‘‘CHAPTER 1850—REMOTE AREA MEDICAL 
‘‘185101. Organization. 
‘‘185102. Purposes. 
‘‘185103. Membership and chapters. 
‘‘185104. Board of Directors. 
‘‘185105. Powers. 
‘‘185106. Annual meeting. 
‘‘185107. Endowment fund. 
‘‘185108. Annual report and audit. 
‘‘185109. Authority of the Comptroller General of the United States. 
‘‘185110. Reservation of right to amend or repeal. 
‘‘185111. Service of process. 
‘‘§ 185101. Organization 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL CHARTER.—Remote Area Medical (in 
this chapter, the ‘corporation’) is a Federally chartered 
corporation. 
‘‘(b) NAME.—The name of the corporation is ‘Remote 
Area Medical’ or ‘RAM’. The corporation may conduct its 
business and affairs, and otherwise hold itself out, as the 
‘Remote Area Medical’ in any jurisdiction. 
‘‘(c) PERPETUAL EXISTENCE.—Except as otherwise 
provided, the corporation has perpetual existence. 
‘‘§ 185102. Purposes 
‘‘The purpose of the corporation is— 
‘‘(1) To prevent pain and alleviate suffering by 
providing free quality healthcare to those in need. 
The corporation will utilize mobile ground and air-
borne capabilities to provide free medical care and 
veterinary services to the needy. 
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‘‘(2) To organize and facilitate animal hus-
bandry and wildlife conservation, to include the dis-
tribution of educational information and data. 
‘‘(3) To organize and distribute education infor-
mation and provide live educational and training 
programs for underprivileged youth and adults. 
‘‘§ 185103. Membership and chapters 
‘‘(a) MEMBERSHIP.—Membership in the corporation 
is open to all the people of the United States and its terri-
tories and possessions, or as provided in the bylaws. 
‘‘(b) AFFILIATES.— 
‘‘(1) The affiliates of the corporation are the 
local units of the corporation. The corporation shall 
prescribe policies and regulations related to— 
‘‘(A) granting charters to the affiliates and 
revoking those charters; 
‘‘(B) the territorial jurisdiction of the af-
filiates; 
‘‘(C) the relationship of the affiliates to the 
corporation; and 
‘‘(D) compliance by the affiliates with the 
policies and regulations of the corporation. 
‘‘(2) The policies and regulations shall require 
that each affiliate adhere to the democratic prin-
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ciples of election specified in the bylaws in electing 
the governing body of the affiliate. 
‘‘§ 185104. Board of Directors 
‘‘(a) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board of Directors is 
the governing body of the corporation with all pow-
ers of governing and directing, and of overseeing the 
management of the business and affairs of, the cor-
poration. 
‘‘(2) NUMBER.—The Board of Directors shall 
fix by resolution, from time to time, the number of 
members constituting the entire Board of Directors, 
provided that as of July 13, 2014, and thereafter, 
there shall be no fewer than twelve. There shall be 
9 standing committees. Procedures to implement or 
amend the preceding sentence shall be provided in 
the bylaws. 
‘‘(3) APPOINTMENT.—The Board of Directors 
shall be appointed or elected in the following man-
ner: 
‘‘(A) PRESIDENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Board of Di-
rectors, in accordance with procedures pro-
vided in the bylaws, shall have Stan Brock 
serving as President of the Board for life 
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or upon his resignation or removal from 
the Board. 
‘‘(ii) VACANCIES.—Vacancies as to the 
Presidency of the Board, whether resulting 
from the resignation, death, or removal by 
the Board, shall be filled as provided in the 
bylaws. 
‘‘(iii) DUTIES.—The President shall 
be a member of the Board of Directors 
and, when present, shall preside at meet-
ings of the Board of Directors and shall 
have such other duties and responsibilities 
as may be provided in the bylaws or a res-
olution of the Board of Directors. 
‘‘(B) OTHER MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Officers of the 
Board of Directors other than the Presi-
dent shall be elected at the annual meeting 
of the corporation in accordance with such 
procedures as may be provided in the by-
laws. 
‘‘(ii) VACANCIES.—Vacancies in any 
such elected Board position and in any 
newly created Board position may be filled 
by a vote of the remaining members of the 
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Board of Directors in accordance with such 
procedures as may be provided in the by-
laws. 
‘‘(b) TERMS OF OFFICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term of office of each 
member of the Board of Directors shall be 2 years, 
except that any member of the Board of Directors 
elected by the Board to fill a vacancy in a Board po-
sition arising before the expiration of its term may, 
as determined by the Board, serve for the remainder 
of that term or until the next meeting of the cor-
poration. 
‘‘(2) STAGGERED TERMS.—The terms of office 
of members of the Board of Directors (other than 
the President) shall be staggered. Elections of the 
Board of Directors shall take place in the winter 
quarterly meeting and each July at the annual meet-
ing. 
‘‘(c) COMMITTEES AND OFFICERS.—The Board— 
‘‘(1) may appoint, from its own members, an 
executive committee to exercise such powers of the 
Board when the Board is not in session as may be 
provided in the bylaws; 
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‘‘(2) may appoint such other committees with 
such powers as may be provided in the bylaws or a 
resolution of the Board of Directors; 
‘‘(3) shall appoint such officers of the corpora-
tion, including a chief executive officer, with such 
duties, responsibilities, and terms of office as may be 
provided in the bylaws or a resolution of the Board 
of Directors; and 
‘‘(4) may remove members of the Board of Di-
rectors (other than the President), officers, and em-
ployees under such procedures as may be provided in 
the bylaws or a resolution of the Board of Directors. 
‘‘(d) ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.—Any action re-
quired or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the 
Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be 
taken without a meeting if 75 percent of the members of 
the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent 
thereto in writing, or by electronic transmission and the 
writing or electronic transmission is filed with the minutes 
of the next proceedings of the Board or committee, if rati-
fied by a majority vote of the Board. Such filing shall be 
in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form 
and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are main-
tained in electronic form. 
‘‘(e) VOTING BY PROXY.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any member wishing to 
vote through proxy must notify the Secretary of the 
Board in writing more than 24 hours in advance of 
the Board meeting. 
‘‘(2) METHOD.—An e-mail constitutes a writing 
for proxy notification purposes. 
‘‘(f) BYLAWS.—The Board of Directors may— 
‘‘(1) at any time adopt bylaws; and 
‘‘(2) amend these bylaws upon written notice 
provided at least 5 days in advance of any meeting 
convened for that purpose. Amendments may only be 
adopted on a majority vote of a quorum of the entire 
membership of the Board at the time the amend-
ment is proposed. 
‘‘§ 185105. Powers 
‘‘The corporation may— 
‘‘(1) adopt policies and regulations; 
‘‘(2) adopt, alter, and destroy a seal; 
‘‘(3) own and dispose of property to carry out 
the purposes of the corporation; 
‘‘(4) accept gifts, devises, and bequests of prop-
erty to carry out the purposes of the corporation; 
‘‘(5) sue and be sued in courts of law and eq-
uity, State or Federal, within the jurisdiction of the 
United States; and 
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‘‘(6) do any other act necessary to carry out 
this chapter and promote the purposes of the cor-
poration. 
‘‘§ 185106. Annual meeting 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The annual meeting of the cor-
poration is the annual meeting of Directors. 
‘‘(b) TIME OF MEETING.—The annual meeting shall 
be held during the month of July. 
‘‘(c) PLACE OF MEETING.—The Board of Directors 
is authorized to determine that the annual meeting shall 
not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely 
by means of remote communication subject to such proce-
dures as are provided in the bylaws. 
‘‘§ 185107. Endowment fund 
‘‘Any endowment fund of the corporation shall be 
kept and invested under the management and control of 
the Board of Directors. 
‘‘§ 185108. Annual report and audit 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—As soon as prac-
ticable after the end of the corporation’s fiscal year, which 
may be changed from time to time by the Board of Direc-
tors, the corporation shall submit a report to Congress on 
the activities of the corporation during such fiscal year. 
The report may not be printed as a public document. 
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‘‘(b) AUDIT REQUIREMENTS.—RAM shall comply 
with the audit requirements of 36 U.S.C. 10101. 
‘‘§ 185109. Authority of the Comptroller General of 
the United States 
‘‘The Comptroller General of the United States is au-
thorized to review the corporation’s involvement in any 
Federal program or activity the Government carries out 
under law. 
‘‘§ 185110. Reservation of right to amend or repeal 
‘‘Congress reserves the right to amend or repeal the 
provisions of this chapter. 
‘‘§ 185111. Service of process 
‘‘As a condition to the exercise of any power or privi-
lege granted by this chapter, the corporation shall file, 
with the secretary of state or other designated official of 
each State, the name and address of an agent in that 
State on whom legal process or demands against the cor-
poration may be served.’’. 
Æ 
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