| (a) The commission may establish an advisory committee
to provide advice and recommendations to the department on technical
matters relevant to the administration of this chapter. The name of
the advisory committee shall be the Registered Sanitarian Advisory
Committee.
(b) The advisory committee is subject to the Government
Code, Chapter 2110, concerning state agency advisory boards.
(c) The advisory committee shall be composed of nine
members appointed by the presiding officer of the commission. The
composition of the committee shall include:
(1) five registered sanitarians;
(2) one professional engineer, or one on-site sewage
facility (OSSF) professional who is not and has never been registered
as a sanitarian in Texas;
(3) two consumers, one of which must be a member of
an industry or occupation which is regulated either by a city or county
environmental health unit or department or equivalent, or by the Department
of State Health Services; and
(4) one person involved in education in the field of
public, consumer, or environmental health sciences.
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