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620.190 Citizen foster care review boards -- Local citizen foster care review boards.
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There shall be established within each judicial district a citizen foster care review
board to be appointed by the Chief District Judge or family court judge. The Chief
District Judge or family court judge may authorize the creation of additional local
citizen foster care review boards as needed.
Each local citizen foster care review board shall consist of not less than three (3)
members and shall be appointed according to the following guidelines:
(a) All members shall have an interest in foster care or child welfare;
(b) At least two (2) members of each local citizen foster care review board shall,
as far as practicable, be chosen from among the following professions: law,
medicine, psychology, social work, and education;
(c) Each local citizen foster care review board shall, as far as practicable, include
a foster parent;
(d) All members of each local citizen foster care review board shall, as far as
practicable, be representative of the socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic
composition of the area served;
(e) Employees of the cabinet shall be prohibited from serving on the local citizen
foster care review board;
(f) All appointed board members shall serve a term of three (3) 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 1 of the appropriate
year. Members may be reappointed and shall continue to serve until a
successor is appointed; and
(g) All members shall be certified prior to appointment by the state citizen foster
care review board or its designee. For the purposes of this section, "certified"
means acknowledgment of completion of initial training approved by the state
citizen foster care review board.
Local citizen foster care review board members may be removed for
nonparticipation, failure to meet training requirements, or other cause as determined
by the state citizen foster care review board in compliance with its constitution and
bylaws.
Each local citizen foster care review board shall annually elect a chairman and vice
chairman to serve in the absence of the chairman.
Each local citizen foster care review board shall meet, at a place designated by the
Chief District Judge or family court judge, as often as is deemed necessary to carry
out the duties of the board. The local citizen foster care review board shall meet no
less than four (4) times annually.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 278, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 301, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch.
412, sec. 6, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 56,
effective April 10, 1988. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 80, effective July 1,
1987.
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