Sec. 773.203. STROKE COMMITTEE. (a) The advisory council shall appoint a stroke committee to assist the advisory council in the development of a statewide stroke emergency transport plan and stroke facility criteria.

(b) The stroke committee must include the following members:

(1) a licensed physician appointed from a list of physicians eligible for accreditation in vascular neurology from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, recommended by a statewide organization of neurologists;

(2) a licensed interventional neuroradiologist appointed from a list of neuroradiologists recommended by a statewide organization of radiologists;

(3) a neurosurgeon with stroke expertise;

(4) a member of the Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke who has expertise in stroke care;

(5) a licensed physician appointed from a list of physicians recommended by a statewide organization of emergency physicians;

(6) a neuroscience registered nurse with stroke expertise; and

(7) a volunteer member of a nonprofit organization specializing in stroke treatment, prevention, and education.

(c) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the stroke committee.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 299 (S.B. 330), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.