2009 California Health and Safety Code - Section 39670-39671 :: Article 5. Scientific Review Panel

39670.  (a) A nine-member Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air
Contaminants shall be appointed to advise the state board and the
Department of Pesticide Regulation in their evaluation of the health
effects toxicity of substances pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with
Section 39660) of this chapter and Article 1.5 (commencing with
Section 14021) of Chapter 3 of Division 7 of the Food and
Agricultural Code.
   (b) The members of the panel shall be highly qualified and
professionally active or engaged in the conduct of scientific
research, and shall be appointed as follows, subject to Section
39671, for a term of three years:
   (1) Five members shall be appointed by the Secretary for
Environmental Protection, one of whom shall be qualified as a
pathologist, one of whom shall be qualified as an oncologist, one of
whom shall be qualified as an epidemiologist, one of whom shall be
qualified as an atmospheric scientist, and one of whom shall have
relevant scientific experience and shall be experienced in the
operation of scientific review or advisory bodies.
   (2) Two members shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on
Rules, one of whom shall be qualified as a biostatistician and one of
whom shall be a physician or scientist specializing in occupational
medicine.
   (3) Two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly,
one of whom shall be qualified as a toxicologist and one of whom
shall be qualified as a biochemist or molecular biologist.
   (4) Members of the panel shall be appointed from a pool of
nominees submitted to each appointing body by the President of the
University of California. The pool shall include, at a minimum, three
nominees for each discipline represented on the panel, and shall
include only individuals who hold, or have held, academic or
equivalent appointments at universities and their affiliates in
California.
   (c) The Secretary for Environmental Protection shall appoint a
member of the panel to serve as chairperson.
   (d) The panel may utilize special consultants or establish ad hoc
committees, which may include other scientists, to assist it in
performing its functions.
   (e) Members of the panel, and any ad hoc committee established by
the panel, shall submit annually a financial disclosure statement
that includes a listing of income received within the preceding three
years, including investments, grants, and consulting fees derived
from individuals or businesses which might be affected by regulatory
actions undertaken by the state board or districts pursuant to this
chapter. The financial disclosure statements submitted pursuant to
this subdivision are public information. Members of the panel shall
be subject to the disqualification requirements of Section 87100 of
the Government Code.
   (f) Members of the panel shall receive one hundred dollars ($100)
per day for attending panel meetings and meetings of the state board,
or upon authorization of the chairperson of the state board while on
official business of the panel, and shall be reimbursed for actual
and necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties.
   (g) The state board and the office, and, in the case of economic
poisons, the Department of Pesticide Regulation, shall provide
sufficient resources for support of the panel, including technical,
administrative, and clerical support, which shall include, but not be
limited to, office facilities and staff sufficient for the
maintenance of files, scheduling of meetings, arrangement of travel
accommodations, and preparation of panel findings, as required by
subdivision (b) of Section 39661.

39671.  The terms of the members of the Scientific Review Panel on
Toxic Air Contaminants appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 39670 shall be staggered so that the terms of three members
expire each year.