Texas Health & Safety Code - Section 113.051. Composition Of Council
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§ 113.051. COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. (a) The council is
composed of:
(1) a representative of the department appointed by
the commissioner;
(2) a representative of the Department of Public
Safety appointed by the public safety director;
(3) a representative of the Texas Department of
Transportation appointed by the executive director of that agency;
(4) five professional members appointed by the
commissioner as follows:
(A) one representative from each of the state's
three federally qualified organ procurement organizations
nominated by each organization;
(B) one representative who is a transplant
physician or nurse licensed in this state; and
(C) one representative of an acute care hospital
in this state; and
(5) two public members appointed by the commissioner.
(b) A public member of the council must:
(1) be a donor, recipient, or member of a donor's
family; and
(2) be selected from a pool of members compiled from
the recommendations of the following nonprofit organizations in the
field of transplantation and organ donor education:
(A) the Texas Medical Association;
(B) the Texas Transplantation Society;
(C) the Transplant Nurses' Association;
(D) the National Kidney Foundation;
(E) the National Minority Organ Tissue
Transplant Education Program; and
(F) the American Society of Minority Health and
Transplant Professionals.
(c) A member of the council who is a representative of an
agency of this state is a nonvoting member of the council.
(d) Appointments to the council shall be made without regard
to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national
origin of the appointee.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1186, § 5, eff. June 18, 2005.
Section: 112.008 112.009 112.010 112.011 112.012 112.013 112.014 113.051 113.052 113.053 113.054 113.055 113.056 113.057 113.058
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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