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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="5-804" title_number="5" title_name="Death" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Mortality and Quality Review Committee">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Committee shall consist of 18 members appointed by the Secretary, including the following:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensed physician who is board certified in an appropriate specialty;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A psychopharmacologist;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A licensed physician on staff with the Department;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Two specialists, one in the field of developmental disabilities and one in the field of mental health;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Two licensed providers of community services, one for persons with developmental disabilities and one for persons with mental illnesses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Two consumers, one with a developmental disability and one with a mental illness;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Two family members, one representing a consumer with a developmental disability and one representing a consumer with a mental illness;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>The Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health or the Deputy Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>The Director of the Office of Health Care Quality;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>A licensed physician representative from the Medical Examiner’s Office;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>A licensed nurse who works with persons with developmental disabilities in a program operated by a State licensed provider in the community;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>A member of an advocacy group for persons with disabilities; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>Two members of advocacy groups, one for persons with developmental disabilities and one for persons with mental illnesses.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of each member appointed under subsection (a)(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), and (10) of this section is 3 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A member may not be appointed for more than two consecutive full terms.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The terms of the members are as follows:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>One–third of the members shall be appointed for terms of 3 years commencing October 1, 2000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>One–third of the members shall be appointed for terms of 2 years commencing October 1, 2000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>One–third of the members shall be appointed for terms of 1 year commencing October 1, 2000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Secretary may remove any member of the Committee for good cause.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A member of the Committee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>May not receive compensation for service on the Committee; but</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Committee shall be staffed by the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An employee of the Developmental Disabilities Administration or the Behavioral Health Administration may not be a member of the Committee or any subcommittee of the Committee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Director of the Office of Health Care Quality may not serve on a subcommittee of the Committee or vote on the disposition of an individual mortality review that was previously reviewed by the Office of Health Care Quality.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Secretary shall select a chair from among the members of the Committee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>A quorum of the Committee shall be a majority of the appointed membership of the Committee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>The Committee shall meet not less than three times a year.</text>
  </level>
</section>
