I. There shall be a board of chiropractic examiners consisting of 5 members; including 4 chiropractors and one public member, each to be appointed by the governor, with the approval of the council, to a term of 5 years; except that 2 members of the initial board shall be appointed to a 2-year term; 2 members of the initial board shall be appointed to a 4-year term; and one member of the initial board shall be appointed to a 5-year term. No member of the board shall be appointed to more than 2 consecutive terms. Only board members provided for in this paragraph shall have the authority to vote in board determinations.
II. Board members who are chiropractors shall be graduates of some resident school or college of chiropractic and shall have resided and practiced in this state for at least one year.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 316-A:2

  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4

III. The public member of the board shall be a person who is not, and never was, a member of the chiropractic profession or the spouse of any such person, and who does not have, and never has had, a material financial interest in either the provision of chiropractic services or an activity directly related to chiropractic, including the representation of the board or profession for a fee at any time during the 5 years preceding appointment.
IV. [Repealed.]