A. The board shall meet at the University once a year and at such other times as it determines. Special meetings of the board may be called by the rector or any three members. The secretary shall provide notice of any special meeting to each member.
B. A majority of members shall constitute a quorum.
C. In every even-numbered year, the board shall elect from its membership a rector to preside at its meetings, a vice-rector to preside at its meetings in the absence of the rector, and a secretary to preside at its meetings in the absence of the rector and vice-rector. Such officers shall assume their duties on July 1 of such year.
D. The board may appoint a pro tempore officer to preside at its meetings in the absence of the rector, vice-rector, and secretary.
E. Vacancies in the offices of rector, vice-rector, and secretary may be filled by the board for the unexpired term.
F. At every regular annual meeting of the board, an executive committee for the transaction of business in the recess of the board may be appointed, consisting of at least five members. The executive committee shall consist of the officers of the board and such other members as the rector may appoint.
G. The board shall have a standing committee to serve as the board of directors of Virginia Health Sciences at the University, which shall oversee Virginia Health Sciences at the University and exercise such decision-making authority over Virginia Health Sciences at the University as the standing committee deems necessary or appropriate under the authority of and in accordance with the bylaws of the board. The standing committee shall oversee financial management of Virginia Health Sciences at the University and approve and recommend to the board the budget for Virginia Health Sciences at the University. The standing committee shall consist of no more than 17 members, consisting of two ex officio members and no more than 15 appointed members who are appointed as follows: two nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor; one nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; one nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; four members of the board appointed by the rector of the board; and no more than seven nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation or any successor foundation. The president of the University and the executive vice president for health sciences at the University shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the standing committee. The primary teaching hospital affiliated with the University may submit to the Governor a list of at least three nominees for any vacancy on the standing committee that is to be filled by the Governor. Any such nominee shall be an expert in a relevant sector of the health care industry and shall have no business or financial relationship with the primary teaching hospital affiliated with the University in order to be considered for appointment as a member of the standing committee by the Governor. In support of good long-term governance, the members appointed to the standing committee by the Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation or any successor foundation shall file, as a condition to assuming office, a disclosure statement of their personal interests and such other information as is required on the form prescribed by the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council pursuant to § 2.2-3117 and thereafter shall file such a statement annually on or before February 1.
H. The standing committee shall meet four times per year and at such other times as it determines.
I. After the initial staggering of terms, members of the standing committee shall be appointed for a term of four years.
1962, c. 69, § 23-49.17; 1966, c. 18; 1974, c. 317; 1980, c. 100; 2002, c. 368 ; 2016, c. 588 ; 2018, c. 715 ; 2023, cc. 756 , 778 ; 2024, c. 841 ; 2026, c. 482 .
