Sec. 453.056. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL

(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a member:

(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 453.051(a);

(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Section 453.051(a);

(3) violates a prohibition established by Section 453.054;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year unless the absence is excused by majority vote of the board.

(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a board member exists.

(c) If the coordinator of physical therapy programs has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the coordinator shall notify the presiding officer of the board of the ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor that a potential ground for removal exists.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.