§321-225 The state emergency medical services advisory committee. (a) There is established within the department of health for administrative purposes only the state emergency medical services advisory committee, which shall sit in an advisory capacity to the department of health on all matters relating to the state system. The advisory committee may advise the department of health upon request of the department or upon its own initiative with regard to the state system. The advisory committee shall:
(b) The advisory committee shall be composed of twenty members: three nonvoting ex-officio members, who shall be the director of transportation, the adjutant general, and the administrator of the state health planning and development agency, or the designated representatives thereof, and seventeen members representing all counties of the State who shall be appointed by the governor subject to section 26-34 as follows:
The members of the advisory committee shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, including travel expenses. The chairperson of the advisory committee shall be elected by the members from among their numbers. A majority of the members of the advisory committee shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business of the advisory committee. A majority vote of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is established shall be necessary to validate any action of the committee.
(c) The advisory committee may adopt rules for its governance.
(d) The department of health shall provide necessary staff and other support required by the advisory committee for the performance of its duties. [L 1978, c 148, pt of §1; am L 1981, c 93, §3; am L 1991, c 115, §2; am L 1994, c 242, §4]