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18 <br />6. <br />The names of the Committee members and the date of expiration of their terms <br />shall be filed with the Division of Agingat the Department of Health and Human <br />Services. <br />7. <br />Ex- Officio Members. Any County Commissioner serving on the Committee shall <br />serve as an ex officio member. <br />8. <br />Officers. The Committee shall elect from its members a chair, to serve an <br />one-year term. <br />C.Terms of Office <br />1. <br />Each committee member shall serve an initial term of one year. Any person <br />reappointed to a second or subsequent term shall servea three-year term. <br />2. <br />Persons who were originally nominees of nursing home chief administrators and <br />the governing bodies of the hospitals licensed under Article 5 of G.S. Chapter <br />131E, which operate nursing homes, or who were appointed by the board of <br />county commissioners when the nursing home administrators and the governing <br />bodies of the hospitals licensed under Article 5 of G.S. Chapter 131E, which <br />operate nursing homes failed to make nominations, may not be reappointed <br />without the consent of a majority of the nursing home chief administrators and <br />the governing bodies of the hospitals licensed under Article 5 of G.S. Chapter <br />131E, which operate nursing homes within the county. <br />3. <br />If the nursing home chief administrators and the governing bodies of the <br />hospitals licensed under Article 5 of G.S. Chapter 131E, which operate nursing <br />homes fail to approve or reject the reappointment within 45 days of being <br />requested by the board of county commissioners, the commissioners may <br />reappoint the member if they so choose. <br />D.Vacancy <br />1. <br />Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment of a person for an one-year term. <br />2. <br />Any person replacing a member nominated by the chief administrators and the <br />governing bodies of the hospitals licensed under Article 5 of G.S. Chapter 131E, <br />which operate nursing homes or a person appointed when the chief <br />administrators and the governing bodies of the hospitals licensed under Article 5 <br />of G.S. Chapter 131E, which operate nursing homes failed to make a nomination <br />shall be selected from among persons nominated by the administrators and the <br />governing bodies of the hospitals licensed under Article 5 of G.S. Chapter 131E, <br />which operate nursing homes. <br />3. <br />If the Board of County Commissioners fail to appoint members to a committee, or <br />fail to fill a vacancy, the appointment may be made or vacancy filled by the <br />Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services or the <br />Secretary's designee no sooner than 45 days after the Board of County <br />Commissioners has been notified of the appointment or vacancy if nomination or <br />approval of the nursing home administrators and the governing bodies of the <br />hospitals licensed under Article 5 of G.S. Chapter 131E, which operate nursing <br />homes is not required. If nominations or approval of the nursing home <br />administrators and the governing bodies of the hospitals licensed under Article 5 <br />of G.S. Chapter 131E, which operate nursing homes is required, the appointment <br />may be made or vacancy filled by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee no <br />sooner than 45 days after thecommissioners have received the nomination or <br />approval, or no sooner than 45 days after the 45-day period for action by the <br />nursing home administrators and the governing bodies of the hospitals licensed <br />under Article 5 of G.S. Chapter 131E, which operate nursing homes. <br />SECTION IV.MEETINGS <br />A.Staffing <br /> <br />