Section 6954. State board of midwifery

1. The state board of midwifery
  shall be appointed by the board of  regents  on  recommendation  of  the
  commissioner  for  the  purpose  of  assisting  the  board of regents on
  matters of professional licensing and professional conduct in accordance
  with section sixty-five hundred eight of this title. The board shall  be
  composed  of  thirteen  individuals.  Initial  appointments to the board
  shall be such that the terms shall be  staggered.  However,  no  members
  shall serve more than two terms.
    2.  (a)  (1)  Seven  members of the board shall be persons licensed or
  exempt under this section.
    (2) One member of the board shall be an educator of midwifery.
    (b) Two members of the board shall be  individuals  who  are  licensed
  physicians  who  are  also  certified as obstetrician/gynecologists by a
  national certifying body.
    (c) One member of the board shall  be  an  individual  licensed  as  a
  physician who practices family medicine including obstetrics.
    (d)  One  member  of  the  board  shall be an individual licensed as a
  physician who practices pediatrics.
    (e) One member of the board shall  be  an  individual  not  possessing
  either  licensure  or  training  in medicine, midwifery, pharmacology or
  nursing and shall represent the public at large.
    3. For purposes of this article, "board"  means  the  state  board  of
  midwifery   created  under  this  section  unless  the  context  clearly
  indicates otherwise.