§ 90-270.141.  Qualifications of Board members; removal of Board members.

(a) Each licensed psychologist and licensed psychological associate member of the Board shall have the following qualifications:

(1) Shall be a resident of this State and a citizen of the United States;

(2) Shall be at the time of appointment and shall have been for at least five years prior thereto, actively engaged in one or more branches of psychology or in the education and training of master's, specialist, doctoral, or postdoctoral students of psychology or in psychological research, and such activity during the two years preceding appointment shall have occurred primarily in this State.

(3) Shall be free of conflict of interest in performing the duties of the Board.

(b) Each public member of the Board shall have the following qualifications:

(1) Shall be a resident of this State and a citizen of the United States;

(2) Shall be free of conflict of interest or the appearance of such conflict in performing the duties of the Board;

(3) Shall not be a psychologist, an applicant or former applicant for licensure as a psychologist, or a member of a household that includes a psychologist.

(c) A Board member shall be automatically removed from the Board if he or she:

(1) Ceases to meet the qualifications specified in this subsection;

(2) Fails to attend three successive Board meetings without just cause as determined by the remainder of the Board;

(3) Is found by the remainder of the Board to be in violation of the provisions of this Article or to have engaged in immoral, dishonorable, unprofessional, or unethical conduct, and such conduct is deemed to compromise the integrity of the Board;

(4) Is found to be guilty of a felony or an unlawful act involving moral turpitude by a court of competent jurisdiction or is found to have entered a plea of nolo contendere to a felony or an unlawful act involving moral turpitude;

(5) Is found guilty of malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in relation to his or her Board duties by a court of competent jurisdiction; or

(6) Is incapacitated and without reasonable likelihood of resuming Board duties, as determined by the Board. (1967, c. 910, s. 7; 1977, c. 670, s. 6; 1985, c. 734, s. 5; 1993, c. 375, s. 1; 2020-82, s. 1(a).)