Section 4714. Shared health facilities advisory council

1. There is hereby
  created a  shared  health  facilities  advisory  council  consisting  of
  nineteen members appointed by the commissioner for terms of three years.
  Four of the members shall represent the public interest and shall not be
  a  provider, consumer, or purveyor. Eight of the members shall represent
  consumers receiving services at  shared  health  facilities,  and  seven
  shall  be  selected  from  among  recommendations  made by organizations
  representing providers and purveyors. Of the  members  first  appointed,
  seven  shall  be  appointed  for  terms  expiring  August  thirty-first,
  nineteen hundred seventy-nine, and six  shall  be  appointed  for  terms
  expiring  August thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight. Vacancies
  shall be filled by appointment  for  the  unexpired  terms.  The  shared
  health  facilities  advisory  council shall select a chairman from among
  its members.
    2. The  shared  health  facilities  advisory  council  shall  meet  as
  frequently  as its business may require, but in any event at least three
  times annually.  Meetings may be held at the call of the chairman or the
  commissioner.  The commissioner shall designate an officer  or  employee
  of  the department to act as secretary of the council. Each member shall
  be reimbursed for expenses actually and necessarily incurred by  him  in
  the performance of his official duties.
    3.  The  shared  health  facilities  advisory  council  shall  have no
  executive, administrative or appointive duties. It shall have  the  duty
  to  advise  the  department  on  all aspects of shared health facilities
  regulation and operation, including  the  rendering  of  recommendations
  concerning  proposed department rules and regulations. The shared health
  facilities advisory council shall perform such other  functions  as  the
  commissioner may prescribe.