Section 279.3 - Professional and occupational examining and licensing boards (Adm. Code Section 812)(a) The professional and occupational examining and licensing boards within the Department of State shall, respectively, exercise the rights and powers and perform the duties by law vested in and imposed upon them: Provided, however, that all certificates and official documents of such examining and licensing boards shall be issued by the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs but may be signed by the members of the appropriate board, or any of them, as determined by such board.(b) No member of any professional examining and licensing board shall at the same time be an officer or agent of any Statewide association or organization representing the profession or occupation subject to the board's action.1929, April 9, P.L. 177, art. VIII, § 812, added 1963, June 3, P.L. 63, § 2. Amended 1979, Dec. 13, P.L. 552, No. 125, § 1, imd. effective.