2021Bylaws

Bylaws (Colorado)

§ 503.2 Acquisitions, Construction, Closing or Relocating of Hospitals (a) Additional hospitals. Additional hospitals may be acquired or constructed, only after express authority has been given by the affirmative vote by written ballot or electronic voting at the discretion of the presid- ing chair, of not fewer than two-thirds of those present and voting, and no fewer than 400 of the members registered at an annual meeting of this corporation or the two-thirds vote of the combined bodies consisting of the board of directors, the board of trustees and the board of governors of the affected hospital or hospitals. When by electronic voting, all infor- mation that could be used to identify the voter or how they voted, will be anonymized in all distributions of voting results to all individuals. Any system, even vendor provided, used for electronic voting will be required to anonymize a voter’s information without the need for intervention. Amend. 2018, 2019 (b) Closing or Relocating Hospitals. Hospitals in existence, or here- after acquired or constructed, may be closed or relocated only by the af- firmative vote by written ballot or electronic voting at the discretion of the presiding chair, of not fewer than two-thirds of those present and voting, and no fewer than 400 of the members registered at an annual meeting of this corporation or the two-thirds vote of the combined bodies consisting of the board of directors, the board of trustees and the board of governors of the affected hospital or hospitals. When by electronic voting, all infor- mation that could be used to identify the voter or how they voted, will be anonymized in all distributions of voting results to all individuals. Any system, even vendor provided, used for electronic voting will be required to anonymize a voter’s information without the need for intervention. Amend. 2018, 2019 (c) Notice. Notice of proposed acquisition or construction of addi- tional hospitals or the closing of hospitals in existence, or hereafter con- structed or acquired, shall be included in the notice of the annual meeting of this corporation. (d) Suspension of hospital operations. (1) Should the operational ability of any hospital operated by Shriners Hospitals for Children be substantially impaired by Acts of God, weather, or other occurrences, or should any condition exist that threatens the health or safety of patients, employees, contractors, vol- unteers or others present in the hospital, the boards of directors and trustees may temporarily suspend that hospitalʼs operations during a reasonable period of time required for the expeditious and timely repair, refurbishment or rebuilding of the hospital and replacement of required equipment. After the successful completion of such repair, refurbish- ment, rebuilding or replacement efforts, said hospital shall commence operations as expeditiously as possible.

12

BYLAWS (COLORADO)