1. A. A Board of Chiropractic Examiners is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2006, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law. The Board shall regulate the practice of chiropractic in this state in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act. The Board, appointed by the Governor, shall be composed of eight chiropractic physicians and one lay member representing the public.

2. B. Each chiropractic physician member of the Board shall:

   1. 1. Be a legal resident of this state;
   2. 2. Have practiced chiropractic continuously in this state during the five (5) years immediately preceding appointment to the Board;
   3. 3. Be free of pending disciplinary action or active investigation by the Board;
   4. 4. Be a person of recognized professional ability, integrity and good reputation; and
   5. 5. Be in active clinical chiropractic practice at least fifty percent (50%) of the time.

3. C. The lay member of the Board shall:

   1. 1. Be a legal resident of this state; and
   2. 2. Not be a registered or licensed practitioner of any of the healing arts or be related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to any such person.

4. D.

   1. 1. Each chiropractic physician member of the Board shall be appointed for four (4) years. The Governor shall appoint new members to the Board as follows:

      1. a. one Board member from district two and one Board member from district four by November 2004,
      2. b. one Board member from district six and one Board member from district seven in June 2005, and
      3. c. one Board member from district eight in November 2005.
   2. 2. Upon expiration of the term of a Board member, the Governor shall appoint a Board member from the district of the vacating Board member.
   3. 3. The members of the Board appointed after July 1, 2004, shall serve terms of one (1) year to three (3) years so that only one term expires in each calendar year.
   4. 4. The lay member of the Board shall serve a term coterminous with that of the Governor.

5. E. For the purpose of the Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act, the state shall be divided into the following districts:

   District 1: Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Caddo, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Grant, Greer, Garfield, Harmon, Harper, Jackson, Kiowa, Major, Noble, Roger Mills, Texas, Washita, Woods and Woodward Counties;

   District 2: Tulsa County;

   District 3: Kay, Logan, Lincoln, Osage, Pawnee, Payne and Pottawatomie Counties;

   District 4: Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Love, Murray, Jefferson, Stephens and Tillman Counties;

   District 5: Blaine, Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, McClain and Oklahoma Counties;

   District 6: Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Choctaw, Creek, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, Marshall, McCurtain, Okfuskee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha and Seminole Counties;

   District 7: Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah and Wagoner Counties; and

   District 8: Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and Washington Counties.

   Members appointed after June 2002 shall serve no more than two (2) consecutive terms.

6. F. Each member shall hold office until the expiration of the term of office for which appointed or until a qualified successor has been duly appointed. An appointment shall be made by the Governor within ninety (90) days after the expiration of the term of any member, or the occurrence of a vacancy on the Board due to resignation, death, or any other cause resulting in an unexpired term.
7. G. Before assuming duties on the Board, each member shall take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation provided in Article XV of the Oklahoma Constitution, which oath or affirmation shall be administered and filed as provided in the article.

8. H. A member may be removed from the Board by the Governor for cause which shall include, but not be limited to:

   1. 1. Ceasing to be qualified;
   2. 2. Being found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of a felony or any offense involving moral turpitude;
   3. 3. Being found guilty, through due process, of malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in relation to Board duties;
   4. 4. Being found mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction;
   5. 5. Being found in violation of any provision of the Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act; or
   6. 6. Failing to attend three meetings of the Board without just cause, as determined by the Board.

Laws 1921, SB 35, c. 7, § 1; Amended by Laws 1982, SB 565, c. 268, § 1, emerg. eff. May 14, 1982; Amended by Laws 1983, SB 223, c. 298, § 1, emerg. eff. June 23, 1983; Amended by Laws 1988, SB 450, c. 225, § 8; Amended by Laws 1991, SB 461, c. 265, § 4, eff. October 1, 1991; Renumbered from 59 O.S. § 161 by Laws 1991, SB 461, c. 265, § 22, eff. October 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1120, , c. 193, § 1, emerg. eff. May 11, 1992; Amended by Laws 1994, SB 1032, c. 390, § 2, eff. September 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1999, HB 1160, c. 19, § 1, eff. April 5, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2000, HB 1861, c. 26, § 1 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2002, SB 975, c. 255, § 1, eff. November 1, 2002 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2004, HB 2724, c. 269, § 2, emerg. eff. May 6, 2004 (superseded document available).