(a)  A hospital authority established pursuant to this chapter shall be governed by a board that is comprised of San Luis Obispo County residents and subject to final approval by a majority vote of the county board of supervisors.

(b)  The governing board shall consist of 11 members as follows:

(1)  One member from each of the five supervisorial districts. Each district member shall be appointed by the supervisor elected from that supervisorial district. Supervisors shall avoid appointment of individuals who may be expected to have significant or frequent conflicts of interest with the hospital authority’s interests or goals.

(2)  One member recommended by the exclusive representative for the employee association with the largest membership in San Luis Obispo County.

(3)  One member recommended by the San Luis Obispo County Health Commission to serve as a health care consumer representative.

(4)  One member recommended by the San Luis Obispo County Medical Society.

(5)  One member shall be either the Family Care Center Medical Director or the county health officer.

(6)  One member shall be the General Hospital’s Chief of Medical Staff or Vice Chief of Staff, or the designee of the Chief of Medical Staff of the General Hospital.

(7)  One member shall be the county auditor-controller or the designee of the county auditor-controller.

(c)  Members of the board of directors for the hospital authority shall meet qualifications specified in the enabling ordinance for the hospital authority.

(d)  The board of supervisors may, upon a majority vote and after duly noticed public hearing, amend the composition of the board of directors, but shall neither increase nor decrease the number of members of the board of directors.

(e)  The mission of the hospital authority shall be consistent with the mission statement adopted by the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors as part of the 1998-99 final budget and shall consist of the management, administration, and other control, as determined by the board of supervisors, of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers, in a manner that ensures appropriate, quality, and cost-effective medical care as required of counties by § 17000 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and, to the extent feasible, other populations to the extent feasible and appropriate.

(f)  The board of supervisors shall adopt bylaws for General Hospital and the Family Care Centers that set forth those matters, related to the operation of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers by the hospital authority, that the board of supervisors deems necessary and appropriate. The bylaws shall become operative upon approval by a majority vote of the governing board. Any changes or amendments to the bylaws shall be by majority vote of the governing board.

(g)  The hospital authority created and appointed pursuant to this section is a duly constituted governing body within the meaning of Sections 1250 and 70035 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations as currently written or subsequently amended.

(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 899, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)