If not a governmental entity, the facility has bylaws approved by the governing authority which are filed with the local and state body and include at a minimum:

1. (1) Membership (types, qualifications, community representation, rights, duties);
2. (2) Size of the governing authority;
3. (3) Method of selection;
4. (4) Terms of office;
5. (5) Duties and responsibilities of officers;
6. (6) Times authority will meet;
7. (7) Committees;
8. (8) Quorums;
9. (9) Parliamentary procedures;
10. (10) Recording of minutes;
11. (11) Method of amending the bylaws;
12. (12) Conflict of interest provisions; and
13. (13) Specification of the relationship of the facility administrator to the governing authority chief executive.