§ 3064. State trauma advisory committee. 1. There is hereby continued
in the department the state trauma advisory committee. It shall consist
of trauma surgeons, trauma nurses, emergency physicians, emergency
nurses, and other emergency medical and trauma care professionals
appointed by the commissioner. It shall be representative of each
geographic area of the state and those medical and nursing specialties
and subspecialties regularly involved in trauma care. It shall advise
the department and the commissioner regarding trauma and disaster care
within the state, and assist the department and the commissioner in the
coordination of trauma and disaster care, including but not limited to,
the development, periodic revision, and application of statewide
appropriateness review standards, quality improvement guidelines for
trauma and disaster care, trauma systems, trauma centers and trauma
stations, in a manner consistent with the intent and provisions of
sections twenty-eight hundred five-j and three thousand two-a of this
chapter, and similar advisory guidelines for trauma and disaster care
with the consent of the commissioner, which shall not have the force and
effect of law unless adopted as rules and regulations by the state
hospital review and planning council, subject to approval by the
commissioner. The commissioner shall appoint a physician to chair the
committee.

2. The state trauma advisory committee shall continue to meet as
frequently as its business may require. The members of the state trauma
advisory committee shall receive no compensation for their services as
members, but each shall be allowed the necessary and actual expenses
incurred in the performance of his or her duties under this section.

3. The commissioner shall designate an officer or employee of the
department to assist the state trauma advisory committee in the
performance of its duties under this section.

4. In no event shall any member, officer, or employee of the state
trauma advisory committee be liable for damages in any civil action for
any act done, failure to act, or statement or opinion made, while
discharging his or her duties as a member, officer, or employee of the
state trauma advisory committee if he or she shall have acted in good
faith, with reasonable care.