397. The board of directors of a regional board shall consist of 16 or 17 members, appointed by the Government as follows :(1) four persons recognized for their management skills, who are representative of the various parts of the territory of the regional board and chosen from a list of names provided by the socio-economic organizations, the regional county municipalities, the municipalities and the members of the people’s forum ; in the case of the regional board instituted for the Montréal Centre region, a fifth person from the university community is added ;
(2) three persons recognized for their management skills and their experience in the health and social services sector chosen from a list of names provided by the institutions of the region, one person being from the social sector ; in regions where there is a faculty of medicine, one of those persons must be from the research sector ;
(3) one person chosen from a list of names provided by the organizations representative of the community sector ;
(4) one person chosen from a list of names provided by the organizations representative of the public education sector ;
(5) one person chosen from a list of names provided by the organizations representative of the union sector ;
(6) one member of the regional medical commission chosen from a list of names provided by the commission ;
(7) one member from the regional nursing commission chosen from a list of names provided by the commission ;
(8) one member from the regional multidisciplinary commission chosen from a list of names provided by the commission ;
(9) two persons recognized for their management skills and chosen from a list of names provided by the members of the board of directors of the regional board referred to in paragraphs 1 to 8 ;
(10) the president and executive director of the regional board, after consultation with the other members of the board of directors.