§ 3090 - Human services board - Vermont Statutes

§ 3090. Human services board

(a) The human services board is created within the agency of human services as the successor to and the continuation of the present social welfare board. It consists of seven members. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint members for terms of six years so that not more than three terms expire in the same biennium. The governor shall designate the board's chairman.

(b) The duties of the board shall be to act as a fair hearing board on appeals brought pursuant to section 3091 of this title.

(c) The board shall hold meetings at times and places warned by the chairman on his own initiative or upon request of two board members or the governor. Four members shall constitute a quorum, except that three members shall constitute a quorum at any meeting upon the written authorization of the chairman issued in connection with that meeting.

(d) With the approval of the governor the board may appoint one or more hearing officers, who shall be outside the classified service, and it may employ such secretarial assistance as it deems necessary in the performance of its duties. (Added 1973, No. 101, § 4.)