Association of Academic Health Centers

“Membership shall be open to entities that qualify under one of the membership classes, that are interested in and supportive of the purposes of the corporation, and that remain current with respect to payment of their applicable dues. There shall be three classes of members of the association: united states institutional members, international institutional members, and international associate members. United states institutional members: united states institutional members shall be accredited, 501(c)(3) degree-granting institutions of higher education in the united states that educate a wide variety of health care professionals, offer comprehensive basic and advanced patient care, and conduct a broad spectrum of biomedical and health services research. United states institutional members shall also consist of state institutions and state systems of higher education where there is an administrative officer with authority over the educational and training programs of the medical and health sciences of the state institution or system. United states institutional members shall also consist of federal entities that could meet the united states institutional members criteria and have a designated representative. International institutional and international associate members: international institutional members are institutions situated in countries other than the united states that have a school of medicine, one or more other health professions schools and/or advanced medical research programs, and a relationship to one or more teaching hospitals or health systems. International associate members are institutions situated in countries other than the united states that do not meet the qualification criteria for international institutional membership but that intend to develop, become part of, or oversee an academic health center.”

“The board of directors shall consist of: (a) representatives of at least six united states institutional members of the association, with the precise number as fixed by resolution of the board, who are elected by a majority vote of the united states institutional membership present at the annual meeting; (b) as appointed by majority vote of the board, the chair of the aahc international steering committee or equivalent body, or, in the event of the absence or unavailability of that chair, another member of the international steering committee, and, (c) the chair of the association , the chair-elect of the association and the association's immediate past chair.”

“The 990 is disbursed and approved by the board in the board meeting following the finalization of the 990”

“In case of any board member-disclosed conflict, the board, absent the member in question, will determine how to resolve the conflict including: (1) whether the board member should be entitled to vote on the matter; and (2) whether the board member should be removed from (a) any portion of, or (b) all of, the discussion of the matter. In rare instances, a conflict may be so extensive and irreconcilable that the board will have to consider and vote on whether the board member involved in the conflict can continue to serve as a board member, or if the board member must resign or be removed (e.g., when a board member owns a company that competes directly with aahc's services). To protect aahc and the board, this determination should be noted in the board minutes. When a staff member or volunteer discloses a conflict, the immediate supervisor and the president shall determine how to resolve the conflict including whether the staff person involved can have any decision-making or supervisory authority over the matter. In rare instances, a conflict may be so extensive and irreconcilable that the immediate supervisor and the president will have to determine whether the staff member or volunteer can continue working with aahc (e.g., when a staff member owns a company that competes directly with aahc's services).”

“Executive committee of the board (chair, chair-elect, and past-chair) determines salary for the president/ceo annually. The president/ceo, in conjunction with the board of directors, determines the staff salary changes year to year (he works with each department head to discuss each staff member's progress).”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and audited financial statements are not generally made available to the general public, but if requests for copies of these documents were to be received, the organization would consider making them available to the requestor.”

“DBA: AAHC”

“The audit oversight process has remained unchanged from the previous year.”