2019 New York Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 20 - Protection of People With Special Needs
555 - Justice Center Medical Review Board; Organization.

§ 555. Justice  center  medical  review board; organization. (a) There
shall be within the justice center a medical  review  board.  The  board
shall  be  composed  of  up to fifteen members, including specialists in
forensic pathology, psychiatry, internal medicine and addiction medicine
to be appointed by the governor. The governor shall designate one of the
members to serve as chair of the board. Members shall be  appointed  for
terms  of  three years, provided, however, that one-third of the members
first appointed shall be appointed for a one year term and one-third for
two year terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original
appointments for the remainder of  any  unexpired  term.  Members  shall
continue  in  office  after  the  expiration  of their terms until their
successors have been appointed and qualified. The  governor  may  remove
any  member  of  the  board  whenever  in his or her judgment the public
interest may require such removal. In case of such removal, the governor
shall file with the department of state a statement indicating the cause
for such removal. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the  contrary,
the chair of the board may appoint committees of five or more members of
the board and delegate in writing to any such committee the authority to
perform  the  functions,  powers  and  duties  of  the board pursuant to
section five hundred fifty-six of this article.
  (b) The members of the board shall receive no compensation  for  their
services but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties.
  (c)  The board shall have an executive secretary and such officers and
employees as the executive director shall assign  upon  request  of  the
chair of the board, to assist it in the performance of its duties.
  (d)  All  records  of  the  proceedings  and  the deliberations of the
justice center medical review board shall not be subject  to  disclosure
under article thirty-one of the civil practice law and rules.
  (e)  The  board  or  any committee appointed by the chair of the board
shall meet at the request of its chair or the executive director of  the
justice  center.  Any  member  of  the  board  who fails to attend three
consecutive meetings of the board or the committee to which such  member
is  assigned  by  the chair of the board, unless excused by the chair of
the board, shall be considered to have vacated his or her office  unless
otherwise ordered by the governor. The term of any such person appointed
by the governor to fill such vacancy shall be governed by the provisions
of this section.