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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 10 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 396; in 1968, chapter 371; in 1972, chapter 94; in 1974, chapter 67; in 1978, chapter 499; in 1979, chapter 711; in 1989, chapter 73; in 1991, chapter 93; in 1998, chapter 891<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 128<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1428193,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359648,"identifier":"32.1-5","token":"32.1\/1\/2\/32.1-5","url":"\/32.1-5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-5\/","token":"32.1\/1\/2\/32.1-5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appointment of members; terms and vacancies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There shall be a State Board<\/span> of Health which shall consist of 15 residents of the Commonwealth appointed by the Governor for terms of four years each. Two members of the Board shall be members of the Medical Society of Virginia, one member shall be a member of the Virginia Pharmaceutical Association, one member shall be a member of the State Dental Association, one member shall be a member of the Virginia Nurses’ Association, one member shall be a member of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association, one member shall be a representative of local government, one member shall be a representative of the hospital industry, one member shall be a representative of the nursing home industry, one member shall be a representative of the licensed health carriers responsible under Title 38.2 for a managed care health insurance plan, one member shall be a corporate purchaser of health care, two members shall be consumers, one member shall have public environmental health expertise, and one member shall be a representative of the emergency medical services community recommended by the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. A vacancy other than by expiration of term shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.<\/p>

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