North Dakota Code 26.1-17-04 – Directors – Responsibilities
A board of directors shall manage the business and affairs of a health service corporation and has the power to amend bylaws. The board is to consist of at least nine members. At least a majority of the directors of a health service corporation writing hospital or medical service contracts under this chapter must be at all times subscribers.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 26.1-17-04
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- population: means the number of inhabitants as determined by the last preceding state or federal census. See North Dakota Code 1-01-47
A subscriber director is a director who is a subscriber and who is not a provider of health care, a person who has a material financial or fiduciary interest in the delivery of health care services or a related industry, an employee of an institution that provides health care services, or a spouse or a member of the immediate family of such a person. Nominations for and election of the subscriber directors must be made by the existing directors.
A director may serve on the board of only one corporation subject to this chapter at a time. Population factors, representation of different geographic regions, and the demography of the service area of the corporation subject to this chapter must be considered when making nominations for the board of directors of a corporation subject to this chapter.
A health service corporation may not reimburse or compensate a director for more than necessary and actual expenses for service as a member of the board of directors.