§ 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. To the extent such physician
appointees are available for appointment, at least one of the physician
appointees to the state board for medicine shall be an expert on
reducing health disparities among demographic subgroups, and one shall
be an expert on women's health. 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.