Section 2760. Advisory panel established

1. A state advisory panel for the
  evaluation  of  health  care  workers  with human immunodeficiency virus
  (HIV) or hepatitis B (HBV) (hereinafter referred to in this  article  as
  HIV/HBV)  is  hereby  established in the department. This panel shall be
  known as the health care worker HIV/HBV  advisory  panel  and  shall  be
  composed  of three to five members. The commissioner shall appoint three
  members for a term of two years: a state or local public health officer,
  an infectious disease expert and  an  expert  in  infection  control  or
  epidemiology. For the purpose of the panel's deliberations on a specific
  case:  (a)  the  commissioner  may  appoint  a  health professional with
  expertise relevant to procedures performed by the  health  care  worker,
  provided, however, that the commissioner shall appoint such professional
  if  the  health care worker so requests; and (b) the commissioner shall,
  at the health care worker's request, appoint the  health  care  worker's
  personal  physician.  The  commissioner shall appoint the chairperson of
  the panel. A  vacancy  occurring  during  a  term  shall  be  filled  by
  appointment  by  the commissioner for the unexpired term. Any member may
  be removed from the panel at the pleasure of the commissioner.
    2. Each member of the panel shall receive  up  to  one  hundred  fifty
  dollars  as prescribed by the commissioner for each day devoted to panel
  work not to exceed forty-five hundred dollars in any one year, and shall
  be  reimbursed  for  actual  and  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the
  performance of his/her duties.
    3.  The  department  shall  advise  the panel members of statutory and
  regulatory confidentiality provisions and restrictions on disclosure  of
  information  which  are  applicable  to  the  panel members and to panel
  operations.