SECTION 381.102. Membership and Eligibility

(a) The Guardianship Advisory Board is composed of the following representatives:

(1) one representative from each of the eleven state health and human services regions, as defined by HHSC;

(2) three representatives of the public; and

(3) one representative of the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.

(b) The representatives of the health and human services regions are appointed by majority vote of the statutory probate judges of the region or, if the region has no statutory probate court, by majority vote of the statutory probate judges of the state. The HHSC Commissioner appoints the three public representatives, and the Board of Protective and Regulatory Services appoints the representative of the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.

(c) A member of the Guardianship Advisory Board serves at the pleasure of either the majority of the statutory probate judges who appointed the member, the HHSC Commissioner, or the Board of Protective and Regulatory Services.

(d) A person is eligible for appointment to the Guardianship Advisory board if the person has demonstrated experience working with a guardianship program, an organization that advocates on behalf of or in the interest of the elderly or persons with mental illness or mental retardation, or incapacitated persons.

Source Note: The provisions of this §381.102 adopted to be effective August 30, 1998, 23 TexReg 8665; amended to be effective August 20, 2000, 25 TexReg 7630