(1) The Michigan board of audiology is created within the department. The board consists of the following 9 voting members who meet the requirements of part 161:

    (a) Five audiologists. The members initially appointed under this subdivision shall meet the requirements of section 16135.

    (b) Two members shall be persons licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery who hold a certificate of qualification from the American board of otolaryngology.

    (c) Two public members, neither of whom is an audiologist or physician or has family or financial ties to an audiologist or physician.

    (2) The terms of office of individual members of the board created under subsection (1), except those appointed to fill vacancies, expire 4 years after appointment on June 30 of the year in which the term will expire.