417.12. The responsibilities of the regional panel of heads of departments of specialized medicine shall be exercised by a supervisory committee comprising the following members:(1) three members elected by and from among the medical specialists who act as department heads, from three of the clinical fields mentioned in section 417.13;
(2) five to seven members appointed by the members referred to in subparagraph 1 from among the medical specialists acting as department heads in each of the other clinical fields mentioned in section 417.13; and
(3) the president and executive director of the agency, or a medical specialist the president and executive director designates.
In addition, when there is a faculty of medicine in an agency’s area of jurisdiction, the supervisory committee must include a member appointed by the dean of the faculty of medicine as well as a medical resident acting as an observer.