16210. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1310, Sec. 1.)
(a)The department shall establish a Child Welfare Training…#
(a) The department shall establish a Child Welfare Training Advisory Board to oversee training programs as specified by this chapter.
(b)The advisory board shall be composed of nine members,…#
(b) The advisory board shall be composed of nine members, consisting of representatives from child welfare, legal, judicial, and medical disciplines, and representatives from the public sector, who shall advise the director on the development of training programs and materials and other matters as deemed appropriate by the executive director. The board shall be appointed by the Director of Social Services. The advisory board members shall have demonstrated expertise in areas including, but not limited to, sexual, physical, and emotional abuse of children; infant abuse; adolescent abuse; treatment of physically abused, sexually abused, or emotionally abused minors; and special needs of infants and minors.