Section 489.3.3. Removal of a local board member.

         3.3(1) Grounds for removal are:

            a.               Not attending mandatory training sessions.

            b.               Missing two consecutive board meetings or four board meetings in a year’s period, without justifiable cause as determined by the administrator.

            c.               Releasing confidential information pursuant to Iowa Code sections 600.16, 217.30, 235A.15 and 237.21, chapters 21 and 22, and other statutory provisions requiring confidentiality.

            d.               Any action or behavior that is inconsistent with the purpose and objectives of Iowa Code sections 237.15 to 237.22, the board, and these rules.

         3.3(2) The administrator shall write a letter requesting the child advocacy board to take action with specific cause and nature of the cause for removal of local board members. Copies of this request will be given to all child advocacy board members and the person in question at least 15 days in advance of the child advocacy board meeting where a decision will be made.

         3.3(3) The person in question may enter written or oral testimony to the child advocacy board ten days in advance of the board meeting for the child advocacy board’s consideration.

         3.3(4) The child advocacy board shall make the final decision, with no further appeal available, when a quorum is present by an affirmative majority vote. Written notice of the decision will be given to the local board member and will be reflected in the board minutes.

This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 17A.3 and 237.18(2)“f.”

[ARC 2322C, IAB 12/23/15, effective 1/27/16]