Kentucky Revised Statutes Title LI. Unified Juvenile Code § 620.190.Citizen foster care review boards; local citizen foster care review boards

(a) All members shall have an interest in foster care or child welfare;

(b) At least two (2) members of each local citizen foster care review board shall, as far as practicable, be chosen from among the following professions: law, medicine, psychology, social work, and education;

(c) Each local citizen foster care review board shall, as far as practicable, include a foster parent;

(d) All members of each local citizen foster care review board shall, as far as practicable, be representative of the socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic composition of the area served;

(e) Employees of the cabinet shall be prohibited from serving on the local citizen foster care review board;

(f) All appointed board members shall serve a term of three (3) years, except that if a vacancy occurs, a successor shall be appointed to serve the unexpired term. The term of each member shall expire on August 1 of the appropriate year. Members may be reappointed and shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed; and

(g) All members shall be certified prior to appointment by the state citizen foster care review board or its designee. For the purposes of this section, “certified” means acknowledgment of completion of initial training approved by the state citizen foster care review board.