A board member serves for a 3-year term and continues serving until a successor is appointed.__A member may not serve for more than 2 consecutive terms.__In the case of a vacancy, the commissioner shall fill promptly the vacancy.__Members are compensated as provided in Title 5, chapter 379.

5.__Meetings; powers and duties.__The commissioner shall convene a meeting of the board within 30 days of receipt of a written request for review of a license denial.__The commissioner shall select 3 members of the board to preside over each appeal as follows:

A.__One of the public members;

B.__One of the members licensed under this Part to engage in commercial harvesting activities in a limited-entry fishery not related to the license for which the appeal is requested; and

C.__One of the members licensed under this Part to engage in commercial harvesting activities in the limited-entry fishery for which the appeal is requested.

A quorum of 3 members is required to begin a meeting or take any action.__The board shall make a written recommendation to the commissioner regarding the issuance of a license.__The board may recommend that the commissioner issue a license only if the board finds that the applicable criteria in subsection 7 or 8 are met.__ The commissioner shall make the final decision to approve or deny the appeal.

6.__Appeals process.__A person appealing a license denial under this section must request the review in writing.__The board shall hold a hearing on the appeal if a hearing is requested in writing within 10 days of the initial request. If a hearing is requested, it must be held within 30 days of the request unless a longer period is agreed to by all parties in writing, and the hearing must be conducted in the Augusta area.

A hearing held under this subsection is informal.__At the hearing, the appellant may present any evidence concerning the criteria listed in subsection 7 or 8 that might justify issuing a license to the person, and the board may request any additional information the board considers necessary. Any medical information provided as part of the appeal is a confidential record for the purposes of Title 1, section 402, subsection 3, paragraph A.