(1) The public health advisory council may appoint task forces composed of council members and other individuals in a number the council determines is appropriate when the council determines that either of the following exists:

  (a) A task force is appropriate to provide professional or technical expertise related to a department or council function under this code.

  (b) A task force is appropriate to provide additional public participation in a department or council function under this code.

  (2) The department may request that the public health advisory council establish a task force when the department determines that the task force is appropriate to the functions vested in the department by this code.