| President: |
The President performs all duties that are usual to the office. The President:
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- Presides at all general meetings of UAHQ and the UAHQ Board of Directors
- Regular and Special Board Meetings
- Annual ConferenceProvides an association status report during the annual business meeting
- Assures that the directions and actions of the Board are carried out
- Makes appointments for additional board members subject to board approval
- Fulfills the role of the Immediate Past President at the conclusion of his or her term
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| President-elect: |
The President-elect is elected annually and has previous experience serving on the UAHQ Board. The President-elect:
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- Performs the duties of the President in the event of the President’s temporary absence
- Performs duties as assigned by the president and prepares for the duties of the office of president
- Upon completion of the one-year term of office, becomes the President for a one-year term, and subsequently the Immediate Past President for the third year
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| Immediate Past-President: |
The Immediate Past President:
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- Provides advice and continuity to the President and the Board
- Assists the President in serving as a mentor to the President-elect
- Performs other duties as assigned by the President
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| Secretary: |
The Secretary performs all duties that are usual to the office. The Secretary:
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- Serves for a term of two years (Regular election in even years)
- Provides communication/notices to the Board regarding scheduled board meetings and other business
- Ensures that minutes are kept of all board meetings
- Functions as custodian of UAHQ records and files during their term of office
- Maintains records and files for designated time periods as determined by the Board
- Expired records and files are disposed of in a secure manner (e.g., shredding, deleting)
- Accepts additional duties as assigned by the President
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| Treasurer: |
The Treasurer performs all duties that are usual to the office. The Treasurer:
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- Serves for a term of two years (Regular election in odd years)
- Is responsible for all monies belonging to UAHQ and for disbursement as authorized by the Board
- Keeps accurate records of monies received and disbursed;
- Reviews financial reports
- at board meetings at least quarterly
- annually to the membership as a part of the annual business meeting
- Coordinates an annual audit of financial records;
- Retains a historical membership list and submits updated membership list to the Board at designated intervals
- Accepts additional duties as assigned by the President
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| Member-at-large: |
The Member-at-Large represents the general membership of UAHQ on the Board. The Member-at-Large:
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- Serves for a term of two years (Regular election in odd years)
- Seeks the ideas and needs of the general membership
- Coordinates an annual assessment and reports the results to the Board
- May include education and/or professional development needs
- Works with the Board to coordinate nominations for the UAHQ Board positions
- May include enlisting candidates
- Preparing and distributing ballots
- Tabulating voting results, and communicating results to the Board
- Accepts additional duties as assigned by the President
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| Education Chair: |
The Education Chair promotes and provides appropriate educational opportunities for UAHQ members. The Education Chair:
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- Engages as many members as deemed necessary by the Board
- Provides opportunities for educational growth
- Provides options to promote CPHQ certification, such as review courses sponsored by UAHQ, in accordance with certification standards
- Offers additional professional expertise, and oversees academic and/or continuing education activities of the association
- Organizes the educational sessions, assisting the presenters and making provisions for handouts for all presentations
- Prepares and reports the results of evaluations for educational sessions to the Board
- Organizes the annual education meeting including:
- Arranging time and place, speakers, audiovisual equipment, and handouts
- Board members and others may be recruited to assist in meeting preparation, on-site support, and follow-up
- Maintains documentation for eligible continuing education credits
- Accepts additional duties as assigned by the President
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| Legal / Legislative Chair: |
The Legal/Legislative Chair ensures that UAHQ is conducting business consistent with approved bylaws and communicates legislative activities that influence the quality of health care in Utah to members. The Legal/Legislative Chair:
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- Engages as many members as deemed necessary by the Board
- Performs an annual review of the UAHQ bylaws, establishing that the Bylaws reflect current practice, and making recommendations for changes to the Board
- May organize members to write or call representatives to express supporting or opposing views about pending legislation.
- Accepts additional duties as assigned by the President
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| Communications Chair: |
The Communications Chair facilitates communication of UAHQ activities, items of general interest to the membership and related professional issues. The Communications Chair:
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- Engages as many members as deemed appropriate/necessary by the Board
- Encourages diverse membership in UAHQ, promotes member satisfaction, seeks input from members, and works with others to respond to members’ assessed needs.
- Recruits and retain UAHQ members;
- Markets UAHQ to members, healthcare organizations, and community entities
- Maintains a current calendar of events and promote interest in activities of the organization
- Distributes a newsletter at intervals deemed appropriate by the Board; the newsletter may include planned educational events, legislative updates, recommended changes to the bylaws and fiduciary reports.
- Coordinates and maintains the UAHQ website by working with the webmaster and web design resources
- Accepts additional duties as assigned by the President
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