Michigan board of psychology; creation; membership; terms.

Sec. 18221. (1) The Michigan board of psychology is created in the department. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), the board consists of the following 9 voting members who must meet the requirements of part 161: 5 psychologists, including at least 1 nondoctoral psychologist, and 4 public members. (2) Beginning after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, all of the following apply to the board described in subsection (1): (a) The 4 public members shall continue in office for the remainder of their respective terms. When the term of office of the first public member expires, the governor shall not appoint a public member to fill that position but shall instead, subject to part 161, appoint 1 psychologist who holds a license under section 18223(1) to fill the position, thereby reducing the total number of public members on the board to 3 and increasing the number of psychologists who hold a license under section 18223(1) to 5. (b) The governor shall, subject to part 161, appoint 2 psychologists who hold a limited license under section 18223(3) to the board, thereby increasing the total number of psychologists who hold limited licenses on the board to 3 and the total number of voting members on the board to 11. (3) The terms of office of individual members of the board created under this section, except those appointed to fill vacancies, expire 4 years after appointment on December 31 of the year in which the term expires.