489—2.1(237) Membership and term.
	2.1(1) Membership and terms. The child advocacy board is created within the department of health and human services. The state board consists of nine members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate and directly responsible to the governor. One member shall be an active court appointed special advocate volunteer, one member shall be an active member of a local citizen foster care review board, and one member shall be a judicial branch employee or judicial officer appointed from nominees submitted by the judicial branch. The appointment is for a term of four years that begins and ends as provided in Iowa Code section 69.19. Vacancies on the state board shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made. An employee of the department of health and human services, an employee of a child-placing agency, an employee of an agency with which the department of health and human services contracts for services for children under foster care, a foster parent providing foster care, or an employee of the district court is not eligible to serve on the state board. However, the judicial branch employee or judicial officer appointed from nominees submitted by the judicial branch in accordance with Iowa Code section 237.16(1) shall be eligible to serve on the state board.
	2.1(2) Officers. The members of the state board shall annually select a chairperson, vice chairperson, and other officers the members deem necessary. The members may be entitled to receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, subject to available funding. Each member of the state board may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in Iowa Code section 7E.6.
	2.1(3) Meetings. The state board shall meet at least twice a year. Notice of a meeting is published at least seven days in advance of the meeting and will be provided to interested persons upon request. The notice shall contain the specific date, time and place of the meeting. The agenda will be made available to any interested person not less than seven days in advance of the meeting. All meetings will be open to the public, pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 21, unless a closed session is voted by a quorum. The operation of the state board meetings will be governed by the following rules of procedure.
	a. 	A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members. When a quorum is present, a position is carried by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members present.
	b. 	Minutes of state board meetings are prepared and are available at the board office for inspection during office hours. Copies may be obtained without charge by contacting the office.
	c. 	At each meeting the state board shall set the time, date and place of the next meeting.
	(1)	Notice of the meeting shall be given pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 21.
	(2)	When the chairperson of the state board determines that a special or electronic meeting is required, the meeting shall be held in accordance with Iowa Code section 21.4 or 21.8.
	(3)	Persons wishing to appear before the state board shall submit the request to the state board office not less than ten days prior to the meeting. Presentations may be made at the discretion of the chairperson and only upon matters appearing on the agenda. Persons wishing to submit written material should do so at least ten days in advance of the scheduled meeting to ensure that state board members have adequate time to receive and evaluate the material.
	(4)	Cameras and recording devices may be used at open meetings provided they do not obstruct the meeting. The presiding officer may request a person using such a device to discontinue its use when it is obstructing the meeting. If a person fails to comply with this request, the presiding officer shall order that person excluded from the meeting.
	(5)	The presiding officer may exclude any person from the meeting for repeated behavior that disrupts or obstructs the meeting.
	(6)	Cases not covered by these rules shall be governed by Robert’s Rules of Order.
	2.1(4) Powers and duties. The powers and duties of the state board are enumerated in Iowa Code section 237.18.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 17A.3, 237.16, and 237.18.
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