New York Laws
Article 20 - Protection of People With Special Needs
555 - Justice Center Medical Review Board; Organization.

(b) The members of the board shall receive no compensation for their
services but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties.
(c) The board shall have an executive secretary and such officers and
employees as the executive director shall assign upon request of the
chair of the board, to assist it in the performance of its duties.
(d) All records of the proceedings and the deliberations of the
justice center medical review board shall not be subject to disclosure
under article thirty-one of the civil practice law and rules.
(e) The board or any committee appointed by the chair of the board
shall meet at the request of its chair or the executive director of the
justice center. Any member of the board who fails to attend three
consecutive meetings of the board or the committee to which such member
is assigned by the chair of the board, unless excused by the chair of
the board, shall be considered to have vacated his or her office unless
otherwise ordered by the governor. The term of any such person appointed
by the governor to fill such vacancy shall be governed by the provisions
of this section.