P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 342q
The Board of the Puerto Rico Medical Center Participating Entities constitutes the basic mechanism of participation for the entities or bodies that operate one (1) or more institutions and service facilities, and shall be empowered to:
(a) Consider matters and situations relevant to the function of coordinating consumer institutions to ensure their efficiency so that they can operate as a system.
(b) Periodically define and evaluate public policy as well as the purposes and objectives of the Medical Center as a system.
(c) Propose the operational expense budget of the Administration.
(d) Study the desirability, viability and convenience of centralizing services.
(e) Periodically evaluate the centralized services.
(f) Analyze and evaluate the operation of the Medical Center as a system.
(g) Plan the physical and organization development of the Medical Center.
The Board shall meet within sixty (60) days after the approval of this act and shall organize and designate a Vice-Chairperson from among its members as well as a Secretary who shall not be a member of the Board.
Six (6) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum and decisions shall be made by an absolute majority of its members. The Board shall meet at least six (6) times a year in regular meetings and may meet in special sessions every time it deems it pertinent, after being duly summoned by its Chairperson. During every meeting of the Board, minutes and records of the proceedings shall be kept of its deliberations and agreements.
The Administration shall provide the Board with all the physical facilities and administrative powers needed to properly carry out its duties. The Board may create such special committees it deems are needed for the faithful performance of its functions, and may perform all the studies and investigations which are found to be necessary to attain its objectives, and to execute the duties delegated to it by this chapter. The Executive Director shall take part in the meetings and shall have a voice but no vote.
History —June 22, 1978, No. 66, p. 203, § 18; July 9, 1985, No. 99, p. 321, § 12; July 22, 1992, No. 30, § 1.