(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, at least one-third of the group of persons vested with managing the affairs of a health care service contractor, as defined in ORS § 750.005 (4)(a), must be representatives of the public who are not:

(a) Practicing doctors; or

(b) Employees or trustees of a participant hospital.

(2)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the group of persons vested with managing the affairs of a nonprofit private organization described in paragraph (b) of this subsection must have at least two representatives of the public who are not:

(A) Practicing doctors, as defined in ORS § 750.005; or

(B) Employees or trustees of a participant hospital.

(b) This subsection applies to a nonprofit private organization that is a health maintenance organization, as defined in ORS § 442.015, that is controlled by a single nonprofit hospital or by a group of nonprofit hospitals under common ownership and that operates in a county with a population of 200,000 or more. [Formerly 742.015; 1983 c.804 § 1; 2003 c.33 § 6; 2017 c.479 § 19]

[Amended by 1961 c.116 § 2; 1967 c.359 § 549; renumbered 744.315]