Section 8704. State committee for medical physics

1. A state committee for
  medical physics shall be appointed by the  board  of  regents  upon  the
  recommendation  of  the  commissioner  and  shall  assist  on matters of
  licensure and professional conduct in accordance with section sixty-five
  hundred eight of this title. Notwithstanding the provisions  of  section
  sixty-five  hundred  eight of this title, the committee shall assist the
  board for medicine solely in medical physics matters, which board  shall
  also  function  as  the  state  board for medical physics. The licensure
  requirements for professional medical physicists shall be waived for the
  initial committee appointees, provided that such appointees  shall  have
  received national certification in their specialty.
    2. The committee shall consist of eight individuals, to be composed of
  the following:
    (a)  Four  licensed  medical  physicists  represented  by  each of the
  following specialties:
    (i) diagnostic radiological physics,
    (ii) therapeutic radiological or radiation oncology physics,
    (iii) medical nuclear physics, and
    (iv) medical health physics;
    (b) Three licensed physicians represented by  each  of  the  following
  specialties:
    (i) diagnostic radiology,
    (ii) radiation therapy or radiation oncology, and
    (iii) nuclear medicine; and
    (c) A representative of the public at large.