N.Y. Education Law § 6523: State board for medicine

§ 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.