P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 3534
The Birth Defect Monitoring System attached to the Department of Health shall have a scientific advisory committee to assist in the discharge of the duties contracted by virtue of this chapter or accordant with the implementation thereof.
(a) The Secretary of Health shall be the appointing authority that shall designate the members who shall constitute the advisory committee.
(b) The Advisory Committee shall be composed of seven persons representing different disciplines, including but not limited to: three specialists in the area of birth defects (physicians, nurses, genetic counselors specialized in: genetics, neonatology, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and others); two professionals related to public health (epidemiologists, biostatisticians, public health educators, hospital administrators, or others); one member of the community (parent, patient or consumer of related health services); and the coordinator or representative of the Monitoring System.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 351, § 6.