35 Pa. Stat. § 5633

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 5633 - Pennsylvania Cancer Control, Prevention and Research Advisory Board
(a) There is hereby created in the Department of Health the "Pennsylvania Cancer Control, Prevention and Research Advisory Board." The board shall consist of 11 members, all of whom shall be Pennsylvania residents, ten of whom the Governor shall appoint by and with the consent of a majority of the Senate. Of the ten appointed, three shall be distinguished scientists and physicians in the field of cancer, one shall be a qualified professional nurse engaged in the practice of oncological nursing, one shall be skilled in health care administration and two with substantial experience in the field of public health, one of whom shall be a professional nurse engaged in the practice of community health nursing, and three consumer members. The Secretary of Health shall be a member of the board.
(b) The terms of the members shall be four years from the respective date of their appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified, except that the initial appointment shall be made in such a manner so that four members be appointed for terms of four years, three members be appointed for terms of three years, and three members be appointed for terms of two years.
(c) A chairman shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years.
(d) The board shall meet no less than four times annually at the call of the chairman or, in his absence or incapacity at the call of the Secretary of Health. Six members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of exercising all of the powers of the board. A vote of the majority of the members present shall be sufficient for all actions of the board.
(e) Each board member, except the secretary, shall receive actual travelling expenses and other necessary expenses.
(f) No member of the board shall participate in any discussions and decisions to recommend grants or contracts to any qualified association or to any agency of the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions with which the member is associated as a member of the governing body or as an employee, or with which the member has entered into any contractual arrangement.

35 P.S. § 5633

1980, Dec. 18, P.L. 1241, No. 224, §3. Reenacted and amended 1988 , Nov. 25, P.L. 1086, No. 126, § 2, imd. effective.