Section 740. State board of social welfare

1. The state board of social
  welfare  is  the  legal  authority  established  by   the   constitution
  responsible  for  the  inspection and visitation of certain institutions
  and certain agencies and for the making of rules  and  regulations  with
  respect  to all of the functions, powers and duties with which the board
  is charged, subject to the control of the legislature  and  pursuant  to
  this article and other provisions of law.
    It shall be the major purposes of the board to review, report and make
  recommendation  concerning the policies and programs pertaining to child
  and adult care,  including  the  implementation  of  such  policies  and
  programs  and  the  quality  of supervision exercised by the responsible
  state and local supervisory agencies; to advise  the  governor  and  the
  legislature  with  respect  to  such  matters;  to  conduct  independent
  research, studies and analyses of state policies and programs  affecting
  child  and  adult care; to advocate the improvement of such programs and
  policies; and to conduct special research, studies and analyses, at  the
  request  of  the  governor,  with respect to any matter related to human
  services generally.
    The board as constituted shall continue as a division of the executive
  department.
    2. The board  shall  consist  of  fifteen  members  appointed  by  the
  governor by and with the consent of the senate. At the expiration of the
  term  of  any member of the board his successor shall be appointed for a
  term of five years.