NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 533
SENATE BILL 567

AN ACT TO ADD A PUBLIC MEMBER TO THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF OPTICIANS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 90-238 is amended by deleting the second, third, and fourth sentences of that section and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
"The Board shall consist of six members appointed by the Governor as follows:
(1)	five dispensing opticians, each of whom shall serve a five-year term. Each year, as the term of one dispensing optician expires, the Governor shall appoint a dispensing optician to the Board chosen from a list of names submitted by the North Carolina Opticians Association. That list shall be composed of the names of dispensing opticians licensed to practice in this State who will have been engaged in the practice of dispensing opticianry for at least five years prior to appointment to the Board.
(2)	one citizen and resident of North Carolina who is not licensed to practice opticianry, who shall serve a four-year term.
Each member of the Board shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualifies; provided that no person shall serve on this Board for more than two complete consecutive terms."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1979.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of May, 1979.