WAC 182-55-025. Committee member requirements and committee member terms

(1) As a continuing condition of appointment, committee members must: (a) Not have a substantial financial conflict of interest, such as an interest in a health technology company, including the holding of stock options, or the receipt of honoraria, or consultant moneys; (b) Complete a conflict of interest disclosure form, update the form annually, and keep disclosure statements current; (c) Abide by confidentiality requirements and keep all personal medical information and proprietary information confidential; and (d) Not use information gained from committee membership outside of committee responsibilities, unless the information is publicly available. (2) The director has the sole discretion to terminate a committee member's appointment if the director determines that the committee member has violated a condition of appointment. (3) Committee members serve staggered three-year terms. To provide for staggered terms, committee members may be appointed initially for less than three years. (4) A committee member may be appointed for a total of nine years of committee service, but an initial appointment of less than twenty-four months is not included in the nine-year limitation. (5) A committee member may serve until that member's successor is appointed, notwithstanding the limits on service in subsection (3) of this section. (6) Mid-term vacancies on the committee are filled for the remainder of the unexpired three-year term.