§1289.3. Toxic Mold Task Force; creation; composition; meetings

A. There is hereby created the Louisiana Toxic Mold Task Force, referred to hereafter as the "task force", composed of fifteen members as follows:

(1) One pediatric environmental health specialist selected and appointed by the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.

(2) One person with expertise in toxicology selected and appointed by the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.

(3) The assistant secretary of the office of public health of the Louisiana Department of Health or his designee.

(4) One member designated by the office of health affairs and medical education of the Louisiana State University System.

(5) One member designated by the Louisiana State Medical Society.

(6) One member designated by the Louisiana Primary Care Association.

(7) One member with expertise in consumer protection designated by the Louisiana attorney general.

(8) One member designated by the Southern University Law Center.

(9) One member designated by the Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University.

(10) One member with expertise in toxic mold remediation designated by the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors.

(11) One member designated by the Louisiana Housing Corporation.

(12) One member designated by the dean of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine of Tulane University.

(13) One member designated by the Louisiana Realtors Association.

(14) One member designated by the Louisiana Home Builders Association.

(15) One member designated by the Apartment Association of Louisiana.

B. The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that the initial convening of the task force occurs no later than October 1, 2014.

C. The task force members shall select a chairman annually, and he shall serve as chairman without salary.

D. Task force members shall serve without compensation, except per diem or expense reimbursement to which they may be individually entitled by their respective employer organizations.

E. The task force shall hold at least two regular meetings each year at a place designated by the chairman.

Acts 2014, No. 258, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.413 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.