New Jersey § 26:2h-146

§ 26:2h-146.

a. The commissioner shall establish the Children's Sudden Cardiac Events Review Board

in the department. (1) The purpose of the board shall be to review and evaluate the information reported

to the department pursuant to this act, and to study any other data, which the board

shall seek and as may be made available to it to supplement the reported information,

with respect to children diagnosed with cardiac conditions or reported to have had

a sudden cardiac event in this State. (2) The board shall make note of such factors as the age, gender, and ethnicity of

each child, and the location of each sudden cardiac event, in its review of any information

received by the board. (3) The board may share its findings with other recognized entities that collect nationwide

data on sudden cardiac events, except that the board shall not disclose to any person

or entity outside the department any information that could be used to identify a

child. b. The board shall consist of 11 members as follows: (1) the commissioner and the Commissioners of Children and Families and Education,

or their designees, who shall serve ex officio; and (2) eight public members to be appointed by the commissioner as follows: one person

who represents the American Heart Association; one person who represents the American

Academy of Pediatrics, New Jersey Chapter; one person who represents the American

College of Cardiology; one person who represents the New Jersey State School Nurses

Association; one person who represents the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic

Association; one person who represents the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association;

one person who represents the Athletic Trainers' Society of New Jersey; and one person

who represents the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians. c. The public members of the board shall serve for a term of three years, except that

of the public members first appointed, four shall serve for a term of two years, and

four shall serve for a term of three years. The public members shall serve without compensation but shall be eligible for reimbursement

for the necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their official

duties, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for this

purpose. Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled in the same manner as the

original appointments were made. d. The public members shall select from among themselves an individual to serve as

chairperson of the board, who shall be responsible for the coordination of all activities

of the board and shall provide the technical assistance needed to execute the duties

of the board. e. The board shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services

of employees of any State, county, or municipal department, board, bureau, commission,

or agency as it may require and as may be available for the purposes of carrying out

its responsibilities.