2014 New York Laws
EDN - Education
Title 8 - THE PROFESSIONS
Article 131 - (6520 - 6529) MEDICINE
6523 - State board for medicine.

 6523. State board for medicine.  A state board for medicine shall be
  appointed  by the board of regents on recommendation of the commissioner
  for the purpose of assisting the board of regents and the department  on
  matters  of professional licensing in accordance with section sixty-five
  hundred eight of this title. The board shall be  composed  of  not  less
  than  twenty  physicians licensed in this state for at least five years,
  two of whom shall be doctors of osteopathy. The board shall also consist
  of not less than two physician's assistants licensed to practice in this
  state. The participation  of  physician's  assistant  members  shall  be
  limited  to matters relating to article one hundred thirty-one-B of this
  chapter. An executive secretary to the board shall be appointed  by  the
  board  of  regents  on  recommendation  of the commissioner and shall be
  either a physician licensed in this state  or  a  non-physician,  deemed
  qualified by the commissioner and board of regents.