N.Y. Public Health Law § 3074: State emergency medical services for children advisory committee

§ 3074. State emergency medical services for children advisory

committee. 1. There is hereby continued in the department the state

emergency medical services for children advisory committee. It shall

consist of child health professionals and child health advocates

representative of all geographic areas of the state and of those

occupations regularly involved in the care of children with emergency

health care needs. Its members shall include, but not necessarily be

limited to, a pediatric emergency medicine physician and nurse, a

pediatric critical care physician and nurse, a pediatric surgeon, a

pediatric physiatrist, a pediatric primary care physician, an emergency

medicine physician, a pediatric emergency medical services physician, a

pediatric toxicologist physician, a prehospital care provider, a school

nurse, a hospital administrator, the parent of a previously ill or

injured child, and the parent of a child with special health care needs,

appointed by the commissioner upon recommendation of the appropriate

statewide professional or parental organizations for terms of four

years, which may be renewed. It shall advise the department, the

commissioner, the state emergency medical services council, the state

emergency medical advisory committee, and the state trauma advisory

committee regarding all aspects of emergency medical services for

children, including, but not necessarily limited to, pediatric emergency

medical, trauma, and disaster care, and the early care of maltreated

children and children with special health care needs. The state

emergency medical services director, the state emergency medical

services medical director, the state emergency medical services for

children program director, the state emergency medical services for

children program coordinator, the state trauma medical director, the

state trauma program manager, the governor's highway traffic safety

administrator, and the state emergency medical services for children

data manager, shall also serve as nonvoting members ex officio. The

commissioner shall appoint a physician to chair the committee.

2. The state emergency medical services for children advisory

committee shall meet as frequently as its business may require, but

ordinarily no less than quarterly. The members of the state emergency

medical services for children 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 emergency medical services for children

advisory committee in the performance of its duties under this section,

to coordinate the activities of the state emergency medical services for

children program and to facilitate communication with the state

emergency medical services council, the state emergency medical advisory

committee, and the state trauma advisory committee.

4. In no event shall any member, officer, or employee of the state

emergency medical services for children 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 emergency medical services for

children advisory committee if he or she shall have acted in good faith,

with reasonable care.