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a) The Newborn Eye Pathology Screening Task Force is established and shall advise the State Department of Health Services on the newborn eye pathology screening protocol. (

b) The task force shall be composed of the following members:

(1) The Director of Health Services as a nonvoting ex officio member.

(2) The voting members shall be appointed by the Director of Health Services as follows: (

A) One ophthalmologist with a background in or knowledge of providing services to infants with retinoblastoma. (

B) One pediatric ophthalmologist who sees general pediatric patients and is a designee of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. (

C) One academic pediatrician with a background in or knowledge of infant eye pathology screening. (

D) One parent representing families with a child with blindness or other ocular abnormalities affecting vision. (

E) One representative from the California Academy of Family Physicians. (

F) One representative recommended by the State Department of Health Services. (

G) One representative from the American Academy of Pediatrics, California District. (

H) One community pediatrician with a background in or experience with the routine instillation of dilating eye drops as part of red reflex screening. (

I) One nurse with a background in or knowledge of the current department program for the instillation of eye drops to prevent conjunctivitis. (

J) One retinal specialist with research experience in detecting the signs of treatable congenital eye disease. (

K) One optometrist with a background in or experience with pupil dilation in infants and red reflex screening for intraocular pathology. (

c) Task force members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of the task force.