135N.4  Membership.
  1.  The following persons shall serve as nonvoting members of the committee:
  a.  The director of public health or a designee.
  b.  The director of the department of human services or a designee.
  c.  The commissioner of insurance or a designee.
  2.  The following voting members shall be appointed by the director, serving three-year terms:
  a.  One member who is a board-certified physician licensed, practicing, and currently treating individuals with hemophilia or other bleeding and clotting disorders.
  b.  One member who is a nurse licensed, practicing, and currently treating individuals with hemophilia or other bleeding and clotting disorders.
  c.  One member who is a social worker licensed, practicing, and currently treating individuals with hemophilia or other bleeding and clotting disorders.
  d.  One member who is a representative of a federally-funded hemophilia treatment center.
  e.  One member who is a representative of an organization established under the Iowa insurance code for the purpose of providing health insurance.
  f.  One member who is a representative of a voluntary health organization who currently services the hemophilia and other bleeding and clotting disorders community.
  g.  One member who is a patient, or caregiver of a patient, with hemophilia.
  h.  One member who is a patient, or caregiver of a patient, with a bleeding disorder other than hemophilia.
  i.  One member who is a patient, or caregiver of a patient, with a clotting disorder.
  3.  At least one of the appointments made pursuant to subsection 2, paragraphs “g”, “h”, and “i” shall be a patient with hemophilia, a bleeding disorder that is not hemophilia, or a clotting disorder. The committee appointments may be made notwithstanding sections 69.16 and 69.16A.
  4.  If there is a vacancy on the committee, such position shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
2007 Acts, ch 31, §4, 7