Missouri Revised Statutes Title XL. Additional Executive Departments § 630.193. Professional review committee to make recommendations to director--committee members, appointment, qualifications, terms, compensation--organization and meetings

1. A “Professional Review Committee”, consisting of ten members appointed by the director is hereby created to review, report, and recommend approval or disapproval to the director of any research conducted by the department. The committee shall consist of persons who reside in the state and are not employed by the department and who have demonstrated recognized competence in medicine, pharmacology, behavioral sciences, biomedical science, philosophy of science, or bioethics. Each member of the committee shall serve for a term of four years following his appointment, except one-half of the members initially appointed after August 13, 1980, shall serve terms of two years each.

2. The department shall pay the members of the committee one hundred dollars per day for each day, or portion thereof, they actually spend in the performance of their official duties and shall reimburse the members for actual necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.

3. The committee shall elect a chairman annually. The committee shall meet at the call of the director or the chairman and shall have a quorum when at least five members are present.