[§348F-2]  Disability and communication
access board.  There is established a disability and communication access
board within the department of health for administrative purposes, to be
composed of seventeen members to be appointed by the governor for staggered
terms pursuant to section 26-34.  The members of the board shall include at
least nine persons with various types of disabilities, or parents or guardians
of persons with disabilities.  Other members shall include individuals
knowledgeable in areas for which the board has rulemaking authority.  The
members appointed shall include at least one resident from each of the counties
of Honolulu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai.



The members shall serve without compensation,
but shall be reimbursed their necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties, including travel expenses. [L 1999, c 282, pt of
§2]