Section 5.1: Each member of the Board shall serve for the term for which he/she is appointed and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
Section 5.2: The terms of the appointed members of the Board of Regents shall be for six years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
Section 5.3: The faculty member shall serve for a term of three years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified. The faculty member shall be eligible for reelection, but he/she shall not be eligible to continue to serve as a member of the Board if he/she ceases being a member of the teaching staff of the University. Elections to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term in the same manner as provided for the original election.
Section 5.4: The student member shall serve for a term of one year beginning with the first meeting of the fiscal year which contains that academic year. If the student member does not maintain his position as student body president or his status as a full-time student at any time during that academic year, a special election shall be held to select a full-time student member.
Section 5.5: The non-teaching personnel member shall serve for a term of three years and until his successor is elected and qualified. The nonteaching personnel member shall be eligible for reelection, but he/she shall not be eligible to continue to serve as a member of the Board if he/she ceases being an employee of the University. Elections to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term in the same manner as provided for the original election.
Section 5.6: Any member of the Board of Regents may be removed from office by an order of the Governor entered in the executive journal after being afforded a hearing with counsel before the Council on Postsecondary Education and a finding of fact by the Council. However, no member of the Board of Regents shall be removed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky except for cause.