519A.9 Governing board. 1. The association shall be governed by a board of eleven directors of whom three shall be appointed annually by the commissioner to represent the licensed health care providers.Eight members shall be elected annually, except as provided in subsection 2, by the membersof the association. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the remaining period of the termby majority vote of the remaining directors subject to approval of the commissioner. 2. a. The commissioner shall designate a time and place for a meeting of the members of the association at which the eight elected members serving on the board shall be elected.The commissioner shall appoint the appointive members of the board on or before the dateof the meeting. b. The commissioner may, prior to the first meeting of the members of the association, appoint an interim governing board of the association consisting of eight member insurersand three representatives of the licensed health care providers. The eight member insurersof that interim governing board shall serve until their successors are elected by the membersof the association. three representatives of the licensed health care providers. The eight member insurersof that interim governing board shall serve until their successors are elected by the membersof the association. In appointing members of the association to the interim governing board,the commissioner shall consider among other things whether all member insurers are fairlyrepresented. [C77, 79, 81, §519A.9]2002 Acts, ch 1111, §34; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157Referred to in §519A.1, 519A.2, 519A.3, 519A.4, 519A.5, 519A.10, 519A.13 Sat Dec 23 00:51:52 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 519A.9 (16, 0)
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