§ 4714. Shared health facilities advisory council. 1. There is hereby
created a shared health facilities advisory council consisting of
nineteen members appointed by the commissioner for terms of three years.
Four of the members shall represent the public interest and shall not be
a provider, consumer, or purveyor. Eight of the members shall represent
consumers receiving services at shared health facilities, and seven
shall be selected from among recommendations made by organizations
representing providers and purveyors. Of the members first appointed,
seven shall be appointed for terms expiring August thirty-first,
nineteen hundred seventy-nine, and six shall be appointed for terms
expiring August thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight. Vacancies
shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired terms. The shared
health facilities advisory council shall select a chairman from among
its members.

2. The shared health facilities advisory council shall meet as
frequently as its business may require, but in any event at least three
times annually. Meetings may be held at the call of the chairman or the
commissioner. The commissioner shall designate an officer or employee
of the department to act as secretary of the council. Each member shall
be reimbursed for expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him in
the performance of his official duties.

3. The shared health facilities advisory council shall have no
executive, administrative or appointive duties. It shall have the duty
to advise the department on all aspects of shared health facilities
regulation and operation, including the rendering of recommendations
concerning proposed department rules and regulations. The shared health
facilities advisory council shall perform such other functions as the
commissioner may prescribe.