Delaware Code Title 16. Health and Safety § 1003B. Appointment;  composition;  qualifications;  term of office;  removal;  compensation

(a) The Commission consists of 19 members, as follows:

(b) Members who are granted the ability to select a designee must provide the designation in writing to the commission chair.  A designee serves at the pleasure of and has the same duties and rights as the member who provided the designation.

(c) Each member appointed under paragraph (a)(4) of this section is appointed for a period of 3 years and may serve 1 additional term.  Each term expires on the date specified in the appointment;  however, a member remains eligible to participate in commission proceedings until the Governor replaces that member.

(d) The Governor may appoint a member under paragraph (a)(4) of this section for a term of less than 3 years to ensure that the members' terms expire on a staggered basis.

(e) A member does not receive compensation but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties.

(f) A member may be removed by the member's appointing authority for gross inefficiency, misfeasance, nonfeasance, malfeasance, or neglect of duty in office.  A member is deemed in neglect of duty if the member is absent from 3 consecutive, regular commission meetings or attends less than 50% of commission meetings in a calendar year.  The member's appointing authority may consider the member to have resigned and may accept the member's resignation.