Section 6-19-403 - Certification and criteria(1) The proposed transaction shall comply with the provisions of this section, and the parties to the transaction shall include in the filing required by section 6-19-402 documentation and certification from the parties, either joint or several as appropriate, that the covered transaction will comply with the following: (a) The transaction shall be in the public interest. A transaction is not in the public interest unless appropriate steps have been taken to safeguard the value of nonprofit hospital assets being transferred and to ensure that any proceeds of the transaction are dedicated to the charitable purposes.(b) The transaction results in continuing access to health-care services for the affected community.(c) No director, officer of the board, chief executive officer, chief operating officer, or chief financial officer of the nonprofit entity submitting the filing or a nonprofit charitable organization receiving the proceeds of the covered transaction shall benefit directly or indirectly from the transaction.(d) The nonprofit entity proposing the transaction shall use due diligence in selecting the for-profit entity that is a party to the transaction and in negotiating the price and other terms and conditions of the transaction.(e) Proceeds of the covered transaction shall be set aside in an amount equal to the fair market value of the hospital assets being transferred. Fair market value shall be determined at the time of the transaction and include consideration of market value, going concern value, net asset value, and any other significant relevant factors.(f) The distribution of the proceeds of the covered transaction shall be made only to one or more existing or new charitable organizations operating pursuant to 26 U.S.C. sec. 501(c)(3) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended.(g) Each nonprofit charitable organization receiving the proceeds of the covered transaction, its directors, officers, and staff shall be and remain independent of the parties to the transaction and their affiliates. Except as provided in this paragraph (g), no person who is a director, officer of the board, chief executive officer, chief operating officer, or chief financial officer of any party to the transaction submitting the notice and filing, at the time the notice is submitted or at the time of the transaction, shall be qualified to be an officer of the board, chief executive officer, chief operating officer, or chief financial officer of the nonprofit charitable organization receiving the proceeds of the covered transaction. The nonprofit entity that is a party to the proposed transaction shall include in its notice and filing the proposed membership of the initial board of directors of the nonprofit charitable organization that is to receive the proceeds of the covered transaction that shall represent the diverse interests of the affected communities and include persons from the area affected by the transaction. Notwithstanding the requirements of this paragraph (g), each nonprofit charitable organization receiving the proceeds of the covered transaction may have persons affiliated with parties to the transaction or their affiliates serve on its board of directors provided that such persons do not constitute more than one-third of the members of the board.(h) A nonprofit charitable organization receiving the proceeds of the covered transaction shall put mechanisms in place to avoid conflicts of interest and to prohibit grants or other actions benefiting its board of directors or management beyond the reasonable value of their services or substantially benefiting the for-profit entity.(i) The charitable mission and functions of the nonprofit charitable organization receiving the proceeds of the covered transaction shall reflect the historical charitable purposes of the nonprofit entity proposing the transaction.L. 98: Entire article added, p. 524, § 1, effective April 30.