(a)    (1)    The Committee shall consist of 7 members appointed by the Board.

(2)    Of the 7 Committee members:

(i)    3 shall be licensed physicians;

(ii)    3 shall be licensed physician assistants; and

(iii)    1 shall be a consumer.

(3)    Of the licensed physician members:

(i)    At least 1 shall specialize in general surgery or a surgical subspecialty;

(ii)    At least 1 shall specialize in internal medicine, family practice, or a similar primary care specialty; and

(iii)    1 shall be a Board member.

(4)    The Board shall appoint the physician assistant members from a list of names submitted by:

(i)    The Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants; and

(ii)    The State institutions of higher education with approved physician assistant programs.

(5)    The consumer member:

(i)    Shall be a member of the general public;

(ii)    May not be a physician, former physician, physician assistant, or a person in training to become a physician or physician assistant;

(iii)    May not have a household member who is a physician or physician assistant, or a person in training to become a physician assistant; and

(iv)    May not have had within 2 years before appointment a substantial financial interest in a process regulated by the Board.

(6)    Each member of the Committee shall be a resident of the State.

(b)    Of the three physician members of the Committee, two shall be previously or currently serving as supervising physicians of a physician assistant under a Board–approved delegation agreement.

(c)    (1)    The physician assistant members shall be licensed as a physician assistant under this title.

(2)    The physician assistant members shall be currently practicing as a physician assistant or employed as a faculty member of an accredited physician assistant program.

(3)    Of the 3 physician assistant members of the Committee:

(i)    At least 1 shall be currently practicing in a hospital; and

(ii)    At least 1 shall be currently practicing in a nonhospital setting.

(d)    A Committee chair and a secretary shall be selected every 2 years by a majority vote of the membership of the Committee.

(e)    The chair, or the chair’s designee, shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Board as a representative of the Committee.