- (1) The director of the Division of Integrated Healthcare (DIH) shall act on behalf of the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services regarding all DURB issues, and shall appoint membership to the DURB in accordance with Section 26B-3-302. In addition, the director shall appoint one pharmacist from recommendations received from the accountable care organizations.
(2) The following DURB membership requirements apply.
- (a) An appointee may not serve more than two consecutive terms in one of the board positions listed in Section 26B-3-302. Terms separated by an interruption of more than two months are not consecutive.
- (b) If DIH does not receive recommendations to fill a vacant position within 30 days of a request, DIH may appoint a qualified individual to fill the vacancy.
- (c) If there are no willing nominees for appointment when an appointed term has expired, the DIH director may reappoint members on the board to additional non-consecutive terms as needed.
- (3) When a vacancy occurs on the board, the director shall appoint a replacement for the unexpired term of the vacating member.
- (4) DURB members serve at the discretion of the DIH director.
- (5) The DURB shall be managed by a non-voting board manager appointed from the pharmacy group within DIH.
- (6) Other individuals of the DIH pharmacy team are non-voting ex-officio advisory members of the DURB.
KEY: Medicaid
Date of Last Change: November 10, 2023
Notice of Continuation: May 31, 2022
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-3-108; 26B-1-213; 26B-3-302