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Approve revisions to the Natividad Medical Center ("NMC") Bylaws, approved and submitted for Board of Supervisors' consideration by the NMC Board of Trustees on May 5, 2017.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve revisions to the Natividad Medical Center ("NMC") Bylaws, approved and submitted by the NMC Board of Trustees on May 5, 2017.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Board of Supervisors approved a set of amendments to the NMC Bylaws on November 18, 2008. A further set of bylaws revisions was submitted by NMC for approval at the Board of Supervisors' March 31, 2009 meeting, but the minutes of that meeting do not indicate expressly that the bylaws revisions were approved.
On May 5, 2017, the NMC Board of Trustees ("BoT") approved a further set of revisions to the NMC Bylaws. In summary, these bylaws revisions:
1. Incorporate some of the intended March 31, 2009 revisions, which replace the range in the number of appointed trustees on the BoT (five to seven) with a fixed number of appointed BOT members (seven) (Article IV, Section 1(B));
2. Clarify and/or incorporate obligations and/or expectations of Medicare Conditions of Participation ("COPs"), The Joint Commission ("TJC") accreditation standards, and Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations for the NMC Board of Trustees, in its role as NMC's governing body to the extent permitted by law and as authorized by the Board of Supervisors (Article III; Article IV, Section 5; Article VI);
3. Establish ten years as the outer limit for the term of office for BoT members, with an initial term of one year and up to three three-year additional consecutive terms if re-appointed (Article IV, Section 1(D));
4. Clarify membership on BoT Standing Committees and revise committee membership on Community Relations and Planning ("CRP") Committee to increase membership from two to four members (Article VI); and
5. Revise bylaw related to Chief Executive Officer's ("CEO") evaluation t...
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