Chap. 398.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1486 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended, relating to the State Board of Health, so as to add a Member of
the Virginia Pharmaceutical Association to the Board. [S B 18]]

Approved March 30, 1946

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section fourteen hundred eighty-six of the Code of Virginia,
as amended, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 1486. State Board of Health; how members appointed;
terms of office, meetings, officers ; quorum.—On and after July first, nine-
teen hundred twenty-four, the State Board of Health shall consist of sev-
en members appointed by the Governor for terms of seven years each;
provided that the first appointments hereunder shall be for terms as fol-
lows: One for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for
four years, one for five years, one for six years, and one for seven years.
One member shall be chosen from each of the grand divisions of the
State, namely, Tidewater, Middle Virginia, Piedmont, the Valley, and
Southwest Virginia, and two members of the Board shall be members of
the Medical Society of Virginia, and one member of the State Dental
Association. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same
nanner as original appointments are made.

The first vacancy occurring by death or resignation after the ef-
ective date of this amendment in a position on the Board filled by a
nember from one of the grand divisions of the State shall be filled by the
ppointment of a member of the Virginia Pharmaceutical Association,
nd thereafter one member shall be a member of the Virginia Pharmaceu-
ical Association.

The Board shall meet annually in the City of Richmond, and at such
ther times and places as it determines. It shall elect from its number

president who shall perform the usual duties of such officer in addition
9 the particular duties prescribed by law.

The Board may adopt by-laws for its government. Three members
hall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any lawful business.
‘the Commissioner of Health shall, subject to the confirmation by the
oard, detail an officer or an employee of the Department of Health to
et as secretary of the Board, and such detailed officer or employee shall
ot be entitled to any extra compensation for such service.