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Chairman and vice-chairman of the hospital board.
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18.—(1) The hospital board shall, at its first meeting and also at every annual meeting, elect one of its members to be chairman of the hospital board and another of its members to be vice-chairman of the hospital board.
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(2) Every person elected to be chairman or vice-chairman of the hospital board shall, unless he sooner dies, resigns, or becomes disqualified, hold office as chairman or vice-chairman until his successor is elected.
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(3) Whenever the office of chairman or vice-chairman becomes vacant through the death, resignation, or disqualification of the chairman or vice-chairman, the hospital board shall at the next meeting after such vacancy has taken place elect one of its members to be chairman or vice-chairman.
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(4) The chairman or vice-chairman of the hospital board may at any time resign his office as chairman or vice-chairman by letter addressed to the hospital board, and every such resignation shall take effect at the commencement of the meeting of the hospital board held next after the receipt of such resignation by the hospital board.
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(5) Whenever the chairman or the vice-chairman of the hospital board ceases during his term of office as such chairman or vice-chairman to be a member of the hospital board he shall be disqualified for being and shall forthwith cease to be such chairman or vice-chairman.
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(6) Whenever at the election of chairman of the hospital board, there is an equality of votes for two or more persons, one of these persons shall be elected by lot.
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