Who serves on a consolidated human services board?

A consolidated human services board may have up to 25 members, appointed by the board of county commissioners. All members of the CHS board must be residents of the county. The composition of the CHS board must “reasonably reflect the population makeup of the county” and must include:

• Four persons who are “consumers of human services.”
• Eight persons who are professionals, each with qualifications in one of these categories: one psychologist, one pharmacist, one engineer, one dentist, one optometrist, one veterinarian, one social worker, and one registered nurse.
• Two physicians licensed to practice medicine in North Carolina, one of whom must be a psychiatrist.
• One county commissioner.
• Other persons, including “members of the general public representing various occupations.”

The BOCC may elect to appoint a member of the CHS board to concurrently fill more than one category of membership (the categories described above) if the member has the qualifications or attributes of more than one category of membership.

 A table comparing the membership of a consolidated human services board with other types of local boards of health is available in the attached document.