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51 <br /> 7. Ex- Officio Members. Any County Commissioner serving on the Committee shall <br /> serve as an ex officio member. <br /> 8. Officers. The Committee shall elect from its members a chair, to serve an <br /> one-year term. <br /> C. Terms of Office <br /> 1. Each committee member shall serve an initial term of one year. Any person <br /> reappointed to a second or subsequent term shall serve a three-year term. <br /> 2. 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 /> 131 E, 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 131 E, 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 /> 131 E, which operate nursing homes within the county. <br /> 3. If the nursing home chief administrators and the governing bodies of the <br /> hospitals licensed under Article 5 of G.S. Chapter 131 E, 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. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment of a person for an one-year term. <br /> 2. 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 131 E, <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 131 E, 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 131 E, <br /> which operate nursing homes. <br /> 3. 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 131 E, 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 131 E, 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 the commissioners 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 131 E, which operate nursing homes. <br /> SECTION IV. MEETINGS <br /> A. Staffing <br /> 1. Orange County staff may serve a support function to advisory boards upon the <br /> approval of the Orange County Manager. <br /> B. Agendas <br />