What are the qualifications for appointment to a consolidated human services board?

• The CHS board must be composed of no more than 25 members. 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 member of the BOCC.
  • 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. For example, a board member might be a registered nurse and a consumer of human services, and could concurrently satisfy both categories of membership.