2005 California Health and Safety Code Sections 101675-101730 Article 1. General Provisions

101675.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Santa
Barbara Regional Health Authority Act.
101680.
   The Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara may, by
ordinance or resolution, order the formation of the Santa Barbara
Regional Health Authority under this chapter that shall include, but
need not be limited to, all of the incorporated and unincorporated
areas of the county.
101685.
   Unless the context otherwise requires, this article governs the
construction of this chapter. As used in this chapter:
   (a) "Authority" means the Santa Barbara Regional Health Authority.
   (b) "Board" means the Santa Barbara Regional Health Authority
Board of Directors.
   (c) "County" means the County of Santa Barbara.
   (d) "Health care system" means any system established to arrange
for the provision of medical services.
   (e) "Public agency" means the United States, the State of
California, any political subdivision, county, municipality,
district, or agency of the State of California or of the United
States and any department, bureau or commission of the State of
California or of the United States.
   (f) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association,
corporation, limited liability company, trust, business trust, or
the receiver or trustee or conservator for any of the above, but does
not include a public agency.
   (g) "Professional advisory boards" means the boards appointed by
the board of directors of the authority pursuant to its rules which
shall consist of a representative cross-section of professional
providers of health care services within the county.
   (h) "Community advisory boards" means advisory boards to the
authority's board appointed by the board of directors of the
authority which shall consist of persons who represent community and
consumer interests and who do not directly earn their income from the
provision of medical health services.
   (i) "Service area" means the county, and those counties that are
contiguous with the county.
101690.  The governing body of the authority shall be vested in a
board of directors that shall consist of 11 members appointed by the
county's board of supervisors as follows:
   (a) Three members shall be elected or appointed officers or
employees of the county, at least one of whom shall be a member of
the board of supervisors.
   (b) Three members shall be county residents consisting of one who
shall be a recipient of Medi-Cal, provided for under Sections 14000
and following, of the Welfare and Institutions Code, one of whom
shall be a recipient of Medicare, provided for under Title XVIII of
the federal Social Security Act, and one of whom shall be a
representative of a community business that does not provide health
care.
   (c) Five members shall be representatives of providers of health
care services in the county including:  (1) two physicians, one of
whom shall be appointed from a list established by the County Medical
Society and the other from a list established by the hospitals
within the county.  One of the appointed physicians shall be a
resident of and in practice in the fourth or fifth supervisorial
district of the county; (2) two hospital administrators, one from
hospitals located in either the first, second or third supervisorial
districts of the county and the other from either the fourth or fifth
supervisorial districts; and (3) one nonhospital or nonphysician
health care provider.
101695.  The board, at its first meeting, and annually thereafter at
the first meeting in January, shall elect a chair who shall preside
at all meetings, and a vice chair who shall preside in his or her
absence.  In the event of their absence or inability to act, the
members present, by an order entered in the minutes, shall select one
of their members to act as chair pro tempore, who, while so acting,
shall have all of the authority of the chair.
101700.  The board shall establish rules for its proceedings.  There
shall be at least four meetings per year.  Board members shall be
entitled to one hundred dollars ($100) remuneration from authority
funds, for each board meeting attended and the authority may pay
remuneration to board members attending meetings of committees of the
board except that remuneration for attending board meetings and
board committee meetings shall not exceed the sum of two hundred
dollars ($200) per month, plus actual expenses incurred in attending
meetings at rates payable to county officers and employees.  The per
diem rate of one hundred dollars ($100) may be increased by the board
subject to approval by the board of supervisors.
101705.  A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the
board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members
of the board.
101710.  The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion,
resolution or ordinance.
101715.  Except for initial staggered terms that may be established
by the board, the term of office of each noncounty member shall be
two years and, in addition, time as necessary until the appointment
and qualification of his or her successor.  County officers or
employees shall serve at the pleasure of the board of supervisors.
101720.  Any vacancy on the board shall be filled for the unexpired
term by the county's board of supervisors.
101725.  Professional advisory and community advisory boards shall
review and comment on proposed policies and actions of the board
dealing with the arrangements for health care within the jurisdiction
of the authority.
101730.  The board may allow as a charge against the authority,
reimbursement to members of professional and community advisory
boards, of actually incurred expenses in attending meetings in
amounts allowed by the board of supervisors to county officers and
employees.