Section 15. Tenure of office and compensation of members. —

The members of the Board of Medical Examiners shall hold office for a term of three years without immediate reappointment and until their successors shall have been duly appointed and duly qualified. During the first year of the implementation of this amendment, the members of the Board of Medical Examiners shall hold office as follows:

Two members for a term of one year;

Two members for a term of two years;

Two members for a term of three years:

Provided, That yearly appointments of two new members will be made to replace those whose terms will expire: Provided, further, That appointments to fill up vacancies created by causes other than through expiration of regular terms will be for the unexpired period only. Each member shall receive as compensation ten pesos for each candidate examined for registration as physician, and five pesos for each candidate examined in the preliminary or final physician examination, provided the sum of said compensation does not exceed eighteen thousand pesos annually.

The President of the Philippines, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Civil Service, after due investigation, may remove any member of the Board of Medical Examiners for neglect of duty, incompetency, or unprofessional or dishonorable conduct.