Section 34-22-60

Board created; composition; terms of office.

There is hereby created and established the Board of Optometric Scholarship Awards which shall be authorized and required to establish scholarships to provide for and further optometric training in pursuance of an optometric degree, of qualified applicants for admission to the University of Alabama School of Optometry. The board shall be composed of one optometrist from six components of the component societies of Alabama Optometric Association whose terms of office shall be staggered, (A) two optometrists being elected for a term of two years; (B) two optometrists being elected for a term of three years; (C) two optometrists being elected for a term of four years, with each successor to the aforesaid optometrists to be elected for a term of four years; (D) the secretary of the Alabama Optometric Association or his appointee who shall serve as chairman of the board; (E) the dean of the University of Alabama School of Optometry or his designee; (F) the chairman of the University of Alabama School of Optometry Admissions Committee; and (G) two community representatives to be appointed by the Governor of the State of Alabama.

(Acts 1982, No. 82-460, p. 735, §1.)