2005 Vermont Code - § 5084. — Statewide birth defect information system

§ 5084. Statewide birth defect information system

(a) The commissioner of health, in collaboration with the March of Dimes, shall appoint a birth information council to advise on the need for and implementation of a comprehensive, integrated, and confidential birth information system.

(b) The council shall be composed of nine members, who represent each of the following interests:

(1) obstetrics and gynecology;

(2) pediatrics and genetics;

(3) the Vermont Children's Health Improvement Program;

(4) a parent of a child with special medical needs;

(5) an adult with special medical needs;

(6) the commissioner of health, or his or her designee;

(7) the Family, Infant, and Toddler Program;

(8) the Vermont chapter of the March of Dimes; and

(9) the Vermont Program for Quality Health Care.

(c) Not later than 30 days after the initial appointments are made under subsection (b) of this section, the commissioner shall convene the first meeting of the council. In consultation with and with the approval of the council, the commissioner shall appoint, at the first meeting of the council, the chair and the vice chair of the council from among its members.

(d) The council shall establish rules of procedure as necessary to facilitate the council's orderly conduct of business.

(e) Council members shall serve without compensation. The department shall provide professional and clerical support to the council as necessary. (Added 2001, No. 87 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 2, 2002.)