| (a) |
is an unrehabilitated insolvent; |
| (b) |
in terms of the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974), is disqualified from practising his or her profession; or |
| (c) |
is not a South African citizen permanently resident in the Republic, |
shall be a member of a professional board.
| (2) |
A member of a professional board shall vacate his or her office if he or she— |
| (a) |
becomes subject to any disqualification contemplated in subsection (1); |
| (b) |
ceases to hold any qualification necessary for his or her appointment; |
| (c) |
has been absent from more than two consecutive ordinary meetings of the professional board concerned without such professional board's leave; |
| (d) |
tenders his or her resignation in writing to the chairperson of the professional board; |
| (e) |
becomes a patient or State patient as defined in section 1 of the Mental Health Act, 1973 (Act No. 18 of 1973); |
| (f) |
is convicted in the Republic or elsewhere of an offence for which he or she is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine; or |
| (g) |
becomes impaired to the extent that he or she is unable to carry out his or her duties as a member of the professional board. |
| (3) |
Every vacancy on a professional board arising from a circumstance referred to in subsection (2) and every vacancy caused by the death of a member, shall be filled as prescribed and every member appointed in terms of this subsection shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the period for which the vacating member was appointed. |
[Section 10B inserted by section 10 of Act No. 50 of 2000]
Public Service Commission Act, 1997
