NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 509
HOUSE BILL 506

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ON THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-510 is rewritten to read as follows:
"§ 143-510.  Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council. — (a) There is hereby created an Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council composed of 21 members to consult with the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources in the administration of this Article. The Secretary of the Department of Human Resources shall appoint 17 members with at least one member representing each of the following categories: (1) physicians licensed to practice medicine versed in treatment of trauma and suddenly occurring illnesses, (2) emergency room nurses, (3) hospitals, (4) providers of ambulance service (including rescue squads), (5) local government, and (6) the general public. The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint two members from the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint two members from the House of Representatives.
(b)	Members appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources shall hold office for a term of four years beginning July 1, 1973, and quadrennially thereafter, except the terms of the members first taking office shall expire, as designated at the time of appointment, six at the end of the second year, six at the end of the third year, and five at the end of the fourth year. Members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker shall serve for two years coinciding with the term for which they were elected to the General Assembly. Vacancies shall be filled by the office making the initial appointment and for the remainder of the unexpired term only.
(c)	The council shall meet at least once each quarter and at the call of the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources. The council shall elect its chairman annually.
(d)	Council members who are not members of the General Assembly or State employees or officers shall receive per diem, travel, and subsistence as provided by G.S. 138-5 while engaged in council business or attending council meetings. Council members who are members of the General Assembly shall receive travel and subsistence allowances as provided by G.S. 120-3.1. Council members who are State employees or officers shall receive travel and subsistence as provided by G.S. 138-6."
Sec. 2.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that the provisions of this act shall be implemented without additional appropriations to the Department of Human Resources, and nothing herein contained shall be construed to obligate the General Assembly to appropriate additional funds.
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1977.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1977.