Board meetings

(a) The corporation board and each regional system board shall be exempt from part I of chapter 92 and shall meet no fewer than four times a year; provided that the regional system boards and the corporation board shall meet together at least once a year. Each regional board shall meet at least six times each year; provided that two of these meetings shall be public community meetings for the purpose of informing the community and taking comment on the regional system's performance if these meetings are in addition to the four board meetings. The public community meetings shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the regional system at least two weeks in advance. (b) All business of the corporation board and each regional system board shall be conducted at a regular or special meeting at which a quorum is present, consisting of at least a majority of the directors then in office. The corporation board and each regional system board shall adopt procedural rules for meetings, not subject to chapter 91, that shall include provisions for meetings via electronic and telephonic communications and other methods that allow the boards to conduct business in a timely and efficient manner. Any action of the corporation board or each regional system board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of those present and voting at the meeting; except that a vote of two-thirds of the entire membership of the respective board then in office shall be required for any of the following actions: (1) Removal by the corporation board or respective regional system board of one of its members; (2) Amendment by the corporation or a regional system board of its bylaws; (3) Hiring or removing a regional chief executive officer; (4) Filling of vacancies on a board; and (5) Any other actions as provided by the corporation or regional system board bylaws, except the hiring or removing of the chief executive officer of the corporation.