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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
