There is hereby created the Ohio board of dietetics consisting of five members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The Ohio academy of nutrition and dietetics may submit a list of five names for each position or vacancy on the board to be filled by a dietitian, and the governor may make appointments from the persons so recommended or from other persons.
Within thirty days of July 1, 1987, the governor shall make initial appointments to the board. Of the initial appointments, one shall be for a term ending one year after July 1, 1987, one shall be for a term ending two years after July 1, 1987, one shall be for a term ending three years after July 1, 1987, one shall be for a term ending four years after July 1, 1987, and one shall be for a term ending five years after July 1, 1987. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for five years, each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term which it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. The governor shall appoint a member to fill a vacancy in the manner prescribed for filling the position in which the vacancy occurs. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until a successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.
Members of the board may be removed by the governor for malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance after an adjudication hearing pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Members may not be appointed to a second term unless a period of five years has passed since the expiration of the first term, except that members appointed for less than a five-year term or appointed to fill an unexpired term may be appointed for one full term of five years immediately following the end of the term for which the member was first appointed.
Three members of the board shall be dietitians who have been actively engaged in the practice of dietetics in the state for at least five years immediately preceding their appointment; one member shall be an educator with a doctoral degree who holds a regular faculty appointment in a program that prepares students to meet the requirements of division (A)(5) of section 4759.06 of the Revised Code; and one member shall be a member of the general public who is not and never has been a dietitian, is not a member of the immediate family of a dietitian, does not have a financial interest in the provision of goods or services to dietitians, and is not engaged in any activity related to the practice of dietetics.
Each member of the board shall receive an amount fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for each day, or portion thereof, actually engaged in the discharge of official duties, and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of those duties.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.194, HB 303, §1, eff. 3/20/2013.
Effective Date: 07-01-1987
Note: The amendment to this section by 129th General AssemblyFile No.10, SB 5, §1 was rejected by voters in the November, 2011 election.
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