(70 ILCS 910/13) (from Ch. 23, par. 1263)
Sec. 13.
Qualification and removal of directors.
(a) The qualification of individuals to serve on the board
of directors of any Hospital District shall be determined in accordance
with Sections 3 and 3.2 of the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act.
(a-5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), at least one
member of the board of directors may be a member of a district hospital
medical staff.
(b) Should it appear to the appointing authority that any member of the
board of directors of a Hospital District may be disqualified, guilty of
misconduct or malfeasance in office or unwilling or unable to act, the
appointing authority shall notify the member of that fact in writing and it
shall then be the duty of the member to show cause why he should not be
removed from office. Any such person shall be given a hearing by the
circuit court and, after such hearing, if the circuit court finds such a
charge should be sustained, it shall remove the person so charged from
office, and a vacancy shall thereupon exist for the unexpired term of such
office.
(Source: P.A. 90-197, eff. 1-1-98.)
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