Sec. 14-46b. Establishment of board. Membership. Compensation. Executive session. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 14-46b. Establishment of board. Membership. Compensation. Executive session. (a) There is established within the department a Motor Vehicle Operator's License Medical Advisory Board which shall advise the commissioner on the medical aspects and concerns of licensing operators of motor vehicles. The board shall consist of not less than eight members or more than fifteen members appointed by the commissioner from a list of nominees submitted by the Connecticut State Medical Society and the Connecticut Association of Optometrists. The Connecticut State Medical Society shall submit nominees representing the specialties of (1) general medicine or surgery, (2) internal medicine, (3) cardiovascular medicine, (4) neurology or neurological surgery, (5) ophthalmology, (6) orthopedics, and (7) psychiatry. The Connecticut Association of Optometrists shall submit nominees representing the specialty of optometry.

      (b) Initially, three members shall be appointed for a two-year term, three members for a three-year term and the remainder of the members for a four-year term. Appointments thereafter shall be for four-year terms. Any vacancy shall be filled by the commissioner for the unexpired portion of a term. The commissioner shall designate the chairman of the board.

      (c) Board members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses or services incurred in performing their duties, including the giving of testimony at any administrative hearing when requested by the commissioner. Physicians who are not members of the board and conduct examinations at the request of the board shall be compensated for these examinations.

      (d) The board shall meet at the call of the commissioner at least twice a year. Special meetings may be held to fulfill the responsibilities specified in section 14-46c.

      (e) Any meeting of the board in which the medical condition of any individual is discussed for purposes of making a recommendation on his fitness to operate a motor vehicle shall be held in executive session.

      (P.A. 81-461, S. 6; P.A. 90-265, S. 5, 8; P.A. 02-70, S. 62; P.A. 03-278, S. 39.)

      History: P.A. 90-265 amended Subsec. (c) to require reimbursement for board members for testimony given at administrative hearings; P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the minimum membership of the board from seven to eight members, to require the Connecticut Association of Optometrists to submit a list of nominees representing the specialty of optometry and to make a technical change; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 9, 2003.

      Cited. 225 C. 499.

      Cited. 33 CA 727. Cited. 41 CA 866.