§ 3074. State emergency medical services for children advisory
committee. 1. There is hereby continued in the department the state
emergency medical services for children advisory committee. It shall
consist of child health professionals and child health advocates
representative of all geographic areas of the state and of those
occupations regularly involved in the care of children with emergency
health care needs. Its members shall include, but not necessarily be
limited to, a pediatric emergency medicine physician and nurse, a
pediatric critical care physician and nurse, a pediatric surgeon, a
pediatric physiatrist, a pediatric primary care physician, an emergency
medicine physician, a pediatric emergency medical services physician, a
pediatric toxicologist physician, a prehospital care provider, a school
nurse, a hospital administrator, the parent of a previously ill or
injured child, and the parent of a child with special health care needs,
appointed by the commissioner upon recommendation of the appropriate
statewide professional or parental organizations for terms of four
years, which may be renewed. It shall advise the department, the
commissioner, the state emergency medical services council, the state
emergency medical advisory committee, and the state trauma advisory
committee regarding all aspects of emergency medical services for
children, including, but not necessarily limited to, pediatric emergency
medical, trauma, and disaster care, and the early care of maltreated
children and children with special health care needs. The state
emergency medical services director, the state emergency medical
services medical director, the state emergency medical services for
children program director, the state emergency medical services for
children program coordinator, the state trauma medical director, the
state trauma program manager, the governor's highway traffic safety
administrator, and the state emergency medical services for children
data manager, shall also serve as nonvoting members ex officio. The
commissioner shall appoint a physician to chair the committee.

2. The state emergency medical services for children advisory
committee shall meet as frequently as its business may require, but
ordinarily no less than quarterly. The members of the state emergency
medical services for children 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 emergency medical services for children
advisory committee in the performance of its duties under this section,
to coordinate the activities of the state emergency medical services for
children program and to facilitate communication with the state
emergency medical services council, the state emergency medical advisory
committee, and the state trauma advisory committee.

4. In no event shall any member, officer, or employee of the state
emergency medical services for children 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 emergency medical services for
children advisory committee if he or she shall have acted in good faith,
with reasonable care.