---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 1500.44"
title: "15"
number: "1500.44"
heading: "Disqualification and removal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/1500.44"
---

# §1500.44. Disqualification and removal.

- (a) In the event that any Board member or alternate Board member who was appointed as a manufacturer ceases to qualify as a manufacturer, such Board member or alternate Board member shall be disqualified from serving on the Board.
- (b) [Reserved]
- (c) **All members serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.** The Board may recommend to the Secretary that a member be removed from office.

## Notes

### Amendments

[91 FR 9707, Feb. 27, 2026]

### Source

Source: 86 FR 51478, Sept. 15, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 8701-8717.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 23276, May 3, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[91 FR 9707, Feb. 27, 2026]