Hospital Authority

As a community hospital, an eight-member Hospital Authority governs SGMC. 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 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, located at 2501 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602
Dates: The third Wednesday of each calendar month

NOTICE OF CALLED MEETING: There will be a Board of Directors called meeting on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, immediately following the Hospital Authority Board Meeting at approximately 10:00am in the Executive Board Room.

MATTERS EXPECTED TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Executive Session
a. Consulting with legal counsel with respect to pending or potential litigation, settlement, claims, administrative proceedings, or other judicial actions brought or to be brought by or against South Georgia Medical Center, Inc. or any officer or employee or in which South Georgia Medical Center, Inc. or any officer or employee may be directly involved. [O.C.G.A. § 50-14-2(1)]
b. Considering any potentially commercially valuable plan, proposal, or strategy that may be of competitive advantage in the operation of South Georgia Medical Center, Inc. or its medical facilities and which has not been made public. [O.C.G.A. § 31-7-75.2]

Finance Committee 
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Place: The Executive Boardroom of South Georgia Medical Center, 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, located at 2501 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602
Dates: The second Thursday of each calendar month

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

Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Committee
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Place: The Executive Boardroom of South Georgia Medical Center, 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: Immediately following the SGMC Physician Network, Inc. Board of Directors meeting
Place: The Executive Boardroom of South Georgia Medical Center, located at 2501 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602
Dates: The third Wednesday on a quarterly basis (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- Monday, October 24, 2022

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.

SGMC Physician Network, Inc. Board of Directors
Time: Immediately following the Hospital Authority Board Meeting
Place: The Executive Boardroom of South Georgia Medical Center, located at 2501 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602
Dates: The third Wednesday on a quarterly basis (January, April, July, October)

The Board of Directors of the SGMC Physician Network, Inc. may postpone or cancel a regular meeting at its discretion.

Executive sessions of the Board of Directors of the SGMC Physician Network, Inc. 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