Georgia Code
Article 9 - Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund
§ 15-21-143. Appointment of Members and Personnel; Agencies

The remaining ten members of the commission shall be appointed by the Governor, seven of whom shall be citizens who have sustained brain or spinal cord injury or members of such persons’ immediate families, no more than one of whom shall reside in the same geographic area of the state which constitutes a health district established by the Department of Public Health. The Governor is authorized but not required to appoint the remaining three members from recommendations submitted by the Private Rehabilitation Suppliers of Georgia, the Georgia Hospital Association, the Brain Injury Association of Georgia, the Medical Association of Georgia, and the Georgia State Medical Association. The Governor shall also establish initial terms of office for all 16 members of the board within the limitations of this subsection.
History. Code 1981, § 15-21-143 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 667, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 24; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1137, § 3; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 15; Ga. L. 2002, p. 528, § 3; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-14/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 5-2/HB 214; Ga. L. 2012, p. 303, § 3/HB 1146.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).

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