Each regional center shall submit a conflict-of-interest policy to the department by July 1, 2011, and shall post the policy on its Internet Web site by August 1, 2011. The policy shall do, or comply with, all of the following:
(a) Contain the elements of this section and be consistent with applicable law.
(b) Define conflicts of interest.
(c) Identify positions within the regional center required to complete and file a conflict-of-interest statement.
(d) Facilitate disclosure of information to identify conflicts of interest.
(e) Require candidates for nomination, election, or appointment to a regional center board, and applicants for regional center director to disclose any potential or present conflicts of interest prior to being appointed, elected, or confirmed for hire by the regional center or the regional center governing board.
(f) Require the regional center and its governing board to regularly and consistently monitor and enforce compliance with its conflict-of-interest policy.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 9, Sec. 5. (SB 74) Effective March 24, 2011.)