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Statutes > Virginia > Title-65-2 > Chapter-13 > 65-2-1301§ 65.2-1301. Statewide Coordinating Committee; membership; terms.
A. The Statewide Coordinating Committee is established as an independentstate committee and shall consist of nine nonlegislative citizen residents ofthe Commonwealth appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and theSenate Committee on Rules. Five of the Committee members shall be physicianswho have patients whose costs of treatment are reimbursed in whole or in partpursuant to this title; each physician member shall be appointed from andrepresent a different health systems area. One member shall be arepresentative of employers in the Commonwealth, one member shall be arepresentative of employees in the Commonwealth, one member shall be arepresentative of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association and onemember shall be a representative of insurance carriers that provide workers'compensation insurance in the Commonwealth. The physician members of theCommittee may be appointed from nominations submitted by The Medical Societyof Virginia. The chairman of the Statewide Coordinating Committee shall be aphysician member of and selected by the Committee.
B. After the initial staggering of terms, appointments shall be made forterms of three years or the unexpired portions thereof. A vacancy other thanby expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Speakerof the House of Delegates and the Senate Committee on Rules. No person shallbe eligible to serve more than two consecutive three-year terms. Theremainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shallnot constitute a term in determining the member's eligibility forreappointment.
C. The term of the members of the Statewide Coordinating Committee shalllapse, if such Committee fails to meet within 60 days following the writtenrequest of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission for such Committeeto hold a meeting. Vacancies created by this subsection shall be filled inthe same manner as the original appointments and shall be for the unexpiredterms.
(1980, c. 444, § 65.1-154; 1985, c. 29; 1991, c. 355; 2004, c. 1000.)
