Statute 65-28a11: Physician assistant council established;
appointment of members; payment for attending meetings of council.
(a) There is established a
physician assistant
council to
advise the board in carrying out the provisions of
K.S.A. 65-28a01
through 65-28a10,
inclusive, and amendments thereto. The council shall consist of
five members, all citizens and residents of the state of Kansas appointed
as follows: One member shall be a physician appointed by the state board
of healing arts who is a responsible physician for a
physician assistant;
one member shall be the president of the state board of healing arts or a
person designated by the president; and three members shall be
licensed physician assistants appointed by the governor. The governor,
insofar as
possible,
shall appoint persons from different geographical areas and persons who
represent various types of practice settings. If a vacancy occurs on the
council, the appointing authority of the position which has become vacant
shall appoint a person of like qualifications to fill the vacant position
for the unexpired term, if any. The Kansas academy of
physician assistants shall recommend the names of
licensed physician assistants to the
governor in a number equal to at least twice the positions or vacancies to
be filled, and the governor may appoint members to fill the positions or
vacancies from the submitted list. Members of the council appointed by the
governor on and after the effective date of this act shall be appointed for
terms of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified
except that of the members first appointed by the governor on or after the
effective date of this act one shall be appointed for a term of one year,
one shall be appointed for a term of two years and one shall be appointed
for a term of three years, as designated by the governor. The member
appointed by the state board of healing arts shall serve at the pleasure of
the state board of healing arts. A member designated by the president of
the state board of healing arts shall serve at the pleasure of the president.
(b) Members of the council attending meetings of the council, or
attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by the council, shall
be paid amounts provided in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 75-3223 and amendments
thereto from the healing arts fee fund.
History: L. 2000, ch. 162, § 11; Feb. 1, 2001.