Section 8354. State committee for athletic trainers

A state committee for
  athletic trainers shall be appointed by the board of regents,  upon  the
  recommendation  of  the  commissioner  and  shall  assist  on matters of
  certification and professional conduct in accordance  with  section  six
  thousand  five  hundred eight of this title. The committee shall consist
  of five members who are athletic trainers certified in this  state.  The
  committee shall assist the state board for medicine in athletic training
  matters.  Nominations  and  terms  of office of the members of the state
  committee for athletic  trainers  shall  conform  to  the  corresponding
  provisions  relating  thereto for state boards under article one hundred
  thirty of this chapter. Notwithstanding the foregoing,  the  members  of
  the  first committee need not be certified prior to their appointment to
  the committee.