(1) There is created an emergency medical services advisory council to consist of the following members who shall be appointed by the Governor:

(a) One (1) licensed physician to be appointed from a list of nominees presented by the Mississippi Trauma Committee, American College of Surgeons;

(b) One (1) licensed physician to be appointed from a list of nominees who are actively engaged in rendering emergency medical services presented by the Mississippi State Medical Association;

(c) One (1) registered nurse whose employer renders emergency medical services, to be appointed from a list of nominees presented by the Mississippi Nurses Association;

(d) Two (2) hospital administrators who are employees of hospitals which provide emergency medical services, to be appointed from a list of nominees presented by the Mississippi Hospital Association;

(e) Two (2) operators of ambulance services;

(f) Three (3) officials of county or municipal government;

(g) One (1) licensed physician to be appointed from a list of nominees presented by the Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians;

(h) One (1) representative from each designated trauma care region, to be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by each region;

(i) One (1) registered nurse to be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the Mississippi Emergency Nurses Association;

(j) One (1) EMT-Paramedic whose employer renders emergency medical services in a designated trauma care region;

(k) One (1) representative from the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services;

(l) One (1) member who shall be a person who has been a recipient of trauma care in Mississippi or who has an immediate family member who has been a recipient of trauma care in Mississippi;

(m) One (1) licensed neurosurgeon to be appointed from a list of nominees presented by the Mississippi State Medical Association;

(n) One (1) licensed physician with certification or experience in trauma care to be appointed from a list of nominees presented by the Mississippi Medical and Surgical Association;

(o) One (1) representative from the Mississippi Firefighters Memorial Burn Association, to be appointed by the association’s governing body; and

(p) One (1) representative from the Mississippians for Emergency Medical Services, to be appointed by the association’s governing body.

(2) There is created a committee of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council to be named the Mississippi Trauma Advisory Committee (hereinafter “MTAC”). This committee shall act as the advisory body for trauma care system development and provide technical support to the department in all areas of trauma care system design, trauma standards, data collection and evaluation, continuous quality improvement, trauma care system funding, and evaluation of the trauma care system and trauma care programs. The membership of the Mississippi Trauma Advisory Committee shall be comprised of Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council members appointed by the chairman.