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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-6A-05" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="6A" subtitle_name="Rehabilitation Practitioners">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is an Advisory Committee on the Registration of Rehabilitation Practitioners within the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Advisory Committee consists of seven members appointed by the Commission in accordance with this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Advisory Committee shall be comprised of registered rehabilitation practitioners, who are registered with the Commission under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission shall appoint members of the Advisory Committee so that its membership reflects the geographic, racial, ethnic, and gender makeup of the population of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The term of an Advisory Committee member is 3 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>In making appointments to the Advisory Committee, the Commission shall provide for continuity and rotation through a staggering of terms.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A majority of the fully authorized Advisory Committee is a quorum.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Advisory Committee shall meet at the request of the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Advisory Committee shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>review applications for registration submitted to the Commission whenever further clarification regarding the applicant is requested by the Commission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>after review and evaluation, provide recommendations to the Commission chairman on the applicant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
