Hospital Authority

As a community hospital, an eight-member Hospital Authority governs SGMC Health. Both the City Council of Valdosta and the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners appoint the representatives who serve on the Hospital Authority. Each group appoints four representatives who each serve a 5-year term. Hospital Authority members are community leaders who serve the hospital voluntarily without compensation.

The Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County, Georgia has the ultimate decision-making responsibility for SGMC Health and is subject to the Hospital Authorities Law of the Code of Georgia.

Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County, Georgia Bylaws

Notice of Regular Meetings

Hospital Authority of Valdosta & Lowndes County, Georgia
Board of Trustees and Committees

The time, place, and dates of the regular meetings of the Board of Trustees and Committees of the Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County, Georgia are as follows:

Board of Trustees
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Place: The Executive Boardroom of South Georgia Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a SGMC Health located at 2501 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602
Dates: The third Wednesday of each calendar month

Finance Committee
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Place: The Executive Boardroom of South Georgia Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a SGMC Health located at 2501 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602
Dates: The Tuesday immediately preceding the third Wednesday of each calendar month

Strategic Planning and Facilities Committee
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Place: The Executive Boardroom of South Georgia Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a SGMC Health located at 2501 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602
Dates: The second Thursday of each calendar month

Personnel Committee
Time: 12:00 Noon
Place: The Executive Boardroom of South Georgia Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a SGMC Health located at 2501 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602
Dates: The second Tuesday of every three months. (January, April, July, October)

NOTICE OF CALLED MEETING: There will be a Personnel Committee Meeting on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 11:00AM in the Executive Board Room.

MATTERS EXPECTED TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE:
Executive Session
a. Discussing or deliberating upon the appointment, employment, compensation, hiring, disciplinary action or dismissal, or periodic evaluation or rating of a public officer or employee or interviewing applicants for the position of the executive head of the Hospital Authority. [O.C.G.A. § 50-14-3(b)(2)]

Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Committee
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Place: The Executive Boardroom of South Georgia Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a SGMC Health located at 2501 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602
Dates: The second Wednesday of every other month (February, April, June, August, October and December)

Compliance Committee
Time: Following the South Georgia Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a SGMC Health Board of Directors Meeting
Place: The Executive Boardroom of South Georgia Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a SGMC Health located at 2501 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602
Dates: The third Wednesday of every three months. (January, April, July, October)

Joint Conference Committee
Time: 12 Noon
Place: The Executive Boardroom of South Georgia Medical Center, located at 2501 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602
Dates: Once a year- Tuesday, October 24, 2023

The Board of Trustees or a Committee of the Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County, Georgia may postpone or cancel a regular meeting at its discretion.

Executive sessions of the Board of Trustees or a Committee of the Hospital Authority will be closed to the public.

Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County Members

Sam Allen, Chairman
John Roan, DDS, Vice Chairman
John W. Langdale, Jr.,  Treasurer
Ben I. Copeland, Sr.
Tim Dame
Gregory Powell
Shirley J. Garland
Brian Griner, MD