Maryland Health Occupations Section 15-202

      (a)      (1)      The Committee shall consist of 7 members appointed by the Board.

            (2)      Of the 7 Committee members:

                  (i)      3 shall be licensed physicians;

                  (ii)      3 shall be certified physician assistants; and

                  (iii)      1 shall be a consumer.

            (3)      Of the licensed physician members:

                  (i)      At least 1 shall specialize in general surgery or a surgical subspecialty; and

                  (ii)      At least 1 shall specialize in internal medicine, family practice, or a similar primary care specialty.

            (4)      The Board shall:

                  (i)      Appoint the physician assistant members from a list of names submitted by:

                        1.      The Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants; and

                        2.      The State institutions of higher education with approved physician assistant programs;

                  (ii)      Appoint the consumer member selected by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; and

                  (iii)      Assign a physician member of the Board to serve as a voting Board representative at all meetings of the Advisory Committee.

            (5)      The consumer member:

                  (i)      Shall be a member of the general public;

                  (ii)      May not be a physician, former physician, physician assistant, or a person in training to become a physician or physician assistant;

                  (iii)      May not have a household member who is a physician or physician assistant, or a person in training to become a physician assistant; and

                  (iv)      May not have had within 2 years before appointment a substantial financial interest in a process regulated by the Board.

            (6)      Each member of the Committee shall be a resident of the State.

      (b)      Of the three physician members of the Committee, two shall be previously or currently serving as supervising physicians of a physician assistant under a Board-approved delegation agreement.

      (c)      The physician assistant members shall be certified as a physician assistant under this title.

      (d)      The physician assistant members shall be currently practicing as a physician assistant or employed as a faculty member of an accredited physician assistant program.

      (e)      A Committee chairperson and a secretary shall be selected every 2 years by a majority vote of the membership of the Committee.

      (f)      The chairperson shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Board as a representative of the Committee.