CA Health & Safety Code § 1797.125.01 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 3 - State Administration|ARTICLE 2.5 - Paramedic Disciplinary Review Board|Section 1797.125.01.

1797.125.01.  (a) The Paramedic Disciplinary Review Board shall be composed of the following members, who shall all be residents of California:(1) One member shall be a California-licensed physician who is board certified in emergency medicine, whose primary practice is emergency medicine, and who has not less than five years of experience working in an emergency department. The physician shall not be employed or providing services by contract as a local emergency medical services (EMS) agency medical director or a medical director of an advanced life support (ALS) provider.(2) Four members shall be field paramedics licensed in California, each of whom shall have not less than five years of experience working as a paramedic for an ALS provider. The paramedic members shall have not less than two years of experience as a paramedic preceptor, field training officer, or participating in the development or oversight of an agency continuous quality improvement review process. The two-year experience requirement may be achieved through any combination of those experiences.(3) Two members shall be public members who are not licensed by the Emergency Medical Services Authority or by any previous authority under this division, have no pecuniary interest in the provision of emergency medical services, and are not employed by a local EMS agency, ALS provider, or basic life support provider.(b) The Governor shall appoint the physician member and two of the paramedic members of the board. The Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint one paramedic member and one public member. The Governor’s initial appointees shall serve two-year terms.(c) Except for the Governor’s initial appointments, appointments shall be made for four-year terms expiring on the first day of June. A member shall not serve more than two consecutive terms. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment to the unexpired term.(d) Each member of the board shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day spent in the discharge of official duties and shall be reimbursed for traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties. These payments shall be made only from the Emergency Medical Services Personnel Fund from which the expenses of the EMT-P licensure enforcement program are paid. Notwithstanding any other law, a public officer or employee shall not receive per diem salary compensation for serving on the board on any day when the officer or employee also received compensation for the officer or employee’s regular public employment.(e) Each member of the board shall take an oath of office as provided in the California Constitution and the Government Code.(f) The appointing authority may remove from office at any time a member of the board for continued neglect of duties required by law, or for incompetence, or unprofessional or dishonorable conduct. This section is not a limitation or restriction on the power of the appointing authority conferred on the appointing authority by any other law to remove a member of the board.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 463, Sec. 2. (AB 450) Effective January 1, 2022.)