                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DIRECTORS; QUALIFICATIONS; TERMS; VACANCIES (§ 15.2-5370)

The Authority shall be governed by a board of directors in which all powers of
the Authority shall be vested. The Authority shall consist of members as
follows:
		The Executive Director for the Coalfield Economic Development Authority, or
his designee;
		The Chief Executive Officer of the Norton Community Hospital located in the
City of Norton, Virginia, or his designee;
		One representative from the Lonesome Pine Hospital;
		The Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Community Healthcare Association,
or his designee;
		The Chief Executive Officer of the Russell County Medical Center, or his
designee;
		The Chief Executive Officer of the Clinch Valley Medical Center, or his
designee;
		The District Health Director for the Cumberland Health District, or his
designee;
		The District Health Director for the LENOWISCO Health District, or his
designee;
		The Dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, or his designee;
		The Dean of the School of Dentistry at the Medical College of Virginia of
Virginia Commonwealth University, or his designee;
		The Dean of the Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic
Medicine, or his designee;
		The Chancellor of the University of Virginia&#8217;s College at Wise, or his
designee;
		The President of the East Tennessee State University Quillen College of
Medicine, or his designee;
		The President of Frontier Health, or his designee;
		The President of the University of Appalachia College of Pharmacy, or his
designee;
		The President of the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, or
his designee;
		The Chairman of the Board of the Southwest Virginia Graduate Medical Education
Consortium, or his designee;
		Two members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules;
		Two members of the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional
representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; and
		One member for each participating locality, provided that each such member
shall be appointed initially as follows: the representatives of Buchanan and
Dickenson Counties being appointed for one-year terms; the representatives of
Lee County and the City of Norton being appointed for two-year terms; the
representatives of Russell and Scott Counties being appointed for three-year
terms; and the representatives of Tazewell and Wise Counties being appointed for
four-year terms. Subsequent appointments shall be for terms of four years,
except appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired terms. In
addition, representatives may be selected from the Counties of Smyth and
Washington and the City of Bristol and shall serve initial terms as determined
by the board of directors. All terms of office shall be deemed to commence upon
the date of the initial appointment to the Authority, and thereafter in
accordance with the provisions of this paragraph. If, at the end of any term of
office of any director a successor thereto has not been appointed, then the
director whose term of office has expired shall continue to hold office until
his successor is appointed and qualified. Each director shall, upon appointment
or reappointment, before entering upon his duties take and subscribe the oath
prescribed by § 49-1.
		The directors shall elect from their membership a chairman and a vice-chairman
and from their membership or not, as they desire, a secretary and a treasurer or
a secretary-treasurer, who shall continue to hold such office until their
respective successors are elected.

HISTORY: 2007, c. 676; 2008, c. 803; 2010, c. 575; 2011, c. 514; 2014, c. 236;
2015, c. 741.