(1) An advisory committee will consist of a physician appointed by the department and one representative of each type and level of service licensed, selected from a group of individuals who have expressed an interest in serving on the committee and who have completed and returned the forms specified by the department, with adequate consideration to demographics and geographics.

(2) Members of the committee shall serve two or three year terms with the initial terms of membership randomly assigned.

(3) The committee may conduct its business by a meeting or, when appropriate, by a telephone conference call.