Connecticut General Statutes 38a-179 – Management of domestic health care center. Directors
(a) If a domestic health care center is organized as a nonprofit, nonstock corporation, the care, control and disposition of the property and funds of each such corporation and the general management of its affairs shall be vested in a board of directors. Each such corporation shall have the power to adopt bylaws for the governing of its affairs, which bylaws shall prescribe the number of directors, their term of office and the manner of their election, subject to the provisions of sections 38a-175 to 38a-194, inclusive. The bylaws may be adopted and repealed or amended by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the directors at any meeting of the board of directors duly held upon at least ten days’ notice, provided notice of such meeting shall specify the proposed action concerning the bylaws to be taken at such meeting. The bylaws of the corporation shall provide that the board of directors shall include representation from persons engaged in the healing arts and from persons who are eligible to receive health care from the corporation, subject to the following provisions: (1) One-quarter of the board of directors shall be persons engaged in the different fields in the healing arts at least two of whom shall be a physician and a dentist, except for a health care center that provides only dental services, one-quarter of the board of directors shall be persons engaged in the dental or related fields; and (2) one-quarter of the board of directors shall be subscribers who are eligible to receive health care from the health care center, but no such representative need be seated until the first annual meeting following the approval by the commissioner of the initial agreement or agreements to be offered by the corporation, and there shall be only one representative from any group covered by a group service agreement.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-179
- Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- 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.
- Policy: means any document, including attached endorsements and riders, purporting to be an enforceable contract, which memorializes in writing some or all of the terms of an insurance contract. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- State: means any state, district, or territory of the United States. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
(b) If a domestic health care center is not organized as a nonprofit, nonstock corporation, management of its affairs shall be in accordance with other applicable laws of the state, provided such health care center shall establish and maintain a mechanism to afford its members an opportunity to participate in matters of policy and operation such as an advisory panel, advisory referenda on major policy decisions or other similar mechanisms.