Pub. L. 91-515, tit. I, sec. 107

Sec. 107. (a) Section 905(a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 905. (a) The Secretary may appoint, without regard to the civil service laws, a National Advisory Council on Regional Medical Programs. The Council shall consist of the Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for Health mid Scientific Affairs, who84 Stat. 1300 shall be the Chairman, the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans’ Administration who shall be an ex officio member, and twenty members, not otherwise in the regular full-time employ of the United States, who are leaders in the fields of the fundamental sciences, the medical sciences, health care administration, or public affairs. At least two of the appointed members shall be practicing physicians, one shall be outstanding in the study or health care of persons suffering from heart disease, one shall be outstanding in the study or health care of persons suffering from cancer, one shall be outstanding in the study or health care of persons suffering from stroke, one shall be outstanding in the study or health care of persons suffering from kidney disease, two shall be outstanding in the field of prevention of heart disease, cancer, stroke, or kidney disease, and four shall be members of the public.” (b) Of the persons first appointed under section 905(a) of (he Public Health Service Act to serve as the four additional members of the National Advisory Council on Regional Medical Programs authorized by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section— (1) one shall serve for a term of one year, (2) one shall serve for a term of two years, (3) one shall serve for a term of three years, and (4) one shall serve for a term of four years, as designated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare at the time of appointment. (c) Members of the National Advisory Council on Regional Medical Programs (other than the Surgeon General) in office on the date of enactment of this Act shall continue in office in accordance with the term of office for which they were last appointed to the Council.