Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 37 - INSURANCE
Part III - Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board
Chapter 3 - Organization, Functions, Delegations of Authority, and Disability Accommodations
Section III-301 - Board Organization

A. Before taking office, each member of the board duly appointed by the governor shall subscribe before a notary public, and cause to be filed with the secretary of the board, an oath in substantially the following form:

I HEREBY SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM that I accept the trust imposed on me as a member of the Patients' Compensation Fund Oversight Board, and will perform the duties imposed on me as such by the laws of the state of Louisiana to the best of my ability and without partiality or favoritism to any constituency, group or interests which I may individually represent or with whom I may personally be associated.

B. The board shall annually, at its first meeting following the first day of July of each year, elect from among its members as a chairman, a vice-chairman, and a secretary, each of whom shall serve in such office until their successors are duly elected. The board may elect a successor chairman or secretary at any time that the incumbent of such office resigns from such office or by death or disability becomes incapacitated from discharging the responsibilities of such office.

C. Meetings of the board shall be noticed, convened, and held not less frequently than quarterly during each calendar year and otherwise at the call of the chairman or on the written petition for a meeting signed by not less than that number of board members constituting a quorum of the board. Meetings of the board shall be held on such date and at such time and place as may be designated by the chairman, or in default of designation by the chairman, by agreement of a quorum of the board.

D. Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum for all purposes, including the call and conduct of meetings, the rulemaking functions of the board, and the exercise of all other powers and authorities conferred on the board by law. No member of the board may be represented by proxy at any meeting of the board or otherwise vote or act on or participate in the affairs of the board by proxy. Except as may be otherwise provided by law or by the policies of the board, all actions which the board is empowered by law to take shall be effected by vote of not less than a majority of the members of the board present at a meeting of the board at which a quorum is present.