Board Charters

I.

PURPOSE

To process student grievances and make recommendations to A.S. Council that would help Student Health Services become more responsive to student needs.

1. To process student grievances and make recommendations to A.S. Council that would help Student Health Services become more responsive to student needs.
2. To make its own recommendations to A.S. Council for the annual operating budget and overall betterment of student health services on the SDSU campus.
3. To review other services and procedures of Student Health Services from time to time as agreed upon by the Board.

II.

MEMBERSHIP

1. Voting

   There shall be fifty (50) voting members of the Board as follows:

   1. Forty-one (41) students to be appointed by the AS Council within 45 days of the beginning of each semester and who shall serve overlapping terms to provide continuity.
   2. One faculty member at large selected by the University Senate.
   3. Two representatives of Student Health Services, one of whom shall be the Director or Associate Director or designees.
   4. One AS Council representative, appointed by the A.S. Council, to serve for a period of one semester.
   5. Two alternates selected from the student body at large through procedures established by the Standing Committee Code.  Alternates shall vote in the absence of a regular member.
   6. AS. President or designee.
   7. AS Executive Vice President or designee.
   8. AS Vice President of External Affairs or designee.
   9. AS Vice President of Finance or designee.
   10. AS Vice President of University Affairs or designee. (Revised 4/17/02)

2. Ex-Officio, Voting

   One ex-officio ombudsperson from Student Health Services selected by the Advisory Board.

III.

BOARD OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES (Added 4/12/06)

1. Chair and Co-Chair

   The Board shall choose two of its student members to serve overlapping one-year terms as Chair and Co-Chair. The Co-Chair shall be elected subsequent to the Spring General Elections and will succeed as Chair at the end of the Spring semester, or if the Chair is unable to serve.

   The Chair and Co-Chair shall represent the Board at such times as when the Board is not meeting. Any action shall be reported to the Board during the next regularly scheduled meeting.

   The Chair or designee shall serve as a voting member of the Housing and Community Redevelopment Advisory Board as outlined in Article II, Section A (8) of that Board’s charter.

   The Chair shall appoint Board members to serve on committees established by Student Health Services as requested by the Director.

2. Health Promotions Officer

   The Health Promotions Officer shall be the Board’s liaison to Health Promotions Office of Student Health Services and shall monitor issues that directly affect student health and implement programs to inform the campus community of such issues. The Health Promotions Officer shall succeed as Chair if the Chair and Co-Chair are unable to serve.

3. Public Relations Officer

   The Public Relations Officer shall serve as the Board’s liaison to student and community organizations and shall be responsible for coordinating and collaborating with these organizations to bring health-related events to the campus community.

4. Social and Outreach Officer

   The Social and Outreach Officer shall organize outreach and recruitment programs, and shall be responsible for the general morale of the Board.

5. Committees

   The Board may establish committees to make recommendations to the Board or carry out specific functions.

IV.

MEETINGS

1. Quorum

   A quorum shall consist of more than half of the filled appointed voting seats. (Revised 4/17/02)

2. Absences

   A voting member who misses any three of ten consecutive meetings shall be dropped from the Board and a vacancy declared.

3. Minutes

   The Board shall appoint a secretary to take minutes and to make these minutes available to all interested parties, to include members of the Board and the Executive Director’s Office for the A.S. office file.

4. Frequency

   The Board shall decide upon the time and place of meetings according to its needs.

V.

JURISDICTION

1. The Board shall have the power to recommend scope of services, hours of operation, fee-for-service charges, mandatory health fee levels, and annual budgeting, as well as to evaluate alternative revenue sources and periodic independent audits, and to propose, plan and coordinate any programs which facilitate the realization of the powers and purpose of the Board enumerated herein.

2. The Board shall advise the University President regarding health services fees, who shall ask the A.S. Council for its recommendation before taking final action.

3. Any matter concerning Student Health Services may be brought before this Board for discussion and recommendation.

4. The Board shall consider itself advisory to Student Health Services on student health service matters not covered by the specific powers included herein.

5. This Board shall be empowered to call a joint meeting with AS Council prior to recommendation for a health fee increase.

VI.

PROCEDURES

The operations of the Board shall be continuous in nature, so that each Board, in addition to its program for the current year, shall undertake to develop a skeleton program within budgets approved for the following year.

All people concerned with the activities of Health Service who are not voting members of the Board shall be treated as ex-officio non-voting members when their activities are the concern or business of the Board.

VII.

CHARTER AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS

All people concerned with the activities of Health Service who are not voting members of the Board shall be treated as ex-officio non-voting members when their activities are the concern or business of the Board.