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RESTRICTIONS REGARDING COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD MEMBERSHIP G.S. I08A-3: Residential Qualifications Each member of the county social services board "...shall be bona fide residents of the county from which they are appointed to serve..." G.S. 108A-4: Term of Appointment "Each member ora county board of social serVices shall serve for a term of three years. No member may serve more than two consecutive terms. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the limitation on consecutive terms does not apply if the member of the social services board was a member of the board of county commissioners at any time during the.first two consecutive terms, and is a member of the board of county commissioners at the time of reappointment. " G.S. 108A-6: Member FiRing an Unexpired Term All appointments made to fill vacancies "... shah be for the remainder of the former member's.term of office and shall not constitute a term for the purposes of G. S. 108A-4." G.S. 108A-47: State/County Special Assistance for Adults - Limitations on Payments "No payment for assistance.., shall be made for the care of any person in a domiciliary facility which is owned or operated in whole or in part by... a member.., of any county board of social services." G.S. 108A-55: Medical Assistance Program - Payments "No payments shall be made for the care of any person in a nursing home or intermediate care home which is owned or operated in whole or in part by a member of... any county board of social services..." 10 NC'AC 2~A .0302: Employment of Relatives of County Board Members "No person shall be considered for employment in a county department of social services during the time a member of his immediate family is serving on the county board of social services or the board of county commissioners in the same county. This regulation in no way effects the status of a person who is already an employee of a county department of social services and of whose immediate family member becomes a candidate for or is appointed or elected to the county board of social services or the board of commissioners of the same county. (emphasis added) 'Immediate family member,' is for purposes of this Regulation defined as a spouse, parent, sibling, child, grandparent, grandchild, stepparent, mother- in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew." 10 ~VCAC 41F.0702: Criteria for the Foster Family - County Social Services Board Members County Social Services Board members cannot be licensed as foster parents by the county department of social services in the county where the individual works or is a board member. However, the individual may apply to be a foster parent through a private agency or through another county department of social services. The individual may not be considered or used as a placement resource for children from the county in which the foster parents reside, and may not be supervised by the county agency where the person serves on the board. Ifa licensed foster parent becomes a county social services board member, special consideration may be given to the home to remain licensed for the children already in care.