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17 <br />3.Each member of the Committee shall have the right between 10:00 A.M. and <br />8:00 P.M. to enter into the facility the Committee serves in order to carry out the <br />members' responsibilities. Ifsubcommittees have been established, this right of <br />access shall be limited to homes served by those subcommittees to which the <br />member has been appointed. <br />4.The Committee or subcommittee may communicate through its chair with the <br />Department of Health and Human Services or any other agency in relation to the <br />interest of any patient. The identity of any complainant or resident involved in a <br />complaint shall not be disclosed except as permitted under the Older Americans <br />Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq. <br />5.Each home shall cooperate with the committee as it carries out its duties. <br />6.Before entering into any nursing home, the Committee, subcommittee, or <br />member shall identify itself to the person present at the facility who is in charge of <br />the facility at that time. <br />SECTION III:MEMBERSHIP <br />A.Authority <br />1. <br />North Carolina General Statute § 131E-128(b)(3)grants the Board of County <br />Commissioners the authority to appointment members of the Committee. <br />B.Composition <br />1. <br />The Committee shall be composed ofthe following: <br />a. <br />If the County has one, two, or three nursinghomes, the Committee shall <br />have five members; or <br />b. <br />If the County has four or more nursinghomes, the Committee shall have <br />one additional member for each nursinghome in excess of three, and <br />may have up to five additional members at the discretion of the Board of <br />County Commissioners. <br />i. <br />If the County has four or more Nursinghomes, the Committee <br />shall establish a subcommittee of no morethan five members and <br />no fewer than three members from the Committee for each <br />Nursinghome in the county. <br />ii. <br />Each member must serve on at least one subcommittee; or <br />2. <br />Of the total number of members, a minority (not less than one-third, but as close <br />to one-third as possible) mustbe chosen from among persons nominated by a <br />majority of the chief administrators of nursinghomes in the Countyand of the <br />governing bodies of the hospitals licensed under Chapter 131E, Article 5 of the <br />North Carolina General Statutes, which operate nursing homes. If the nursing <br />home administrators and governing bodies of the hospitals licensed under <br />Chapter 131E, Article 5 of the North Carolina General Statutes, which operate <br />nursing homes fail to make a nomination within 45 days after written notification <br />has been sent to them by the Board of County Commissioners requesting a <br />nomination, these appointments may be made by the Board of County <br />Commissioners without nominations. <br />3. <br />Each member must be a resident of Orange County. <br />4. <br />No person or immediate family member of a person with a financial interest in a <br />home served by the Committee, or employee or governing board member or an <br />immediate family member of an employee or governing board member of a home <br />served by the Committee,or immediate family member of a patientin a home <br />served by the Committee may be a member of the Committee. <br />5. <br />Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation, but may be <br />reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them in the performance of their <br />duties. <br /> <br />