§3529 Medical advisory board

Summary

The Director must set up a medical advisory board inside the Agency. The board must study the Agency’s Office of Medical Services, send interim and final written reports to the congressional intelligence committees, and give advice if an inspector general does an independent review. The study must focus on modernizing and reforming the Office, keeping its work at the highest professional quality, and making sure medical care meets top medical standards. The board will have 9 members chosen by a mix of congressional leaders, intelligence committee leaders, and the Director of National Intelligence. At the first meeting members pick a chair who cannot be a current or former Agency employee. Members must be medical experts with clinical experience and able to get security clearances. They serve for the life of the board and vacancies are filled the same way. Members may be paid up to the daily equivalent of Executive Schedule level IV, federal employees get no extra pay, and travel expenses can be paid. The DNI may detail staff to help the board who keep their job rights and must have clearances. The board must meet at least quarterly and meet the congressional intelligence committees twice a year. The board can request information from any agency, but only the Director may refuse such requests; if the Director refuses, they must notify the congressional intelligence committees within 15 days. The Director must also give the board full briefings when asked. The board ends 5 years after its first meeting. The terms “congressional intelligence committees” and “intelligence community” are defined elsewhere.