99 STAT. 844
PUBLIC LAW 99-158—NOV. 20, 1985 ADVISORY BOARDS
National Diabetes Advisory Board, establishment. National Digestive Disease Advisory Board, establishment. National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory Board, establishment. 42 USC 285C-4.
Government organization and employees.
5 USC 5332 note.
"SEC. 430. (a) The Secretary shall establish in the Institute the National Diabetes Advisory Board, the National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board, and the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory Board (hereafter in this section individually referred to as an 'Advisory Board'). "(b) Each Advisory Board shall be composed of eighteen appointed members and nonvoting ex officio members as follows: "(1) The Secretary shall appoint— "(A) twelve members from individuals who are scientists, physicians, and other health professionals, who are not officers or employees of the United States, and who represent the specialties and disciplines relevant to the diseases with respect to which the Advisory Board is established; and "(B) six members from the general public who are knowledgeable with respect to such diseases, including at least one member who is a person who has such a disease and one member who is a parent of a person who has such a disease. Of the appointed members at least five shall by virtue of training or experience be knowledgeable in the fields of health education, nursing, data systems, public information, and community program development. "(2)(A) The following shall be ex officio members of each Advisory Board: "(i) The Assistant Secretary for Health, the Director of NIH, the Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans' Administration, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, and the Division Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for the diseases for which the Board is established (or the designees of such officers). "(ii) Such other officers and employees of the United States as the Secretary determines necessary for the Advisory Board to carry out its functions. "(B) In the case of the National Diabetes Advisory Board, the following shall also be ex officio members: The Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Director of the National Eye Institute, the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (or the designees of such officers). "(c) Members of an Advisory Board who are officers or employees of the Federal Government shall serve as members of the Advisory Board without compensation in addition to that received in their regular public employment. Other members of the Board shall receive compensation at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate in effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule for each day (including traveltime) they are engaged in the performance of their duties as members of the Board. "(d) The term of office of an appointed member of an Advisory Board is four years, except that no term of office may extend beyond the expiration of the Advisory Board. Any member appointed to fill
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