§453-5.4  Physician assistant advisory committee.  There shall be a physician assistant advisory committee under the Hawaii medical board consisting solely of persons licensed under section 453-5.3.  The committee shall review all complaints and requests relating to physician assistants, and review and recommend revisions of the physician assistant regulations.

     The chairperson of the committee shall be the representative for the committee members to the Hawaii medical board for the purpose of providing input to the board from the physician assistant's perspective on issues and concerns, including complaints and requests, regarding physician assistants.  The chairperson shall not be a member of the Hawaii medical board to avoid conflict of interests. [L 1993, c 183, §3; am L 1999, c 90, §4; am L 2008, c 9, §3]