02-383-2 Me. Code R. § 13

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 383-2-13 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
1. The Boards shall appoint a Physician Assistant Advisory Committee (the Advisory Committee) comprised of such persons as it deems appropriate, but the Advisory Committee shall include at least two physicians and two physician assistants licensed by either the BOLIM or the BOL. The PA members of the BOL and the BOLIM shall also be members of the committee. The Boards may also appoint such Advisory Committee members it deems appropriate.
2. The duties of the Advisory Committee shall be to review matters and make recommendations pertaining to physician assistants which the Boards request the Advisory Committee to consider.
3. Members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the Boards for terms of up to four years. A member may be appointed by the Board for a second, and final four-year term. If a member is appointed to complete a term created by the premature departure of another member, the appointed member may still serve two full terms. The Boards may, at their discretion, remove any member from the Advisory Committee.
4. Members of the Advisory Committee shall not hold a leadership position or be an officer in a professional association regarding any professional occupation(s) licensed or regulated by the Boards.
5. The Chairperson of the Advisory Committee shall be a physician assistant member and shall not be a regular member of the Board of Licensure in Medicine or the Board of Osteopathic Licensure and shall be elected by a vote of the members of the Advisory Committee. The Chairperson shall serve for a term of two years and may not be re-elected.
6. The Advisory Committee shall meet at the request of either Board. Five (5) members of the Advisory Committee shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of holding a meeting and conducting business.

02-383 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 13