The Under Secretary for Health shall ensure that—
(1) the director of a geographic service area, in formulating policy relating to the provision of patient care, shall consult regularly with a senior nurse executive or senior nurse executives; and
(2) the director of a medical center shall include a registered nurse as a member of any committee used at that medical center to provide recommendations or decisions on medical center operations or policy affecting clinical services, clinical outcomes, budget, or resources.
(Added Pub. L. 106–419, title II, § 201(b)(1), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1840.)