                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMONWEALTH NEUROTRAUMA INITIATIVE ADVISORY BOARD ESTABLISHED; MEMBERSHIP;
TERMS; DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (§ 51.5-180)

A. For the purpose of administering the Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative
Trust Fund, in cooperation with the Commissioner, there is hereby established
the Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Advisory Board, hereinafter referred to
as the Advisory Board. The Department shall provide organizational staff support
for the Advisory Board.
			The Advisory Board shall consist of seven members as follows: one person
licensed to practice medicine in Virginia experienced with brain or spinal cord
injury; one person licensed by a health regulatory board within the Department
of Health Professions with experience in brain or spinal cord injury
rehabilitative programs or services; one Virginian with traumatic spinal cord
injury or a caretaker thereof; one Virginian with traumatic brain injury or a
caretaker thereof; one citizen-at-large who shall not be an elected or appointed
public official; the Commissioner; and the State Health Commissioner. The
Commissioner and the Commissioner of Health may appoint designees to serve on
the Advisory Board. Board members shall be appointed by the Governor.
Nominations for appointments may be submitted, at the discretion of the
Governor, from relevant organizations.

B. All members shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of four years. No
member shall serve more than two successive terms of four years. The chairman
shall be elected from the membership of the Advisory Board for a term of one
year and shall be eligible for reelection. The Advisory Board shall meet at the
call of the chairman or the Commissioner.

C. The Advisory Board shall:

   1. Administer, in cooperation with the Commissioner, the Commonwealth
   Neurotrauma Initiative Trust Fund, in accordance with such regulations as
   shall be established for the Fund by the Commissioner;

   2. Recommend to the Commissioner the policies and procedures for the
   administration of the Fund, including criteria for reviewing and ranking grant
   applications, distribution of funds, and areas of research needed in
   accordance with the provisions of subsection B of &#xA7; 51.5-179;

   3. Review and rank, or arrange for reviewers and technical advisers to review
   and rank, grant applications for education, basic science and clinical
   research, and rehabilitative research and community-based rehabilitative
   services; and

   4. Report triennially on October 1, to the Governor and the General Assembly,
   aggregate data on the operations and funding of the Commonwealth Neurotrauma
   Initiative Trust Fund.

D. The Advisory Board may appoint grant reviewers and other technical advisers
to assist it in its duties. Such reviewers and technical advisers shall be
appointed in such manner as to provide equal representation from
Virginia&#8217;s three medical schools. Whenever reviewers or technical advisers
sit as a committee, the chairman of the Advisory Board or his designee shall
serve as chairman.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 60, § 51.5-12.3; 2008, c. 40; 2012, cc. 803, 835.