California Code, Business and Professions Code - BPC § 3600-1

A self-sustaining Osteopathic Medical Board of California to consist of five members and to be known as the “Osteopathic Medical Board of California” is hereby created and established. The Governor shall appoint the members of the board, each of whom shall have been a citizen of this state and in active practice for at least five years next preceding his or her appointment. Each of the members shall be appointed from among persons who are graduates of osteopathic schools who hold unrevoked physician's and surgeon's D.O. licenses or certificates to practice in this state. No one residing or practicing outside of this state may be appointed to, or sit as a member of, the board. The Governor shall fill by appointment all vacancies on the board for the unexpired term. The term of office of each member shall be three years; provided, that of the first board appointed, one shall be appointed for one year, two for two years, and two for three years, and that thereafter all appointments shall be for three years, except that appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term only. No member shall serve for more than three full consecutive terms. The Governor shall have power to remove from office any member of the board for neglect of duty required by the Osteopathic Act or Medical Practice Act, for no longer complying with the residency or practice requirements of this section, for incompetency, or for unprofessional conduct. Each member of the board shall, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, take the constitutional oath of office. All fees collected on behalf of the Osteopathic Medical Board of California and all receipts of every kind and nature, shall be reported at the beginning of each month for the month preceding, to the Controller and at the same time the entire amount must be paid into the State Treasury and shall be credited to a fund to be known as the Osteopathic Medical Board of California Contingent Fund, which fund is hereby created. The contingent fund shall be for the use of the Osteopathic Medical Board of California and out of it and not otherwise shall be paid all expenses of the board. Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103, provided the fees and other receipts of the board are sufficient to meet this expense.

The Governor shall appoint the members of the board within 30 days after this act takes effect. The board shall be organized within 60 days after the appointment of its members by the Governor by electing from its number a president, vice president, and a secretary who shall also be the treasurer, who shall hold their respective positions during the pleasure of the board. The board shall hold one meeting during the first quarter of each calendar year at a time and place designated by the board with power of adjournment from time to time until its business is concluded. Special meetings of the board may be held at such time and place as the board may designate. Notice of each regular or special meeting shall be given twice a week for two weeks next preceding each meeting in one daily paper published in the City of San Francisco, one published in the City of Sacramento, and one published in the City of Los Angeles which notice shall also specify the time and place of holding the examination of applicants. The secretary of the board upon an authorization from the president of the board, or the chairperson of the committee may call meetings of any duly appointed committee of the board at a specified time and place and it shall not be necessary to advertise those committee meetings. The board shall receive through its secretary applications for certificates to be issued by the board and shall, on or before the first day of January in each year transmit to the Governor a full report of all its proceedings together with a report of its receipts and disbursements.

The office of the board shall be in the City of Sacramento. Suboffices may be established in Los Angeles and San Francisco and records as may be necessary may be transferred temporarily to those suboffices. Legal proceedings against the board may be instituted in any one of the three cities.

The board may from time to time adopt rules as may be necessary to enable it to carry into effect the provisions of this act. It shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board to carry any motion or resolution, to adopt any rules, pass any measure or to authorize the issuance or the revocation of any certificate. Any member of the board may administer oaths in all matters pertaining to the duties of the board and the board shall have authority to take evidence in any matter cognizable by it. The board shall keep an official record of its proceedings, a part of which record shall consist of a register of all applicants for certificates under this act together with the action of the board upon each application.

The board shall have the power to employ legal counsel to advise and assist it in connection with all matters cognizable by the board or in connection with any litigation or legal proceedings instituted by or against the board and may also employ clerical assistance as it may deem necessary to carry into effect this act. The board may fix the compensation to be paid for those services and may incur other expense as it may deem necessary; provided, however, that all of that expense shall be payable only from the fund hereinbefore provided for and to be known as the Osteopathic Medical Board of California Contingent Fund.