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2017 Delaware Code
Title 31 - Welfare
CHAPTER 38. CHILD PLACEMENT REVIEW ACT
§ 3804. Qualifications of board members.

Universal Citation:
31 DE Code § 3804 (2017)
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(a) A board member must be a citizen of Delaware who has demonstrated an interest in children and their welfare through community service or professional experience or who possesses a background in law, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, education, theology, social work, medicine or related fields.

(b) A person employed by a placement agency, contract agency or the Family Court of this State may not be appointed to the Board.

(c) Discrimination is prohibited in the board member appointment procedure on the basis of gender identity, marital status, disability, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, race, color, national origin or ethnicity.

(d) All persons who apply for board membership shall consent to a criminal background review, consistent with the specifications of § 309(a) of Title 31.

62 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 1; 64 Del. Laws, c. 47, § 1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 296, § 4; 72 Del. Laws, c. 338, § 1; 78 Del. Laws, c. 179, § 366; 79 Del. Laws, c. 284, § 1; 80 Del. Laws, c. 319, § 1.;

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