48-2208. Board of directors; selection;
qualifications; terms; compensation; expenses;
restrictions
A. A health service district shall be governed by a board of directors of at least
three members.
B. At the election to determine whether a district shall be formed, as provided in
section 48-2203, the ballot shall contain the names of three or more persons to be
elected to the board of directors. These persons may be nominated in the petition for
formation of a district or by fifty or more persons qualified to vote in the election.
C. Members of the board of directors shall be qualified electors of the district as
prescribed by section 48-2206. No member may be an elective or appointive state, county,
city or town official or a member of the governing board of any other medical clinic as
defined in section 48-2202, subsection B or other health care institution as defined in
section 36-401.
D. Immediately after the election and qualification of the first directors, the
directors shall meet and divide themselves by lot into two classes as nearly equal in
number as possible. Directors of the first class shall serve for a term of four years,
and directors of the second class shall serve for a term of two years, and until the
director's successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter at each regular election one
director for each expired term shall be elected and shall hold office for a term of four
years, and until the director's successor is elected and qualified. The dates of
elections and of expiration of terms of the directors shall be specified in the petition
for establishment of the district. Candidates for the office of director shall file
nominating petitions with the board of supervisors as prescribed by title 16, chapter 3.
If only one person files or no person files a nominating petition for an election to fill
a district office, the board of supervisors may cancel the election for the position and
appoint the person who filed the nominating petition to fill the position. If no person
files a nominating petition for an election to fill a district office, the board of
supervisors may cancel the election for that office and that office is deemed vacant and
shall be filled as otherwise provided by law. A person who is appointed pursuant to this
section is fully vested with the powers and duties of the office as if elected to that
office.
E. A director who resides in an area that is deleted from the health service
district during the director's term of office shall continue to serve until the next
regular election, and until the director's successor is elected and qualified. If the
director's term does not expire at that time, a new qualified director shall be elected
to serve out the unexpired portion of the term.
F. Each director of a health service district shall receive not more than fifteen
dollars for each meeting of the board of directors attended by him and reimbursement for
necessary travel expenses. No director is eligible to receive compensation, other than
expenses, for attending more than four meetings of the board of directors during a
calendar month.
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