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(2)  MAY NOT BE OR EVER HAVE BEEN A CHIROPRACTOR
OR IN TRAINING TO BECOME A CHIROPRACTOR;

(3)  MAY NOT HAVE A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER WHO IS A
CHIROPRACTOR OR IN TRAINING TO BECOME A CHIROPRACTOR;

(4)  MAY NOT PARTICIPATE OR EVER HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN A COMMERCIAL OR PROFESSIONAL FIELD RELATED
TO CHIROPRACTIC;

(5)  MAY NOT HAVE A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER WHO
PARTICIPATES IN A COMMERCIAL OR PROFESSIONAL FIELD RELATED
TO CHIROPRACTIC; AND

(6)  MAY NOT HAVE HAD WITHIN 2 YEARS BEFORE
APPOINTMENT, A SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL INTEREST IN A PERSON
REGULATED BY THE BOARD.

(D)  SAME — RESTRICTION.

WHILE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, THE CONSUMER MEMBER MAY
NOT HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL INTEREST IN A PERSON
REGULATED BY THE BOARD.

(E)  OATH.

BEFORE TAKING OFFICE, EACH APPOINTEE TO THE BOARD SHALL
TAKE THE OATH REQUIRED BY ARTICLE I, § 9 OF THE STATE
CONSTITUTION.

(F)  TENURE; VACANCIES.

(1)  THE TERM OF A MEMBER IS 3 YEARS.

(2)  THE TERMS OF MEMBERS ARE STAGGERED AS
REQUIRED BY THE TERMS PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ON
JULY 1, 1981.

(3)  AT THE END OF A TERM, A MEMBER CONTINUES TO
SERVE UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED AND QUALIFIES.

(4)  A MEMBER WHO IS APPOINTED AFTER A TERM HAS
BEGUN SERVES ONLY FOR THE REST OF THE TERM AND UNTIL A
SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED AND QUALIFIES.

(5)  THE GOVERNOR SHALL FILL ANY VACANCY ON THE
BOARD WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THE VACANCY.

(G)  REMOVAL.

(1) THE GOVERNOR MAY REMOVE A MEMBER FOR
INCOMPETENCE OR MISCONDUCT.

(2) IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE OTHER

QUALIFICATIONS OF THIS SECTION, A CHIROPRACTOR APPOINTED TO
REPLACE A CHIROPRACTOR MEMBER REMOVED BY THE GOVERNOR SHALL