Oklahoma § 70-697.3 - Membership of Commission - Travel expenses

§ 70-697.3. Membership of Commission - Travel expenses

The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall be composed

of nine (9) members appointed by the Governor with the advice and

consent of the Senate. Upon the expiration of the term of one of

the nonphysician members, three members shall be practicing

allopathic physicians, three shall be practicing osteopathic

physicians, two shall be registered nurses, and one shall be a

member of the general public. The membership shall be appointed

from diverse geographic areas of the state. No board member serving

on November 1, 2001, shall be removed from the board to satisfy the

requirements of this section, but appointments to fill vacancies

subsequent to November 1, 2001, shall be subject to the requirements

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of this section. Members of the Commission shall be appointed for

five-year terms, and succeeding terms of office shall be five (5)

years in duration. There shall be also twelve additional nonvoting

ex officio members of the Commission who shall serve in an advisory

capacity only and include the Dean of the University of Oklahoma

College of Medicine or designee, the Dean of the University of

Oklahoma College of Medicine - Tulsa or designee, the Chair of the

Department of Family Medicine of the University of Oklahoma Health

Sciences Center or designee, the Chair of the Department of Family

Practice of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine - Tulsa

or designee, the Chair of the Department of General Practice of the

Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery or designee,

the President of the Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians or

designee, the President of the Oklahoma State Medical Association or

designee, the President of the Oklahoma State Osteopathic

Association or designee, the President of the Oklahoma Hospital

Association or designee, the State Commissioner of Health or

designee, the Provost of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences

Center or designee, and the Dean of the Oklahoma College of

Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery or designee. Members of the

Commission shall serve without salary, but may be reimbursed for

travel expenses in attending meetings and performing their duties

pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et

seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 1975, c. 271, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5, 1975. Amended

by Laws 1977, c. 220, § 5, emerg. eff. June 14, 1977; Laws 1982, c.

330, § 1, emerg. eff. June 1, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 313, § 12,

operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 260, § 14, operative July 1,

1984; Laws 1985, c. 178, § 58, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1988, c.

326, § 35, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 227, § 37,

operative July 1, 1989; Laws 2001, c. 127, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001;

Laws 2020, c. 67, § 3, eff. July 1, 2020; Laws 2022, c. 407, § 18.

NOTE: In accordance with Article VI, Section 11, of the Oklahoma

Constitution, House Bill 2776 became law without the Governor's

signature. It was filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State on May

27, 2022.