NRS637B.100. Creation; number, appointment and qualifications of members; representative of general public not to participate in examination.

      1.  The Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech Pathology, consisting of five members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created.

      2.  The Governor shall appoint:

      (a) Two members who have been engaged in the practice of speech pathology for 2 years or more;

      (b) One member who has been engaged in the practice of audiology for 2 years or more;

      (c) One member who is a physician and who is certified by the Board of Medical Examiners as a specialist in otolaryngology, pediatrics or neurology; and

      (d) One member who is a representative of the general public. This member must not be:

             (1) A speech pathologist or an audiologist; or

             (2) The spouse or the parent or child, by blood, marriage or adoption, of a speech pathologist or an audiologist.

      3.  Members of the Board who are speech pathologists and audiologists must be representative of the university, public school, hospital or private aspects of the practice of audiology and of speech pathology.

      4.  Each member of the Board who is a speech pathologist or audiologist must hold a current license issued pursuant to this chapter or a current certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

      5.  The member who is a representative of the general public may not participate in preparing, conducting or grading any examination required by the Board.

      (Added to NRS by 1979, 1254; A 2003, 1195)