N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2777

§ 2777. Research council. 1. There shall be established within the\ninstitute a research council composed of seven members to be appointed\nby the commissioner. The members shall be representative of recognized\ncenters engaged in the scientific investigation of acquired\nimmunosuppressive diseases.\n 2. The research council shall be responsible for making\nrecommendations to the institute for the purpose of carrying out the\nprovisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision one of section\ntwenty-seven hundred seventy-six of this article.\n 3. The council shall meet at least four times a year. Special meetings\nmay be called by the chairman, and shall be called by him at the request\nof the commissioner.\n 4. The members of the council shall receive no compensation for their\nservices, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses\nincurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.\n