(a) The Commissioner appoints members of the Committee, other than the Commissioner of State Health Services.
(b) The Commissioner may solicit recommendations for prospective Committee members from industry trade associations, consumer advocacy groups, Boards of Regents of colleges and universities or any other groups or entities that have reason to be knowledgeable about or concerned with the structural pest control industry.
(c) The department shall develop a form that prospective Committee appointees must complete prior to being appointed to the Committee. The form shall be designed to elicit all information necessary to determine whether the person is qualified to serve as a Committee member.
(d) The Commissioner shall make appointments to the Committee during January of each odd-numbered year, or as necessary to fill vacancies.
(e) The Commissioner may consider the geographic ties of prospective Committee members to assure that the interests of all geographic areas of Texas are represented.
(f) Other than the Commissioner of State Health Services, a person may serve no more than two (2) consecutive four (4) year terms as a member of the Committee.
(g) To qualify as a member of the Committee who is from an institution of higher education, an individual must have a post-graduate (masters or doctoral) degree and be, at the time of appointment, employed in a teaching capacity at an institution of higher education and have experience teaching courses that demonstrate that the individual is knowledgeable in the science of pests and pest control.

Source Note: The provisions of this §7.193 adopted to be effective October 21, 2007, 32 TexReg 7261; amended to be effective December 21, 2015, 40 TexReg 9116; amended to be effective January 16, 2023, 48 TexReg 129