Section 1.15. Conflict of interest.

 

(1)  Any member of the board, peer review panels, or staff, who is affiliated with an applicant under review shall inform the board and the staff of this affiliation by completing the form under sub. (3) and by exempting himself or herself from deliberations concerning the applicant in question.

(2)  In this section, affiliated with an applicant means one or more of the following conditions related to a person who is a board, staff or peer review panel member exists:

(a) The person may be the recipient of direct financial benefit from the applicant organization or project being reviewed.

(b) The person enjoys status as an employee or governing board member of an applicant organization being reviewed.

(c) The person enjoys status as a consultant, with or without payment, to the applicant being reviewed.

(d) The person has a familial relationship with any member of an applicant organization.

(e) The person has recently received free tickets or other benefits from an applicant organization.

(3)  An "associations with cultural organizations" form shall be retained on file and reviewed annually for each board member, citizen who serves on peer review panels, and each staff.

Cr. Register, August, 1998, No. 512 , eff. 9-1-98.