Appointment; composition; qualifications; term of office; removal; compensation.
Del. Code tit. 16, § 1003B
in effect(a) The Commission consists of 19 members, as follows:
(1) Ten members serving by virtue of position, or a designee selected by the member, as follows;
a. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services.
b. The Director of the Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities.
c. The Director of the Division of Health Care Quality.
d. The Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
e. The Chancellor of the Court of Chancery.
f. The Attorney General.
g. The Public Guardian.
h. The Chair of the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council.
i. The Superintendent of the Delaware State Police.
j. The Chief Medical Examiner.
(2) One member of the House of Representatives, or the member’s designee, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(3) One member of the Senate, or the member’s designee, appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
(4) Seven members appointed by the Governor as follows:
a. A board-certified physician licensed to practice in Delaware.
b. One individual from the Senior Protection Initiative.
c. One individual from a law-enforcement agency other than the State Police. This member may select a designee.
d. Four individuals from the vulnerable adult protection community.
(b) Members who are granted the ability to select a designee must provide the designation in writing to the commission chair. A designee serves at the pleasure of and has the same duties and rights as the member who provided the designation.
(c) Each member appointed under paragraph (a)(4) of this section is appointed for a period of 3 years and may serve 1 additional term. Each term expires on the date specified in the appointment; however, a member remains eligible to participate in commission proceedings until the Governor replaces that member.
(d) The Governor may appoint a member under paragraph (a)(4) of this section for a term of less than 3 years to ensure that the members’ terms expire on a staggered basis.
(e) A member does not receive compensation but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member’s official duties.
(f) A member may be removed by the member’s appointing authority for gross inefficiency, misfeasance, nonfeasance, malfeasance, or neglect of duty in office. A member is deemed in neglect of duty if the member is absent from 3 consecutive, regular commission meetings or attends less than 50% of commission meetings in a calendar year. The member’s appointing authority may consider the member to have resigned and may accept the member’s resignation.
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