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LegalText 36 U.S.C. § 21503 Governing body us united_states_code code_section 36 PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS 215 AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS 21503 36 U.S.C. § 21503 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc36@119-100.zip /us/usc/t36/s21503 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-36/usc36.xml 372e67ff817c4355f861ac1bfab7416b5cdcf83c74f18509d7847c6081afb1b3 d8bb3c94f12bbd56e49d7a2bc029b1f4ab0bb8b69327e9ddbdf94d7adcac580d f520b7e79b1572d6d30eaec49c452103af4c82c0c23e0f4c3162c4a86ec43ed8 2026-07-04 official
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36 U.S.C. § 21503 - Governing body

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(a) General.— (1) The board of governors is the governing body of the corporation.

(2) The board shall have at least 12 governors, divided into 3 classes of equal numbers. One class of governors shall be elected each year for a term of 3 years or until their successors are elected. The corporation shall elect the governors at its annual meeting.

(b) Quorum.— Five governors are a quorum for the transaction of business, except that a majority vote of the board is required for—

(1) the sale or alienation of any real or personal estate of the corporation; or

(2) the leasing of real estate of the corporation for a term of more than one year.

(c) Powers.— The board may—

(1) adopt and amend bylaws, as may be necessary and proper, related to—

(A) elections and meetings;

(B) qualifications and duties of governors and officers;

(C) admission and qualifications of members; and

(D) management and disposition of the property, business, and concerns of the corporation;

(2) conduct all business of the corporation;

(3) fill, until the next annual election, a vacancy on the board; and

(4) appoint attending and resident physicians and surgeons, agents, assistants, and attendants as may be necessary, set their compensation, and discharge them.

(Pub. L. 105225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.)

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 21503(a)36:4904 (1st sentence).Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, §§ 4 (1st sentence), 6, 37 Stat. 655; Apr. 12, 1974, Pub. L. 93266, 88 Stat. 85. 36:4905.Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, §§ 5, 7, 8, 37 Stat. 655. 36:4906. 21503(b)36:4908. 21503(c)36:4907. Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and obsolete language. In subsection (c)(1), before clause (A), the words “and not contrary to law” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (c)(2), the words “and manage” and “and concerns” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (c)(3), the words “occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise” are omitted as unnecessary.