N.Y. Education Law Section 6523
State board for medicine

A state board for medicine shall be appointed by the board of regents on recommendation of the commissioner for the purpose of assisting the board of regents and the department on matters of professional licensing in accordance with § 6508 (Assistance by state boards for the professions)section sixty-five hundred eight of this title. The board shall be composed of not less than twenty physicians licensed in this state for at least five years, two of whom shall be doctors of osteopathy. To the extent such physician appointees are available for appointment, at least one of the physician appointees to the state board for medicine shall be an expert on reducing health disparities among demographic subgroups, and one shall be an expert on women’s health. The board shall also consist of not less than two physician’s assistants licensed to practice in this state. The participation of physician’s assistant members shall be limited to matters relating to article 131-B (Physician Assistants)article one hundred thirty-one-B of this chapter. An executive secretary to the board shall be appointed by the board of regents on recommendation of the commissioner and shall be either a physician licensed in this state or a non-physician, deemed qualified by the commissioner and board of regents.

Source: Section 6523 — State board for medicine, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/6523 (updated Apr. 20, 2018; accessed Dec. 21, 2024).

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