Sample Board Policies and Procedures

December 16, 2020

Shared by: The North York FHT

This sample Board Policy/Procedure document was shared by North York Family Health Team, approved in 2014. 

Includes:

  • Governance Approach and Process
    1. Governance Approach
    2.  Functions of the Board of Directors
    3.  Vision, Mission and Values
  • Roles and Responsibilities
    1. Roles and Responsibilities of Board Members
    2.  Role of the Board Chair
    3.  Board Committees
  • Board Codes of Conduct
    1. Code of Conduct
    2. Confidentiality
    3. Conflict of Interest [“Procedures for Declaring and Resolving Conflict of
      Interest”]
  • Effective Governance
    1. Director Recruitment and Nomination
    2. Board Orientation and Development
    3.  Board Performance Evaluation and Monitoring
    4. Release of Information – Communications
    5. Open/Closed Meetings (to be drafted)
    6. Risk Management
    7. Corporation Membership GP-02
    8. Meetings in Camera GP-03
  • Public Complaints and Dispute Resolution
    1. Patient Complaints and Dispute Resolution: NYFHT Staff
    2. Patient Complaints and Dispute Resolution: NYFHT Physicians (to be
      drafted)
  • Executive Director Authority and Accountability
    1. Executive Director – Delegation of Authority to the Executive Director
    2. Executive Director – Role and Responsibilities
    3. Executive Director – Monitoring Executive Director Performance 
  • Medical Director (placeholder)
  • Finance
    1. Annual Budget Approval and Monitoring Process

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