GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL

(a) It is a ground for removal from the acupuncture board that a member: (1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Sections 205.051 and 205.052; (2) does not maintain during service on the acupuncture board the qualifications required by Sections 205.051 and 205.052; (3) violates a prohibition established by Section 205.053; (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 acupuncture board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year. (b) The validity of an action of the acupuncture board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of an acupuncture board member exists. (c) If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal of an acupuncture board member exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the acupuncture board of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify the next highest officer of the acupuncture board, who shall notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.