2006 New York Code - Regional Trauma Advisory Committees.

 
    §  3065.  Regional  trauma  advisory  committees.  1. There are hereby
  continued or established in  the  department  regional  trauma  advisory
  committees  in  each geographic area of the state. They shall consist of
  trauma surgeons, trauma nurses, emergency physicians, emergency  nurses,
  and  other  emergency and trauma care professionals from trauma centers,
  emergency  departments,  and  emergency  services  designated   by   the
  department  within  each  region.  They  shall  be representative of the
  communities and health care  facilities  within  the  region  and  those
  medical  and  nursing specialties and subspecialities regularly involved
  in trauma care. They shall advise the state trauma  advisory  committee,
  the  department, and the commissioner regarding trauma and disaster care
  within each region, and assist the state trauma advisory committee,  the
  department,  and  the  commissioner  with the coordination of trauma and
  disaster care within each region, including, but  not  limited  to,  the
  implementation  of  statewide  quality improvement guidelines for trauma
  and disaster care, trauma systems, trauma centers, and  trauma  stations
  within  each  region,  in  a  manner  consistent  with  the  intent  and
  provisions of sections twenty-eight hundred five-j  and  three  thousand
  four-a  of  this  chapter.  The  state  trauma  advisory committee shall
  authorize the bylaws of each regional trauma advisory committee, subject
  to approval by the commissioner.
    2. The regional trauma advisory committees shall continue to  meet  as
  frequently  as  their  business may require. The members of the regional
  trauma advisory committees  shall  receive  no  compensation  for  their
  services as members.
    3.  The  department  shall  determine  the ways and means necessary to
  assist the regional trauma advisory committees in performing the  duties
  specified  under  this  section,  and  may contract with regional trauma
  program agencies to provide such assistance.
    4. In no event shall any member, officer, or  employee  of  the  state
  trauma  advisory committee be liable for damages in any civil action for
  any act done, failure to  act,  or  statement  of  opinion  made,  while
  discharging  his  or her duties as a member, officer, or employee of the
  regional trauma advisory committee if he or she shall have acted in good
  faith, with reasonable care.