(B) The South Carolina Real Estate Appraisers Board consists of seven members who must be residents of this State and appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate and with consideration given to appropriate geographic representation and to areas of appraisal expertise as follows:

1. (1) One member must be a public member who may not be connected in any way with the practice of real estate appraisal, real estate brokerage, or mortgage lending.
2. (2) One member must be a licensed real estate broker who is not a real estate appraiser.
3. (3) One member must be actively engaged in mortgage lending, representing supervised financial institutions, who is not a real estate licensee or a real estate appraiser and who also must not be connected in any way with the brokerage of real estate, the appraisal of real estate, or the review of real estate appraisals.

4. (4) Four members must be licensed or certified appraisers, actively engaged in real estate appraisal for at least three years, at least two of whom must be certified general appraisers.

   In appointing real estate appraisers to the board, while not automatically excluding other appraisers, the Governor shall give preference to real estate appraisers whose primary source of income is derived from appraising real estate and not real estate brokerage.