Section 514.4. Directors.

  1.  a.  At least two-thirds of the directors of a hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, dental service corporation, or pharmaceutical or optometric service corporation subject to this chapter shall be at all times subscribers and not more than one-third of the directors shall be providers as provided in this section. The board of directors of each corporation shall consist of at least nine members.

  b.  A subscriber director is a director of the board of a corporation who is a subscriber and who is not a provider of health care pursuant to section 514B.1, subsection 7, a person who has material financial or fiduciary interest in the delivery of health care services or a related industry, an employee of an institution which provides health care services, or a spouse or a member of the immediate family of such a person. However, a subscriber director of a dental service corporation may be an employee, officer, director, or trustee of a hospital that does not contract with the dental service corporation. A subscriber director of a hospital or medical service corporation shall be a subscriber of the services of that corporation.

  c.  A provider director of a corporation subject to this chapter shall be at all times a person who has a material financial interest in or is a fiduciary to or an employee of or is a spouse or member of the immediate family of a provider having a contract with such corporation to render to its subscribers the services of such corporation or who is a hospital trustee.

  2.  A director may serve on a board of only one corporation at a time subject to this chapter.

  3.  The commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement the process of the election of subscriber directors of the board of directors of a corporation to ensure the representation of a broad spectrum of subscriber interest on each board and establish criteria for the selection of nominees. The rules shall provide for an independent subscriber nominating committee to serve until the composition of the board of directors meets the percentage requirements of this section. Once the composition requirements of this section are met, the nominations for subscriber directors shall be made by the subscriber directors of the board under procedures the board establishes which shall also permit nomination by a petition of at least fifty subscribers. The board shall also establish procedures to permit nomination of provider directors by petition of at least fifty participating providers. A member of the board of directors of a corporation subject to this chapter shall not serve on the independent subscriber nominating committee. The nominating committee shall consist of subscribers as defined in this section. The rules of the commissioner of insurance shall also permit nomination of subscriber directors by a petition of at least fifty subscribers, and nomination of provider directors by a petition of at least fifty participating providers. These petitions shall be considered only by the independent nominating committee during the duration of the committee. Following the discontinuance of the committee, the petition process shall be continued and the board of directors of the corporation shall consider the petitions. The independent subscriber nominating committee is not subject to chapter 17A. The nominating committee shall not receive per diem or expenses for the performance of their duties.

  4.  Population factors, representation of different geographic regions, and the demography of the service area of the corporation subject to this chapter shall be considered when making nominations for the board of directors of a corporation subject to this chapter.

  5.  A corporation serving states in addition to Iowa shall be required to implement this section only for directors who are residents of Iowa and elected as board members from Iowa.

[C39, §8895.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §514.4]

83 Acts, ch 27, §12, 15

; 84 Acts, ch 1282, §1

; 91 Acts, ch 258, §58

; 2000 Acts, ch 1023, §23

; 2007 Acts, ch 137, §10

; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §73

Section amended