§323F-10  Regional public health facilitymanagement advisory committees.  (a)  On the transfer date, there shall beestablished within the corporation for each region, a public health facilitymanagement advisory committee to consist of nine members initially to beappointed by the chief executive officer of the corporation with the advice ofthe hospital administrators of the facilities in the affected regions.  Themembers shall serve for a term of four years; provided that upon the initialappointment of the members, two shall be appointed for a term of one year, twofor a term of two years, two for a term of three years, and three for a term offour years.

Following the initial appointments by the chiefexecutive officer of the corporation board, any vacancies on a regionalcommittee shall be filled by a simple majority vote of the members of theexecutive committee from a list of qualified nominees submitted by the regionalcommittee in which the vacancy occurred.  If a regional committee vacancy remainsunfilled for more than thirty days, that vacancy may be filled by the chiefexecutive officer of the corporation.

Each regional management advisory committeeshall include medical and health care providers, consumers, and knowledgeableindividuals in other appropriate areas such as business and law; provided thatat least one member shall be a physician with active medical staff privilegesat one of the region's public health facilities.  At least three members of thecommittee shall be consumers.

The management advisory committee for the East Hawaii region shall have three members who reside in the Ka‘u district, three memberswho reside in the Hamakua/North Hilo districts, and three members who reside inthe South Hilo/Puna districts.  The management advisory committee for the West Hawaii region shall have not less than three members who reside in the NorthKohala/South Kohala districts.

Each regional committee shall select its ownchairperson and vice chairperson and shall adopt rules governing the terms forremoval of its chairperson from the executive management advisory committee. In the event of a regional committee voting to remove its chairperson whoconcurrently sits on the corporation board, that vote shall be unanimous.  Inthe event of a regional committee voting to remove its physician member fromthe corporation board, that vote shall also be unanimous.  Each regionalcommittee may also adopt other rules as it may consider necessary for theconduct of its business.

The members of the regional committees shallserve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for traveling expensesincurred in the performance of their duties.  The corporation shall provide forthe necessary expenses of the committees; provided that no expenses may be incurredwithout prior authorization by the chief executive officer.

(b)  Each regional committee shall sit in anadvisory capacity to the chief executive officer on matters concerning theformulation of regional operational and capital improvement budgets, and theplanning, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of publichealth facilities within its respective jurisdiction and shall sit in anadvisory capacity to the governor on matters concerning the nominees forpositions on the corporation board.  Nothing in this section shall be construedas precluding or preventing the committees from coordinating their efforts andactivities with the facility administrators within their counties.

(c)  Each regional committee may prepare areport for inclusion with the corporation's annual report and audit, whichshall include but not be limited to comments and analyses on the corporation'sregional operational and capital improvement budgets for its respective region.

(d)  Upon the establishment of a regionalsystem board for a regional system pursuant to section 323F-3.5, this sectionshall no longer apply to that regional system. [L 1996, c 262, pt of §2; am L1998, c 229, §8; am L 2007, c 290, §26]