N.Y. Public Health Law § 3064: State trauma advisory committee

§ 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.