41-3-1012. Presence of certain employees at meetings of board. (1) Unless excused from doing so by the local citizen review board, the department of public health and human services and any other agency directly responsible for the care and placement of the child shall require the presence of any employees having knowledge of the case at board meetings.
     (2) The local citizen review board may require the presence of specific employees of the department of public health and human services or any other agency or other persons at board meetings. If an employee fails to be present at the meeting, the local citizen review board may request a court order. The court may require the employee to be present and show cause why the employee should not be compelled to appear before the local citizen review board.
     (3) As used in this section, "presence" includes telephone participation, except that the caseworker on the case at the time of the meeting must be physically present if required.

     History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 610, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 179, Ch. 546, L. 1995.