§ 20-16-204 - Technical advisory board -- Members -- Functions. - Arkansas Statutes

20-16-204. Technical advisory board -- Members -- Functions.

(a) There shall be a technical advisory board whose function shall be to:

(1) Advise the director regarding formats for data collection procedures;

(2) Advise the director regarding special investigations;

(3) Review protocols, reporting forms, data assembly, and the records retention program;

(4) Assist in identifying data resources, data needs, research needs, and local expertise; and

(5) Delineate the specific adverse reproductive health outcomes to be monitored.

(b) (1) Board members shall be appointed to one-year renewable terms by the Medical Director of the Arkansas Children's Hospital upon recommendation of the commission and the director.

(2) The board shall comprise a maximum of ten (10) regular members drawn from fields of expertise such as medicine, industrial hygiene and toxicology, agriculture, environmental sciences, and epidemiology and statistics.

(3) At the discretion of the board and the director, ad hoc members of the board may be appointed for specified periods to advise on special needs or problems which have been identified.

(c) Members of the board who are not employees of the state may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with 25-16-901 et seq.