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approval, or no sooner ~han 45 days after the nursing home adniinistrat0rs' ,!5-day ~eriod for action has expired. ~?. ~ Od!cel'i. -- The comtm~tee shall elect from Its members a chairman, to ~.-. iff Quati~cacions. ~ Each member must be a resident of the county which ~.~ the commkme s~rves. No uerson or immediate filmily member eta person with a financial interest in a hdme served by a committee; or employee or governin~ :,~' ' board member m' immadiare ihmiiy m~mber of an employee or'governing boars member of a home served by a committee, or immediate family member of a .~:~" patient ]n~ home served by a committee may be a member of a committee. Membership on a committet~ shall not be considered an office as defined in G.S. ~8-! or 1~8-1.i, Any coumv commissioner who is appointed ~0 the committee shah be deemed to'he ser~'ing on the committee in an ex offido capacity. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbm'sed ~or the amoum of actual expenses incurred by them in the refinance of their duties. The names of the commkrea members and ~he sara of exoiration of their terms shall be filed with the Division of Aging, which shall'supply a copy to the Division of Facilities Services. (g) The ~ivisio~ of Aging, Department of Human Resom'ces; shall develop training materials, which s]mH be distributed to each committee member and nursing home. Each committee member must receive training as specified bv the Dkrision of Aging prim' to exercising any power under subkection (h) ofthi~ section. The Division of Aging, Department of tluman ResOurces, shall provida the committees with information, guidelines, training, and consultation to. direct ~hem in the perfornmnce of their duties. '" (hi Duties.-- (!) Each committee shall apprise itself of the general conditions under which the persons are residing in the homes, and shall wm'k for the best interests of the persons in the homes. This may include assisting persons who have grievances with the home and facilitating the res- olution of grievances at the local level. (2) Each committne shall quarterly risk the nursing home k serves. For each such o~cial quarterly visit, a majority bors shall be present. In addition, each committee may vlsi[ nursing home ir serves wheaever it deems it necessary to carry oat i~ dudes. In connties wkh four m' more nnrsing homes, the subcommittee assigned to a home shall nerform the duties of the commk~ee under this subdivision, and a m~jority of t}ie sabcommittee and S:O0 P.M., to enter into the ihcilkv the commktee serves in order , to carry out the membm-~' responsibilities. In a count5,' where i.~' subcomhfitte~s have been established, a memi)er shall have a right to..;~ entero~v ~:messewedbvsubconmtteesofwhchhe samember. commnmcate throngh ~[s ehan'man w~th the Deparunent of Haman Resources or any other agency in relation to tim interest of any pat e ~t. T e :tomes of all complhining pm'sons s mil remain c0nfiden- rial unless written permission is ~iven for disclosure. ;51 Each home shall cooperate with Che com~nittee as it carries oat iB .}72~7& duties. t61 Before entering into any nnrsing home, the committee, subcommittee, or member shall idemi~v itseJfto the person present at the facility who is in charge of the facility at that ti~ne. ti~ Narsing Homes [o Cooperate. ~ In order fro' a nm'sing home as defin~ by G.S. 130-glet to be I ceased under [ha subsect on, ~he home shall cooper~ie. with a communi[v adv sorv committee. 11977. c~ 897. s. 9- 1977, 2nd Sess.. c. g 1192, s. 13 428