term of office on the board.
(d) Appointments shall be for three (3) year terms, with no person being eligible to serve more than two (2) full consecutive terms. Terms shall begin on the first day of the calendar year and end on the last day of the calendar year, except for the first appointed members, who shall serve through the last calendar day of the year in which they are appointed before commencing the terms prescribed by this subsection. Any member of the board may serve until the member's successor is appointed and qualified under this chapter.
(e) The governor may consider, but shall not be bound to accept, recommendations for board membership made by a statewide association for speech-language and hearing. A statewide association for speech-language and hearing may submit to the governor its recommendations for board membership not less than sixty (60) days before the end of each calendar year. In the event of a mid-term vacancy, such association may make recommendations for filling such vacancy.
(f) At the first meeting of the board each year, members shall elect a chairperson for the subsequent twelve (12) month period. Further meetings may be convened at the call of the chairperson or the written request of any two (2) board members. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public, except that the board may hold closed sessions to prepare, approve, grade, or administer examinations or, upon request of an applicant who fails an examination, to prepare a response indicating any reason for the applicant's failure. All meetings of the board must be held in Indiana.
(g) Four (4) members of the board constitute a quorum. A majority of the quorum may transact business.
Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.262, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.222, SEC.266; P.L.250-1985, SEC.3; P.L.149-1987, SEC.108; P.L.168-2016, SEC.9.