Chap. 188.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1666 of the Code of Virginia

relating to composition and appointment of the Board of Pharmacy of the State

of Virginia. [H 272]
Approved March 11, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

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

Section 1666. Board of Pharmacy: how appointed: qualification of
members; oath—(a) The Board of Pharmacy of the State of Virginia
is continued and shall consist of five members, each of whom shall be a
registered pharmacist and a graduate of an approved school or college of
pharmacy, to be appointed by the Governor, each for the term of five
vears from June thirty of each vear; their terms shall continue to be so
arranged that the term of one of them expires each year and all vacancies
occurring on the Board shall be filled by the Governor,

(b) Each appointment on the Board may be made from a list of at
least five names for each vacancy sent to the Governor, or to the Gov-
ernor-elect, by the Virginia Pharmaceutical Association. Nominations
are to be made to the Governor by June first of each year.

(c) The Governor shall notify the association promptly of any va-
cancy other than by expiration and like nominations may be made for
the filling of the vacancy.

(d) In no case shall the Governor be bound to make any appoint-
ment from among the nominees of the association.

(e) Every person appointed a member of the Board shall, before
entering upon the duties of his office, take the oath of office before some
officer authorized to administer an oath, and file the certificate of the
oath with the secretary of the Board.

(f{) No person shall be eligible to serve for or during more than
two successive terms, and incumbency during the current term when
this amendment takes effect constitutes the first of the two successive
terms with respect to eligibility for appointment.

(g) The Governor may remove any member of the Board for mis-
conduct, incapacity, or neglect of duty and he shall be the sole judge
of the sufficiency of the cause for removal. He shall report every such
removal at once to the General Assembly if it is in session, and if not
at the beginning of the next session.