The Health System Board shall be the governing board of the Medical Center and the Transitional Care Hospital for The Joint Commission purposes, responsible to oversee and direct the operations of the Medical Center and the Transitional Care Hospital as delegated by the Board of Visitors.
The Rector shall serve as a voting member, and he shall appoint five other members of the Board of Visitors, including the chair, to serve as voting members of the Health System Board; one of these members shall be the chair of the Finance Committee and one of these members shall be a physician with administrative and clinical experience in an academic medical center. The Board of Visitors may appoint no more than six public non-voting members of the Health System Board to serve for initial terms not to exceed four years. The President of the University, the Executive Vice President and Provost of the University, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the University, the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, the Chief Executive Officer of the Medical Center, the Dean of the School of Medicine, the Dean of the School of Nursing, and the President of the Clinical Staff of the Medical Center shall serve as non-voting advisory members.