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

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

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

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

(F)  RESTRICTIONS — CONSUMER MEMBERS.

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

(G)  OATH.

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

(H) TENURE; VACANCIES.

(1)  THE TERM OF A MEMBER IS 6 YEARS, EXCEPT THAT
THE INITIAL TERM OF ONE OF THE CONSUMER MEMBERS IS 5 YEARS.

(2)  THE TERMS OF THE 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)  A MEMBER MAY NOT BE APPOINTED FOR MORE THAN
TWO CONSECUTIVE FULL TERMS.

(I) REMOVAL.

(1)  THE GOVERNOR MAY REMOVE A MEMBER FOR
INCOMPETENCE, MISCONDUCT, CONTINUED NEGLECT OF DUTIES
IMPOSED BY THIS SUBTITLE, UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, OR
DISHONORABLE CONDUCT.

(2)  THE GOVERNOR SHALL REMOVE A MEMBER WHOM THE
GOVERNOR FINDS TO HAVE BEEN ABSENT FROM TWO SUCCESSIVE BOARD
MEETINGS WITHOUT ADEQUATE REASON.