N.Y. Public Health Law § 3065: Regional trauma advisory committees

§ 3065. Regional trauma advisory committees. 1. There are hereby

continued or established in the department regional trauma advisory

committees in each geographic area of the state. They shall consist of

trauma surgeons, trauma nurses, emergency physicians, emergency nurses,

and other emergency and trauma care professionals from trauma centers,

emergency departments, and emergency services designated by the

department within each region. They shall be representative of the

communities and health care facilities within the region and those

medical and nursing specialties and subspecialities regularly involved

in trauma care. They shall advise the state trauma advisory committee,

the department, and the commissioner regarding trauma and disaster care

within each region, and assist the state trauma advisory committee, the

department, and the commissioner with the coordination of trauma and

disaster care within each region, including, but not limited to, the

implementation of statewide quality improvement guidelines for trauma

and disaster care, trauma systems, trauma centers, and trauma stations

within each region, in a manner consistent with the intent and

provisions of sections twenty-eight hundred five-j and three thousand

four-a of this chapter. The state trauma advisory committee shall

authorize the bylaws of each regional trauma advisory committee, subject

to approval by the commissioner.

2. The regional trauma advisory committees shall continue to meet as

frequently as their business may require. The members of the regional

trauma advisory committees shall receive no compensation for their

services as members.

3. The department shall determine the ways and means necessary to

assist the regional trauma advisory committees in performing the duties

specified under this section, and may contract with regional trauma

program agencies to provide such assistance.

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 of opinion made, while

discharging his or her duties as a member, officer, or employee of the

regional trauma advisory committee if he or she shall have acted in good

faith, with reasonable care.