Any vacancy occurring on the Board before the expiration of the term of office of the member who causes it shall be filled in the same way as the original member was appointed, for the unexpired portion thereof.
The Governor of Puerto Rico may remove any Board member from office after filing charges and due notice and hearing, for immoral conduct, inefficiency or negligence in the performance of his/her duties, for lack of professional ethics, for conviction of a felony or misdemeanor which implies moral turpitude, or because his/her license has been suspended, revoked or cancelled, or for any other just cause.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 6, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.