N.Y. Public Health Law § 250: Spinal cord injury research board

§ 250. Spinal cord injury research board. 1. A spinal cord injury

research board is hereby created within the department for the purpose

of administering spinal cord injury research projects and administering

the spinal cord injury research trust fund created pursuant to section

ninety-nine-f of the state finance law. The purpose of research projects

administered by the board shall be neurological research towards a cure

for such injuries and their effects. The members of the spinal cord

injury research board shall include but not be limited to

representatives of the following fields: neuroscience, neurology,

neuro-surgery, neuro-pharmacology, and spinal cord rehabilitative

medicine. The board shall be composed of thirteen members, seven of whom

shall be appointed by the governor, two of whom shall be appointed by

the temporary president of the senate, two of whom shall be appointed by

the speaker of the assembly, one of whom shall be appointed by the

minority leader of the senate, and one of whom shall be appointed by the

minority leader of the assembly.

2. Board members shall be reimbursed for ordinary travel expenses,

including meals and lodging, incurred in the performance of duties

pursuant to section two hundred fifty-one of this title.

3. The terms of board members shall be four years commencing January

first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine.

4. At the end of a term, a member shall continue to serve until a

successor is appointed. A member who is appointed after a term has begun

shall serve the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed. A

member who serves two consecutive full four year terms shall not be

eligible for reappointment for four years after completion of those

terms.

5. A majority of the full authorized membership of the board shall

constitute a quorum.

6. One member of the board shall be chosen by the governor to serve as

chairperson.

7. Meetings of the board shall be held at least twice a year but may

be held more frequently as deemed necessary, subject to call by the

chairman or by request of a majority of the board members. Board

meetings shall concern, among other things, policy matters relating to

spinal cord injury research projects and programs, research progress

reports, and other matters necessary to carry out the intent of this

title.

8. Members of the board shall be indemnified pursuant to section

seventeen of the public officers law.