1. (1) The Commission shall be composed of seven physicians, each of whom must be either a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathy and be licensed to practice medicine in Alabama. There shall be one public member, who shall not be a licensee of the Commission or hold a professional degree in any health care field or practice as a licensed health care professional.

2. (2) The members shall be appointed as follows:

   1. (a) Two physicians shall be appointed by the lieutenant governor;
   2. (b) Two physicians shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and
   3. (c) The three remaining physicians and the public member shall be appointed by the Governor.

3. (3) The members shall serve a five-year term with no limit as to the number of terms a member can serve. In order to stagger the terms, the initial appointment shall be as follows:

   1. (a) The two members appointed by the lieutenant governor shall serve a five-year term;
   2. (b) The two members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives shall serve a four-year term;
   3. (c) One member appointed by the Governor shall serve a three-year term, one member appointed by the Governor shall serve a two-year term, and the other member appointed by the Governor shall serve a one-year term.

Author: Wayne P. Turner, Wallace D. Mills

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §34-24-310.

History: Filed May 6, 1983. Amended: Filed March 4, 2003; effective April 8, 2003. Amended: Filed December 10, 2018; effective January 24, 2019.