135N.4 - MEMBERSHIP. - Iowa Statutes

135N.4 MEMBERSHIP. 1. The following persons shall serve as nonvoting members of the committee: a. The director of public health or a designee. b. The director of the department of human services or a designee. c. The commissioner of insurance or a designee. 2. The following voting members shall be appointed by the director, serving three-year terms: a. One member who is a board-certified physician licensed, practicing, and currently treating individuals with hemophilia or other bleeding and clotting disorders. b. One member who is a nurse licensed, practicing, and currently treating individuals with hemophilia or other bleeding and clotting disorders. c. One member who is a social worker licensed, practicing, and currently treating individuals with hemophilia or other bleeding and clotting disorders. d. One member who is a representative of a federally-funded hemophilia treatment center. e. One member who is a representative of an organization established under the Iowa insurance code for the purpose of providing health insurance. f. One member who is a representative of a voluntary health organization who currently services the hemophilia and other bleeding and clotting disorders community. g. One member who is a patient, or caregiver of a patient, with hemophilia. h. One member who is a patient, or caregiver of a patient, with a bleeding disorder other than hemophilia. i. One member who is a patient, or caregiver of a patient, with a clotting disorder. 3. At least one of the appointments made pursuant to subsection 2, paragraphs "g", "h", and "i" shall be a patient with hemophilia, a bleeding disorder that is not hemophilia, or a clotting disorder. The committee appointments may be made notwithstanding sections 69.16 and 69.16A. 4. If there is a vacancy on the committee, such position shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.          Section History: Recent Form 2007 Acts, ch 31, §4, 7