Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Members of
human rights committees shall be appointed by the Secretary.
(b) Recommendations for committee
appointments and the appointment process shall be as follows:
(1) The State Facility Director shall
maintain a schedule of the terms of appointment for committee members and shall
request names of possible appointees from voluntary groups serving the mentally
ill, mentally retarded or substance abusers, as appropriate, as well as from
the Chairperson of the State Facility Human Rights Committee six months prior
to the expiration of a committee member's term. The State Facility Director
shall submit these nominations, as well as any additional nominations, to the
appropriate deputy director in the Division five months prior to the expiration
of the Committee member's term.
(2)
Within two weeks following receipt of the nominations, the Deputy Director
shall submit the Committee and voluntary group recommendations for nominations,
as well as any other nominations supported by the Deputy Director, to the
Division Director.
(3) The Division
Director shall submit the committee and voluntary group
recommendations, as well as any other nominations he supports, to the
Secretary four months prior to the expiration of the Committee member's term of
office.
(4) The Secretary shall
contact his choices for potential appointees, explain committee member
responsibilities and confirm appointments in writing.
(5) The Secretary shall notify the Division
Director and the committee chairperson of confirmed committee appointments and
the term of office for appointees two months prior to the expiration of the
Committee member's term.
(6) The
Division Director shall notify the State Facility Director of the
appointment.
(c)
Appointments shall be made with an effort to consider the geographic
distribution, race and sex composition of the Human Rights
Committees.
(d) Members shall
represent only one of the organizations or professional groups indicated in
Paragraphs (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of this Rule during any single term in
their capacity as human rights committee members.
(e) Each regional psychiatric hospital shall
have a committee consisting of ten members, none of whom shall be currently
employed by the Division or attorney general's office.
(1) All members shall be knowledgeable about
mental health and mental illness issues as evidenced by interest, experience or
education.
(2) Appointments shall
be made with an effort to consider representation of the needs and
characteristics of the state facility clients.
(3) Appointees shall include one member from
the North Carolina Mental Health Association; one member from the North
Carolina Alliance for the Mentally Ill; and one member from the North Carolina
Association for Retarded Citizens.
(4) Four members shall be appointed at
large.
(5) At least one member
shall be a client and at least one member shall be a family member.
(6) One member shall be a licensed
attorney.
(f) Each
regional mental retardation center shall have a committee consisting of ten
members, none of whom shall be currently employed by the Division.
(1) Four of the Committee members shall
include the legally responsible person of persons with mental retardation who
may or may not reside in a state facility, persons with mental retardation, and
at least one client of a regional mental retardation center.
(2) Three members shall be professionals from
three different associated fields such as social work, education, psychology or
medicine.
(3) One member shall be a
licensed attorney.
(4) Two members
shall be selected at large.
(g) Each regional alcoholic rehabilitation
center shall have a committee consisting of five members, none of whom shall be
currently employed by the Division.
(1) Two
persons shall be members of voluntary groups representing the interests of
persons having substance abuse problems.
(2) One person shall be a client or family
member of a client of an alcoholic rehabilitation center.
(3) Two members shall be selected at
large.
(h) Wright
School, Whitaker School and any other like state facility established and
administered by the Division to serve emotionally disturbed children and
adolescents each shall have a committee consisting of five members, none of
whom shall be currently employed by the Division.
(1) Two persons shall be members of voluntary
groups representing the interest of children and adolescents with special
needs.
(2) One person shall be the
legally responsible person of a client of a state facility for emotionally
disturbed children.
(3) Two members
shall be selected at large.
(i) North Carolina Special Care Center at
Wilson and any other like state facility established and administered by the
Division shall have a committee consisting of five members, none of whom shall
be currently employed by the Division.
(1) All
members shall be knowledgeable about mental health and nursing care issues as
evidenced by interest, experience or education.
(2) Four members shall be appointed at
large.
(3) At least one member
shall be a client or family member of a client.
Authority
G.S.
122C-64;
131E-67;
143B-10;
143B-147;
Eff.
October 1, 1984;
Amended Eff. April 1, 1990; July 1,
1989;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. June 24,
2017.
