(a) The State Board of Barber Examiners shall consist of the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General, or his designee; three members who shall be persons representing the public at large and six members, each of whom shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, shall have been a registered barber under the laws of this Commonwealth and shall have engaged in the profession of barbering in this Commonwealth for a period of at least five years immediately preceding his appointment. Each professional and public member shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(b) Not more than two members of any one organization, association or group composed of barbers or persons interested primarily in the welfare and advancement of barbers or barber shops shall serve on the board at the same time. Not more than one member who is affiliated with any school of barbering shall serve on the board at any given time. No other member may serve on the board who has been affiliated with a school of barbering within three years prior to his nomination.

(c) The board shall elect one of its members as chairman, one of its members as vice chairman and one of its members as secretary.

(d) Six members of the board shall constitute a quorum.

(e) The members of the board, other than the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs or the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General, or his designee, shall receive sixty dollars per diem for each day actually devoted to the work of the board. Members shall also receive the amount of reasonable traveling, hotel and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(f) Those members currently serving on the board shall continue to serve until the expiration of their terms and until successors are appointed and qualified according to law, but not longer than six months beyond the expiration of their terms. This section shall not prohibit the reappointment of existing members.

(g) Professional and public members appointed after the expiration of the terms of current board members shall serve the following terms: two professional members and one public member shall serve one year, two professional members and one public member shall serve two-year terms and two professional members and one public member shall serve three-year terms. Thereafter, all public and professional members shall serve three-year terms. No member may serve more than two consecutive terms.

(h) In the event that any member of the board shall die or resign during his term of office, his successor shall be appointed in the same way and with the same qualifications as above set forth and shall hold office for the unexpired term.

(i) A member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings shall forfeit his seat unless the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs, upon written request from the member, finds that the member should be excused from a meeting because of illness or the death of an immediate family member.