{"identifier":"/us/usc/t36/s21503","title":36,"num":"\u00a7\u202f21503.","heading":"Governing body","text":"\u00a7\u202f21503.\nGoverning body\n(a)\nGeneral.\u2014\n(1) The board of governors is the governing body of the corporation.\n(2) The board shall have at least 12 governors, divided into 3 classes of equal numbers. One class of governors shall be elected each year for a term of 3 years or until their successors are elected. The corporation shall elect the governors at its annual meeting.\n(b)\nQuorum.\u2014\nFive governors are a quorum for the transaction of business, except that a majority vote of the board is required for\u2014\n(1) the sale or alienation of any real or personal estate of the corporation; or\n(2) the leasing of real estate of the corporation for a term of more than one year.\n(c)\nPowers.\u2014\nThe board may\u2014\n(1) adopt and amend bylaws, as may be necessary and proper, related to\u2014\n(A) elections and meetings;\n(B) qualifications and duties of governors and officers;\n(C) admission and qualifications of members; and\n(D) management and disposition of the property, business, and concerns of the corporation;\n(2) conduct all business of the corporation;\n(3) fill, until the next annual election, a vacancy on the board; and\n(4) appoint attending and resident physicians and surgeons, agents, assistants, and attendants as may be necessary, set their compensation, and discharge them.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t36/s21503.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f21503."},{"t":"heading","text":"Governing body"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"General.\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" The board of governors is the governing body of the corporation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The board shall have at least 12 governors, divided into 3 classes of equal numbers. One class of governors shall be elected each year for a term of 3 years or until their successors are elected. The corporation shall elect the governors at its annual meeting.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Quorum.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Five governors are a quorum for the transaction of business, except that a majority vote of the board is required for\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the sale or alienation of any real or personal estate of the corporation; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the leasing of real estate of the corporation for a term of more than one year.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Powers.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The board may\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" adopt and amend bylaws, as may be necessary and proper, related to\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/c/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" elections and meetings;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/c/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" qualifications and duties of governors and officers;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/c/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" admission and qualifications of members; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/c/1/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" management and disposition of the property, business, and concerns of the corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" conduct all business of the corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/c/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" fill, until the next annual election, a vacancy on the board; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s21503/c/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" appoint attending and resident physicians and surgeons, agents, assistants, and attendants as may be necessary, set their compensation, and discharge them.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}