(a) There is hereby established an Architects Licensure Board which shall consist of the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs, the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of Attorney General, or his designee, two members who shall represent the public at large, and five members, all of whom shall be architects, who have been in the active practice of architecture in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for not less than seven years prior to their appointment.

(b) Each professional and public member of the board shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The confirmed members of the State Board of Examiners of Architects constituted under the act of July 12, 1919 (P.L. 933, No. 369), referred to as the Architects Registration Law,¹ who were members on December 14, 1982, and the presently confirmed members of the Architects Licensure Board constituted under this act as of December 31, 1983, shall continue to serve as board members until their terms of office expire but not longer than six months beyond the expiration of such term. In the event that any of said members 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. When terms of the present board members expire, the next term of succeeding board members shall be designated to expire at different times so that one member shall be appointed for a term of one year, one member shall be appointed for a term of two years, one member shall be appointed for a term of three years, one member shall be appointed for a term of four years, and one member shall be appointed for a full term of five years. Successive terms shall be four years or until his successor is appointed and qualified.

(c) A member appointed for a full term shall not be eligible for more than two consecutive full terms.

(d) Each member of the board shall take and subscribe to the oath of office generally required of State officials.

(e) A member of the board 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.

(f) The board is subject to evaluation, review and termination within the time and in the manner provided in the act of December 22, 1981 (P.L. 508, No. 142), known as the “Sunset Act.”²

(g) Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum.