GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.

(a) It is a ground for removal from the advisory board that a member:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Sections 601.022 and 601.023;

(2) does not maintain during service on the advisory board the qualifications required by Sections 601.022 and 601.023;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 601.023;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled advisory board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the advisory board.

(b) The validity of an action of the advisory board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of an advisory board member exists.

(c) If the executive director of the medical board has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the advisory board of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the advisory board, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.