CHAPTER 30
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING BOARDS (REPEALED)

Part I
General Information

Article 1
Definitions

12VAC20-30-10. Definitions. (Repealed.)

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Consumer" means a person who is not a provider of health care services.

"Department" means the Virginia Department of Health.

"Planning Board" means the Virginia Health Planning Board.

"Provider" means a licensed or certified health care practitioner, a licensed health care facility or service administrator, or an individual who has a personal interest in a health care facility or service as defined in § 2.1-639.2 of the Code of Virginia.

"Region" means a health planning region designated by the Planning Board.

"Regional agency" means a regional health planning agency designated by the Planning Board pursuant to § 32.1-122.01 et seq. of the Code of Virginia to perform health planning activities within a region.

"Regional board" means the governing body of a regional agency.

Article 2
Background and Authority

12VAC20-30-20. Background. (Repealed.)

The Planning Board was created in 1989 to supervise and provide leadership for the statewide health planning system; to provide technical expertise in the development of state health policy; to receive data and information from the regional agencies and consider regional planning interests in its deliberations; to review and assess critical health care issues; and to make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Governor, and the General Assembly concerning health policy, legislation, and resource allocation. The department provides principal staff and administrative support services to the Planning Board.

12VAC20-30-30. Authority. (Repealed.)

In addition to its general duties and responsibilities, the Planning Board is required by §§ 32.1-122.02 and 32.1-122.05 C of the Code of Virginia to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of Article 4.1 (§ 32.1-122.01 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 32.1 of the Code of Virginia including, but not limited to, the composition and method of appointment of members of regional boards.

Part II
Required Characteristics of the Regional Boards

Article 1
Composition

12VAC20-30-40. Size. (Repealed.)

Each regional board shall consist of no more than 30 residents of the region.

12VAC20-30-50. Representation. (Repealed.)

A. The membership of each regional board shall consist of consumer members and provider members, with a majority consumers.

B. Among its consumer and provider members each regional board shall contain at least one director of a local health department, at least one director of a local department of social services or welfare, at least one director of a community services board, at least one director of an area agency on aging, at least one representative of health care insurers, at least one representative of local governments, at least one representative of the business community, and at least one representative of the academic community.

Article 2
Method of Appointment

12VAC20-30-60. General requirements. (Repealed.)

A. Appointments shall be made in a manner that assures that the regional board is not self-perpetuating.

B. Consumer members shall be appointed in a manner that ensures the equitable geographic and demographic representation of the region.

C. Provider members' nominations, or their appointments, shall be solicited from professional organizations, service, and educational institutions, and associations of service providers and health care insurers, in a manner that assures equitable representation of provider interest.

Article 3
Tenure

12VAC20-30-70. Standard term for membership positions. (Repealed.)

The standard term for membership positions shall be no more than four years.

12VAC20-30-80. Limitation on terms served. (Repealed.)

No individual shall serve more than two consecutive standard terms. For the purposes of this section, any partial or nonstandard term served that is more than ½ the regional board's standard term shall be considered a standard term.

12VAC20-30-90. Vacancies. (Repealed.)

Any appointment to fill a vacated but unexpired term shall have the same expiration date as that unexpired term.

Article 4
Staggered Terms

12VAC20-30-100. General provisions. (Repealed.)

Membership terms for each regional board shall be staggered in such a manner as to avoid disproportionate turnover of either consumer members or provider members in any given year.