235C.2  Membership.

The council on chemically exposed infants and children shall be composed of the following members:

1.  Two members of the Iowa department of public health selected by the director of the Iowa department of public health, one from the division of substance abuse, and one from the division of family and community health.

2.  The director of human services or the director's designee.

3.  The director of the department of human rights or the director's designee.

4.  The director of the department of education or the director's designee.

5.  The director of the department of corrections or the director's designee.

6.  The chairperson of the state maternal and child health advisory council or the chairperson's designee.

7.  A physician selected by the board of the Iowa medical society with expertise in the care of the mother and a physician selected by the board of the Iowa medical society with expertise in the care of the infant.

8.  A hospital administrator or the administrator's designee selected by the board of the association of Iowa hospitals and health systems.

9.  A representative from a community health center located in Iowa selected by the Iowa/Nebraska primary care association.

10.  A representative from a maternal and child health center selected by the governor.

11.  A representative from a substance abuse treatment program, selected by the governor.

12.  Two citizen members, selected by the governor.

13.  A representative from the governor's office of drug control policy selected by the office.

14.  A representative from the university of Iowa medical school selected by the director of the medical school.

15.  A representative from a community-based substance abuse prevention program, selected by the governor.

16.  A representative from the juvenile court, selected by the chief justice of the Iowa supreme court.

17.  An attorney who practices in the area of juvenile law, selected by the Iowa state bar association.

18.  Two consumer representatives selected by the governor, one of whom shall be a parent and one of whom shall be a nonparent family member.

The council shall be staffed by the Iowa department of public health. The council shall elect its own chairperson.

Section History: Recent form

  90 Acts, ch 1264, §31; 93 Acts, ch 93, §5; 93 Acts, ch 139, §6; 98 Acts, ch 1100, §30; 99 Acts, ch 141, §33, 34; 2000 Acts, ch 1126, §6


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