N.Y. Educ. Law § 6954

§ 6954. State board of midwifery. 1. The state board of midwifery\nshall be appointed by the board of regents on recommendation of the\ncommissioner for the purpose of assisting the board of regents on\nmatters of professional licensing and professional conduct in accordance\nwith section sixty-five hundred eight of this title. The board shall be\ncomposed of thirteen individuals. Initial appointments to the board\nshall be such that the terms shall be staggered. However, no members\nshall serve more than two terms.\n 2. (a) (1) Seven members of the board shall be persons licensed or\nexempt under this section.\n (2) One member of the board shall be an educator of midwifery.\n (b) Two members of the board shall be individuals who are licensed\nphysicians who are also certified as obstetrician/gynecologists by a\nnational certifying body.\n (c) One member of the board shall be an individual licensed as a\nphysician who practices family medicine including obstetrics.\n (d) One member of the board shall be an individual licensed as a\nphysician who practices pediatrics.\n (e) One member of the board shall be an individual not possessing\neither licensure or training in medicine, midwifery, pharmacology or\nnursing and shall represent the public at large.\n 3. For purposes of this article, "board" means the state board of\nmidwifery created under this section unless the context clearly\nindicates otherwise.\n