2006 New York Code - Medical Advisory Committee.

 
    § 365-c.  Medical advisory committee. 1.  A medical advisory committee
  is  hereby  established  to  consist  of  twenty  members  who  shall be
  appointed by the governor, by and with the advice  and  consent  of  the
  senate,  for the following terms: seven shall be appointed for a term to
  expire on May thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-four:  seven  shall
  be  appointed for a term to expire on May thirty-first, nineteen hundred
  seventy-five: and six shall be appointed for a term  to  expire  on  May
  thirty-first,   nineteen   hundred  seventy-six.     Thereafter  members
  appointed upon expiration of a term of office shall be appointed  for  a
  term  of three years.  Vacancies caused by death, resignation or refusal
  to act or by removal from the state shall be filled  for  the  unexpired
  term  only.      At  least seven members of such committee shall be duly
  licensed physicians.  The governor shall designate a chairman from among
  the members of the medical advisory committee, to serve as such  at  the
  pleasure  of  the  governor.    In appointing the members of the medical
  advisory  committee,  the   governor   shall   give   consideration   to
  professional    qualifications   and   experience   and   to   achieving
  representation of the professions  of  medicine,  osteopathy,  podiatry,
  mental health, social work, dentistry, optometry, chiropractic, physical
  therapy,  pharmacy,  nursing,  hospital  and  health  administration and
  education for the health professions, of public and private agencies  in
  the  field  of  medical  assistance,  and of recipients and consumers of
  medical assistance for needy persons.
    2.  The medical advisory committee shall advise the commissioner  with
  respect  to  health  and medical care services provided pursuant to this
  title.
    3.  The medical advisory committee shall meet at least  once  a  year.
  Special  meetings  may be called by the chairman, and shall be called by
  him at the request of the governor or the commissioner.
    4.  No member of the medical advisory committee shall be  disqualified
  from holding any other public office or employment, nor shall he forfeit
  any  such  office  or  employment by reason of his employment hereunder,
  notwithstanding the provisions of any general,  special  or  local  law,
  ordinance or charter.
    5.    The  members  of the medical advisory committee shall receive no
  compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their  actual  and
  necessary   expenses   incurred  in  the  performance  of  their  duties
  hereunder.