P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 343c
The powers of the Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation shall be conferred to and performed by its Board of Directors.
The members of the Board shall be of legal age, residents of Puerto Rico and committed to promote the development in the field of cardiology.
The Board shall be composed of seven (7) members of which the following three (3) shall be ex officio members: the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico, the Rector of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, and the Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Medical Services Administration.
Of the four remaining members, two (2) shall be: a representative of the Puerto Rican Cardiology Society, and a representative of a nonprofit cardiology foundation which is duly registered in the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. These four (4) members shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico; two (2) of which shall be appointed for an initial terms of two (2) years, and the other two (2), for three (3) years. As their initial terms expire, the Governor shall appoint their successors for four (4)-year terms.
In case of a vacancy, resignation, death or removal, the person selected to replace the member who has resigned, died or been removed, shall hold office for the unexpired term of the original member.
The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico shall be Chairman of the Board, who shall designate a Vice Chairman and a Secretary. The Secretary of the Board shall not necessarily have to be a member of the Board. Four (4) members of the Board shall be the quorum for conducting its affairs and any other matter, and any agreement of the Board shall be made with the concurrent vote of at least four (4) of its members.
It shall be the duty of the Board to designate an Executive Director to whom it shall delegate the needed powers and faculties and who shall be responsible for the operational and administrative phases of the Corporation.
The Board shall appoint a Medical Director who shall be answerable to the Executive Director, except for decisions of a medical nature. The Executive Director and the Medical Director shall submit quarterly and annual reports to the Board concerning the operational, medical and financial status and activities.
History —June 30, 1986, No. 51, p. 170, § 4; Aug. 21, 1990, No. 2, p. 1393, § 1.