Louisiana § RS 46:2413 - Guidelines for appointment; terms; removal of members; chairman and vice-chairman; place and frequency of meetings

§ RS 46:2413. Guidelines for appointment; terms; removal of members; chairman and vice-chairman; place and frequency of meetings

A.  Each local citizen review board shall be appointed according to the following guidelines:

(1)  Members of each local citizen review board shall be recruited from the professions of law, medicine, psychology, social work, and education, from foster and adoptive parents, and from other groups with special knowledge and interest.  All members of each local citizen review board shall have a demonstrated interest in foster care or child welfare.  

(2)  Members of each local citizen review board shall, as far as practicable, represent the various socioeconomic and ethnic groups of the area served.  

(3)  No person employed by the department, by any private agency regulated by the department, or by any juvenile court shall serve on any local citizen review board.  

(4)  Of the initial appointees to each local citizen review board, one member shall be appointed to serve a term of one year, two members shall be appointed to serve terms of two years, and two members shall be appointed to serve terms of three years.  All subsequent local citizen review board members shall serve terms of three years, except that if a vacancy occurs, a successor shall be appointed to serve the unexpired term.  The term of each member shall expire on August first of the appropriate year.  Members may be reappointed and shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed.  

B.  Local citizen review board members may be removed by the state board or by a majority of local citizen review board members, pursuant to rules established by the state board, for nonparticipation or for other cause.  The appointing court may remove local citizen review board members for cause.  

C.  Each local citizen review board shall annually elect from its membership a chairman and a vice-chairman to serve in the absence of the chairman.  

D.  Each local citizen review board shall meet at a place agreed to by a majority of the board as often as it deems necessary to carry out the duties of the board.  A local citizen review board shall meet no less than six times annually.  

E.  Each local citizen review board shall be domiciled within the judicial district.  The local citizen review board shall notify the judicial district court, the department, and the clerk or clerks of court for the judicial district of its mailing address and its officers.  

Added by Acts 1983, No. 610, §1; eff. July 1, 1984.